Elementary School: 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade - Music - Musical Cycles 1 Solution - MCQGeeks.com

Q.1.

A chord progression moving .......

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around in circles repetitively is linear progression
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by step with one or more voices is a cyclic pattern
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by step with one or more voices is a linear progression
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to a crescendo usually means the piece is about to end

Q.2.

A Tihai is a rhythmic formula that is repeated .......

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Once. It is used at the beginning of Italian operas
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Twice. It marks the end of sections in African music
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Three times. It marks the end of sections in Indian music
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Four times to bring out the endings of western concertos

Q.3.

A linear progression is a chord progression that .......

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arises from step by step movements in one or more voices
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features a crescendo hairpin to indicate volume increase
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hasn't been used in music since the 5th century AD
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is inaudible to the natural human ear

Q.4.

Repeated harmonies, melodies and rhythms are .......

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a feature of musical cycles
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exclusively representative of early 16th century music
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hardly used in any form of modern music
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only found in Indian classical compositions

Q.5.

What is a 'Rag' or 'Raga'?

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A cleaning cloth used for instruments with silver keys
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A predecessor to the rise of jazz in the 1920s
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A type of horn which produces a 'raging' growl
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An important melodic mode in Indian classical music

Q.6.

A melorhythm is .......

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the series of note-values of a melody/tune
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a mellow toned rhythmic guitar backing
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a musical passage with multiple rhythms played together
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All of the above

Q.7.

Musical cycles often feature repeated .......

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rhythms
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melodies
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harmonies
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All of the above

Q.8.

Two or more rhythms sounding simultaneously is called .......

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dual rhythmic
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multirhythmic
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polyrhythmic
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quad rhythmic

Q.9.

'Tala' roughly corresponds to what in western music?

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Composer dedication
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Composition and Composer titles on sheet music
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Dynamics
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Metre

Q.10.

Mnemonic devices are used in music .......

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as a memory aid, e.g. for notation or cyclic passages
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as an alternative to playing harmonics on an instrument
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to increase the sound of acoustic instruments
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to increase the volume on an electric instrument