Music Literature MCQs
Music Literature MCQs
These Music Literature multiple-choice questions and their answers will help you strengthen your grip on the subject of Music Literature. You can prepare for an upcoming exam or job interview with these Music Literature MCQs.
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1: Common scales used in african, far eastern, and native american music are the _____ scales.
A. Microtones
B. Dominant
C. Transposition
D. Pentatonic and tritonic
2: The tonality of a piece is determined by _____.
A. The rhyme scheme chosen by the composer
B. The meter chosen by the composer
C. The scale chosen by the composer
3: When the music captures the meaning of the text being sung it is called _____.
A. Word painting
B. Strophic
C. Da capo aria
D. Sacred
4: A survivor from warsaw used three languages: english, german, and _______.
A. Greek
B. Arabic
C. Hebrew
D. Torah
5: Bach was recognized as the most eminent ____________ of his day.
A. Organist
B. Composer
C. Violinist
D. Cellist
6: In a few donts, pound encourages the use of __________instead of the vagueness of abstractions.
A. Concrete
B. Specific
C. Adequate
D. Mediocre
7: Dona schlesiers mixed-media piece setting cycles has a subject matter that is ____.
A. Devoid of meaning
B. Historical
C. The materials used to make the piece
D. Autobiographical
8: Listen to the musical excerpt. its musical texture is__________.
A. Homophonic
B. Polyphonic
C. Monophonic
D. Heterophony
9: The japanese theater musicians played a stringed instrument called a ____.
A. Samisen
B. Samurai
C. Lyre
D. Lute.
10: When writing a problem-and-solution essay, it is important to gather details that _____.
A. Define and clarify terms
B. Define the problem and clarify the solution
C. Encourage the audience
D. Contradict your solution
11: A writer has achieved _____ when all ideas in a paragraph relate to the main idea.
A. Transition
B. Purpose
C. Unity
D. Rhetoric.
12: Chanticleer was a _____.
A. Widow
B. Fox
C. Hen
D. Rooster
13: Harmonies built on the dominant (fifth scale degree) have a tendency toward the _____.
A. Supertonic
B. Subdominant
C. Tonic
D. All of the above
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