Listening to Western Music 8th Edition by Craig Wright – Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. The term referring to the level of volume at which sounds are produced is:​

  a.  ​homophony

  b.  ​crescendo

  c.  ​texture

  d.  ​dynamics

  e.  ​ostinato

ANSWER:   d

2. Musicians traditionally use Italian words for musical dynamics because the terms were first used when Italian musicians dominated Western music.​

  a.  ​true

  b.  ​false

ANSWER:   a

3. The musical term for loud is:​

  a.  ​forte

  b.  ​timbre

  c.  ​piano

  d.  ​glissando

  e.  ​syncopation

ANSWER:   a

4. The musical term that tells the musician to sing or play softly is:​

  a.  ​crescendo

  b.  ​piano

  c.  ​glissando

  d.  ​ritard

  e.  ​diminuendo

ANSWER:   b

5. Identify the term that best describes what is happening in the listening example.​

  a.  ​syncopation

  b.  ​rondo

  c.  ​crescendo

  d.  ​vibrato

  e.  ​pizzicato

ANSWER:   c

OTHER:   Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra, DL 2, 0:55-1:25

6. The term “crescendo” describes a gradual increase in the volume of sound.​

  a.  ​true

  b.  ​false

ANSWER:   a

7. “Diminuendo” means to decrease the music’s dynamic level in a sudden and unexpected manner.​

  a.  ​true

  b.  ​false

ANSWER:   b

8. There are two synonymous terms that describe a gradual decrease in dynamics.  One is “diminuendo,” what is the other?​

  a.  ​dissonance

  b.  ​encore

  c.  ​defibrillation

  d.  ​baritone

  e.  ​decrescendo

ANSWER:   e