High School: 9th and 10th Grade - Music - Music For Dance Solution - MCQGeeks.com

Q.1.

The persistent repetition of motifs/phrases is .......

0%
exemplary of ostinato
100%
a warning of a piece coming to its end
0%
common at the beginning of pieces
0%
All of the above

Q.2.

What is Gota music?

100%
A brass fanfare arrangement
0%
A style of dance music from Africa
0%
A type of Indian solo concerto
0%
A type of modern disco music

Q.3.

Cycles may be .......

0%
melodic
0%
harmonic
100%
rhythmic
0%
All of the above

Q.4.

A mnemonic is primarily a .......

0%
dynamic marking
100%
memory aid which helps with learning rhythms
0%
pause
0%
tempo marking

Q.5.

What does the term 'largo' refer to?

0%
Dynamics
0%
Repeat markings
100%
Tempo
0%
Time signature

Q.6.

An ostinato is when .......

0%
a section is played particularly loudly
0%
the music stops
100%
a motif/phrase is persistently repeated
0%
None of the above

Q.7.

In music, bars are characterized by .......

100%
groups of 'strong and weak' beats
0%
pedal lines
0%
performance directions
0%
playing them quietly

Q.8.

Eg ti pe tsa gah ki di gi and dza are .......

0%
random lines of nonsense!
0%
types of chant from the Middle Ages
0%
examples of mnemonics for drumming
100%
None of the above

Q.9.

African drummers commonly .......

0%
play from a written notational score
0%
strike a beat using their feet
100%
verbalise sounds in their mind before playing
0%
All of the above

Q.10.

What is a common feature of Gota dance music?

100%
Mnemonics used by performers
0%
Ostinato
0%
Contrasting rhythmic patterns
0%
All of the above