Music Praxis II (5113) Exam Questions With
100% Correct Answers 2024, 259 Questions and
Answers.
Aristotle:
virtues not human reasoning
The quantization function in the MIDI software is used for
allowing the user to select the smallest note value that will be imported into the score as the MIDI file is
played.
Alto Flute:
Sounds a perfect 4th lower than written
Aerophones:
Instruments that produce sound by using air
ABA:
American Bandmaster's Association
Op. (work) or Opp. (works)
a term used to classify a composition in relation to the composer's other compositions.
Absolute Music:
Pure music, not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.
Accelerando:
Gradually accelerating or getting faster.
Accented Passing Note:
an unessential note that falls on the beat.
ACDA:
American Choral Directors Association
Adagio:
slow.
Affective Behaviors:
growth in physical or emotional areas (attitude).
,Alberti Bass:
Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand,
the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.
Alla Breve:
a tempo marking indicating a quick duple meter 2/2.
Allegro:
fast.
Alto Clef:
C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.
Anacrusis:
Pick up bar. An Upbeat or a pickup note(s); a term used for unstressed notes at the beginning of a phrase
of music.
Andante:
walking tempo.
Antiphonal:
Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Anton Bruckner:
Austria 1824-1896
AOSA:
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
Appoggiaturas:
Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and left by a step.
Arco:
instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Aria:
solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment.
Arpeggio:
chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly
line.
Articulation:
, Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato, legato, accent.
ASCAP:
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
ASTA:
American String Teachers Association
Atonal:
without key center.
Attack:
indicated by the speed of the acceleration and the force of the ictus.
Augmentation:
Statement of a melody in linger note values, often twice as slow as the original. Increasing the note
values of a musical theme, usually to twice their value.
Augmented:
made larger.
Auxiliary Notes:
come between notes of the same pitch, either a note higher or note lower.
Bruno:
spiral curriculam, each subject revisited at intervals.
B Flat Bass Clarinet:
sounds a Major 9th lower than written
B Flat Clarinet:
sounds a major 2nd lower than written
B Flat Soprano Sax:
sounds a major 2nd lower than written
B Flat Tenor Sax:
sounds a major 9th lower than written
B Flat Trumpet:
Sounds a major 2nd lower than written.
Name in chronological order each piece of music was written--
100% Correct Answers 2024, 259 Questions and
Answers.
Aristotle:
virtues not human reasoning
The quantization function in the MIDI software is used for
allowing the user to select the smallest note value that will be imported into the score as the MIDI file is
played.
Alto Flute:
Sounds a perfect 4th lower than written
Aerophones:
Instruments that produce sound by using air
ABA:
American Bandmaster's Association
Op. (work) or Opp. (works)
a term used to classify a composition in relation to the composer's other compositions.
Absolute Music:
Pure music, not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music.
Accelerando:
Gradually accelerating or getting faster.
Accented Passing Note:
an unessential note that falls on the beat.
ACDA:
American Choral Directors Association
Adagio:
slow.
Affective Behaviors:
growth in physical or emotional areas (attitude).
,Alberti Bass:
Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand,
the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords.
Alla Breve:
a tempo marking indicating a quick duple meter 2/2.
Allegro:
fast.
Alto Clef:
C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line.
Anacrusis:
Pick up bar. An Upbeat or a pickup note(s); a term used for unstressed notes at the beginning of a phrase
of music.
Andante:
walking tempo.
Antiphonal:
Alternate singing or playing by different groups.
Anton Bruckner:
Austria 1824-1896
AOSA:
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
Appoggiaturas:
Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and left by a step.
Arco:
instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music.
Aria:
solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment.
Arpeggio:
chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly
line.
Articulation:
, Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks include staccato, legato, accent.
ASCAP:
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
ASTA:
American String Teachers Association
Atonal:
without key center.
Attack:
indicated by the speed of the acceleration and the force of the ictus.
Augmentation:
Statement of a melody in linger note values, often twice as slow as the original. Increasing the note
values of a musical theme, usually to twice their value.
Augmented:
made larger.
Auxiliary Notes:
come between notes of the same pitch, either a note higher or note lower.
Bruno:
spiral curriculam, each subject revisited at intervals.
B Flat Bass Clarinet:
sounds a Major 9th lower than written
B Flat Clarinet:
sounds a major 2nd lower than written
B Flat Soprano Sax:
sounds a major 2nd lower than written
B Flat Tenor Sax:
sounds a major 9th lower than written
B Flat Trumpet:
Sounds a major 2nd lower than written.
Name in chronological order each piece of music was written--
