Music Forms and Media
Music · 50 practice questions
Forms - binary, ternary, rondo, sonata-allegro, dance suite, canon, free fantasia, theme and variation; orchestral and band instruments and their classifications; the human voice (types, ranges and qualities); keyboard instruments - the organ, piano and electronic keyboard; other instruments - ukulele, banjo, guitar, mandolin, harp, accordion, xylophone, marimba; computer music technology - software (Finale, Sibelius, Cubase, Reason, Sound Forge Nero), tuning fork and pitch pipe.
- Identify the general forms and various types of instruments in Western music.
- Relate music to modern technology.
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- Practice question 1
The specific timbre (tone colour) of an instrument specifically depends partly on the particular
- A.a factor entirely unrelated to depending partly on the material from which it is constructed
- B.precise weather conditions on the day it happens to be played, rather than its own construction
- C.material from which it is constructed
- D.exact market price it was originally purchased for, rather than its own physical construction
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C. material from which it is constructed
The specific timbre (tone colour) of an instrument specifically depends partly on the particular material from which it is constructed.
- Practice question 2
Learning to recognize musical forms by ear, such as distinguishing binary from ternary form, specifically is a useful skill in
- A.traditional Nigerian festival classification, a subject unrelated to recognizing musical form
- B.a factor entirely unrelated to being a useful skill in music analysis
- C.music analysis
- D.computer hardware repair, a subject unrelated to recognizing musical form by ear
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C. music analysis
Learning to recognize musical forms by ear, such as binary versus ternary form, specifically is a useful skill in music analysis.
- Practice question 3
Band instruments, as distinct from a full orchestra, specifically commonly emphasize
- A.only keyboard instruments, with no wind or percussion instrument involved at all
- B.string instruments exclusively, with no wind or percussion instrument involved at all
- C.a factor entirely unrelated to emphasizing wind and percussion instruments
- D.wind and percussion instruments
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D. wind and percussion instruments
Band instruments, as distinct from a full orchestra, specifically commonly emphasize wind and percussion instruments.
More UTME Music topics
- Black Musicians in the Diaspora
- Historical Development of Western Music Styles
- Nigerian Folksongs
- The Staff
- Triads and Their Inversions
- Chord Progressions
- Music Notes/Rests and Their Values
- Musical Genres
- Nigerian Traditional Music and Other Arts
- Kinds of Motion
- Nationalism in Nigerian Music
- Nigerian Traditional Musical Instruments
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