MCQ Questions
Q.1.
Musical associations remained fixed in time.
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    True
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    False
Q.2.
Musical connotation happens when music is associated with extra-musical events or experiences.
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    True
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    False
Q.3.
If the frequency of the C in the middle is 256 Hz, the corresponding frequencies on either side of that C are:
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    False
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    512 Hz on the one to the right, and 128 Hz on the one to the left
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    Well unto the 17th century
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    Makes sure that, when appropriate, players improvise their parts correctly
Q.4.
The performer acts as a bridge between the composer and the listener.
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    True
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    False
Q.5.
The sole function of the conductor is to beat time
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    True
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    False
Q.6.
The perceptive listener combines the characteristics of all types of listeners.
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    True
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    False
Q.7.
Absolutists derive pleasure from listening for the way that the different elements of music relate to each other, independently of any extra-musical connotations.
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    True
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    False
Q.8.
Music's main power is its ability to symbolize an era of society or culture.
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    True
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    False
Q.9.
Music that follows an explicit story is often called program music.
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    True
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    False
Q.10.
The following excerpt features a musical ensemble.
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    True
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    False
Q.11.
Noteheads are placed on either lines or spaces on the staff to represent different pitches.
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    True
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    False
Q.12.
A referential listener is a person that is mainly concerned with judging the quality of the performance of a piece of music.
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    True
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    False
Q.13.
The following excerpt features a solo performer.
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    True
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    False
Q.14.
Dynamic variety refers to the use of different sound sources.
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    True
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    False
Q.15.
The excerpt you just heard belongs to a type of music that is:
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    Chordophone
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    Not notated (at least, not in the traditional sense), and includes many improvised sections and solos.
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    Example A (dun, dun, DUNDUN)
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    Vocal Ensemble
Q.16.
A piece of folk music typically remains unchanged throughout the years
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    True
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    False
Q.17.
Successive lines and spaces from top to bottom of the staff represent successively lower pitches.
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    True
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    False
Q.18.
We refer to specific pitches or tones with letter names using the letters A through G.
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    True
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    False
Q.19.
The Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor by Frédéric Chopin is nicknamed Revolutionary because it started a major upheaval in Paris in 1820.
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    True
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    False
Q.20.
Just as there are quarter notes, there are quarter rests.
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    True
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    False
Q.21.
Ascending and descending intervals are calculated:
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    Vocal Ensemble
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    vibrating string
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    Pitch
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    Exactly the same
Q.22.
According to Booker T. Washington, plantation songs have nothing to do with religious fervor.
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    True
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    False
Q.23.
The critical listener combines the characteristics of all types of listeners.
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    True
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    False