HELP ME ASAP PLSSS Question 1 (5 points)

Which branch of musicology develops methods to analyze the elements of music?

music theory

historical musicology

systematic musicology

ethnomusicology

Question 2 (5 points)
What does a composer do when orchestrating a piece of music?

Composes a piece of music for at least one or more instruments.

Adds various musical parameters into a piece of music.

Assigns different musical lines to different instruments in a piece of music.

Sequences themes and variations into a piece of music.

Question 3 (5 points)
Which element is not a musical parameter?

variation

dynamics

articulation

tempo

Question 4 (5 points)
Which clef would generally be used for the high end of the piano or notes that are to the right of middle C?

treble

alto

tenor

bass

Question 5 (5 points)
Which time signature has three beats per measure and the quarter note gets the beat?

2/3

3/2

3/4

4/3

Question 6 (5 points)
Which instruments, discovered in China, are considered the oldest playable musical instruments?

drums

flutes

horns

pipas

Question 7 (5 points)
Which traditional music scale is used in most Asian music?

pentatonic

diatonic

major

minor

Question 8 (5 points)
Which type of music would be written for church use?

sacred

secular

madrigal

motet

Question 9 (5 points)
Which songs tended to be rustic or humorous and often dealt with love?

plainchants

chants

psalms

madrigals

Question 10 (5 points)
What technique was used in the Baroque period to create contrast by suddenly shifting from loud to soft or soft to loud?

terraced dynamics

ornamentation

motor rhythms

counterpoint

Question 11 (5 points)
What distinguishes chamber music from orchestral music?

Chamber music is easier to perform than orchestral music.

Chamber music is written for only voices, while orchestral music combines vocal and instrumental parts.

Chamber music is written for a small group of instruments, while orchestral music is written for a large group of instruments.

Chamber music is written for a large group of instruments, while orchestral music is written for a small group of instruments.

Question 12 (5 points)
Which phrase best describes an opera?

an instrumental composition performed by a symphony

a nonmusical theatrical production

a production that integrates music, dance, sets, and costumes to enhance a story

an unstaged musical composition for voices and instruments that tells a sacred story

Question 13 (5 points)
Which phrase describes opera buffa?

an Italian comic opera of the eighteenth century

a serious or tragic opera that had speaking roles instead of recitatives

a tragic opera with the text set entirely to music

a serious or tragic opera that alternates recitatives and arias in predictable ways

Question 14 (5 points)
Which term names a solo voice piece in an opera with a strong melody line?

aria

recitative

bel canto

libretto

Question 15 (5 points)
Which form of music is a large-scale work for orchestra that usually has four movements?

sonata

symphony

mass

string quartet

Question 16 (5 points)
What are the three main parts of sonata form?

sonata – minuet – scherzo

exposition – development – scherzo

exposition – development – recapitulation

exposition – minuet – recapitulation

Question 17 (5 points)
What are the four main sections of the Romantic orchestra?

strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion

violins, flutes, trumpets, drums

violins, violas, cellos, bass

strings, woodwinds, brass, piano

Question 18 (5 points)
Which type of music is an instrumental composition associated with a story, poem, idea, or scene?

absolute music

Gesamtkunstwerk

program music

opera

Question 19 (5 points)
What was music during the Romantic period used to express?

virtuosity and musicianship

emotion and feeling

desire for social change

political discontent

Question 20 (5 points)
Which term names a piece of music that incorporates native folk songs from a composer’s homeland?

absolute music

opera

nationalistic music

incidental music