MUS 103: Practice Test #1
_J__ 1. Pitch
a. Beat is divided into three equal parts
_D__ 2. Loudness
b. Grouping together of regular pulses
_CC_ 3. Hertz
c. An interval of an octave or less
_P__ 4. Decibels
d. The intensity of a sound
_W__ 5. Envelope
e. Three beats per measure
_T__ 6. Overtones
f. Notes without reference to spelling or octave location
_O__ 7. Duration
g. Larger than an octave
_V__ 8. Timbre
h. First phrase
_F__ 9. Pitch class
i. Four beats per measure
_M__ 10. Enharmonic
j. Relative highness or lowness of a sound
_Z__ 11. Interval
k. Beat is divided in two equal parts
_DD_ 12. Inversion
l. Octaves, unisons, fourths, fifths
_L__ 13. Perfect intervals
m. Sound the same; notated differently
_X__ 14. Imperfect intervals
n. The interval of an augmented fourth or diminished fifth
_N__ 15. Tritone
o. The amount of time a sound lasts
_C__ 16. Simple interval
p. Units by which loudness is measured
_G__ 17. Compound interval
q. Second phrase
_U__ 18. Beats
r. Brief idea consisting of distinctive melodic or rhythmic character
_B__ 19. Meter
s. The speed of the beat
_Y__ 20. Duple meter
t. Frequencies higher than the fundamental
_E__ 21. Triple meter
u. Regular pulses that are grouped together and divided
_I__ 22. Quadruple meter
v. Tone quality of a sound
_K__ 23. Simple meter
w. Relative loudness of a sound through time
_A__ 24. Compound meter
x. Seconds, thirds, sixths, sevenths
_S__ 25. Tempo
y. Two beats per measure
_EE_ 26. Complex meter
z. Distance between two pitches
_AA_ 27. Sequence
aa. Immediate repetition transposed to a different pitch level
_H__ 28. Antecedent
bb. A pause that acts as punctuation
_Q__ 29. Consequent
cc. Cycles per second
_BB_ 30. Cadence
dd. Reversal of the two notes in an interval (top becomes bottom note)
_R__ 31. Motive
ee. Beats of unequal length
II. Label the meter type of each example (duple, triple, quadruple; simple, compound) and provide
one full measure of beats and divisions for each. Beam divisions where appropriate (20 pts.)
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j
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6 œœ . œ œ œœ . œ œ
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32 ˙œ œ ˙œ œ ˙œ œ 12
8 œœ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ œ œœœœ
j j j
j
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?9 œ
œ
œ
4 œ œ œ
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8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 8 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
duple compound
triple simple
triple compound
quadruple simple
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B œ
III. Identify the pitches by letter name and octave classification. (10 pts.)
? bœ
B! 2
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F3
& œ
A4
F" 5
bœ
G4
A! 3
IV. Identify the intervals by quality and quality. (20 pts.)
Be sure to clearly distinguish between M and m in your handwriting.
&
# ww
M2
w
bw
M6
# # ww
P4
#w
# w
b ww
bw
w
&
w
bw
b ww
w
w
?
#w
#w
b ww
?
m6
M6
m7
quadruple compound
m3
m2
P5
m6
m7
b ww
A4
B
œ
E3
œ
C3
ww
A4
bœ
#œ
E! 4
G" 3
b b ww
P5
w
bw
M7
ww
b ww
A4
bw
w
w
#w
#w
w
m7
d5
m6
M6
V. Write the requested intervals above or below the given notes as indicated. (20 pts.)
DO NOT CHANGE THE GIVEN NOTES!
above:
&
?
b wœ
b wœ
M2
#œ
# w
#œ
w
b wœ
œw
m2
m3
# wœ
#w
#œ
M7
bw
b œ
#w
# œ
bw
bœ
m3
above:
M6
&
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below:
m3
below:
# wœ
P4
m6
P5
M6
m7
œ
#w
m6
œ
bw
M7
# œw
m2
wœ
M3
œ
bw
M7
# wœ
A4
w
œ
P5
b b œw
M2