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Introduction to Classical Music Week 1 Coursera Quiz Answers
Quiz 1 Answers - Popular Music and Classical Music Compared
Q1. Please select the following statements that best fit
into the category of ‘popular music.’
- Often
features a strong sense of a regular beat
- Usually
texted (has lyrics)
- A
somewhat lesser emphasis on a strongly defined regular beat
- Makes
wider and more regular use of electronic instruments and sounds
- Greater
prominence given to purely instrumental (untexted) music
- Employs
mostly acoustic instruments
- Compositions
are often longer and cast in broader forms
- Compositions
are generally shorter and feature greater repetition
- Performances
much less often rely on notated music
- Performances
typically occur with and from notated music (or from memory of notated
music)
Q2. Please select the following statements that best fit into the category of ‘classical music.’
- Often features a strong sense of a regular beat
- Usually texted (has lyrics)
- A somewhat lesser emphasis on a strongly defined regular beat
- Makes wider and more regular use of electronic instruments and sounds
- Greater prominence given to purely instrumental (untexted) music
- Employs mostly acoustic instruments
- Compositions are often longer and cast in broader forms
- Compositions are generally shorter and feature greater repetition
- Performances much less often rely on notated music
- Performances typically occur with and from notated music (or from memory of notated music)
Quiz 2 Answers - How Do We Hear Music? Sound Waves and the Ear
Q1. In order to raise the pitch of a note by an octave (by
the same letter name, we must __ its frequency (in Hertz).
- triple
- halve
- quadruple
- double
Q2. By using the letters below, arrange in the proper
sequence, first to last, the regions through which musical sound passes as it
comes from the atmosphere and into our ear and then makes its way to the
temporal lobe of the brain (1=first, 5=last area)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5._
A. Auditory nerve
B. Inner ear
C. Primary auditory cortex
D. Basilar membrane
E. Outer ear
- E,
A, D, B, C
- B,
A, E, C, D
- E,
B, D, A, C
- E,
A, C, D, B
Q3. A tonotopic region is one of the ear or the brain
containing cilia or neurons that
- Regions
of the ear and brain that respond only to particular frequencies
(vibrations) of pitch.
- Regions
of the ear and brain that respond only to particular topics
- Regions
of the ear and brain that require topical lotions
Q4. Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for
emotion (about how we feel about the music)?
- Temporal
lobe
- Limbic
System
- Mortor
cortex
Q5. True or false: Listening to music causes the same
responses in regions of the brain as we experience when eating certain food,
engaging in sex, and taking drugs of abuse.
- True
- False
Quiz 3 Answers - Why We Like What We Like? It’s Nature
Q1. What is the lowest sound of an overtone series called?
- Root
- Fundamental
- Bass
- Principal
Q2. All frequencies sounding above (and with) that lowest
sound are:
- Principals
- Overtones
- Good
vibrations
- Silhouettes
Q3. To generate a pitch an octave higher on a violin, one
must:
- Double
the length of the string
- Duplicate
the length of the string
- Cut
the length of string exactly in half
Q4. Do the Chinese and Indonesian musical cultures have the
same overtones as Western music?
- Yes
- No
Q5. The Fundamental and the first four (indeed first six)
overtones produce __.
- Consonance
- Dissonance
- Bad
vibrations
Q6. Which of the following does Richard Strauss use to
suggest the advent of a super hero and coming of a new age in his tone poem
Also sprach Zarathustra? (select two) _ and .
A. A static melody suggesting consistency
B. A rising melody
C. A descending melody
D. A piano as the solo instrument
E. A trumpet as a solo instrument
- C
and D
- D
and E
- B
and E
- A
and E
Introduction to Classical Music Week 2 Coursera Quiz Answers
Quiz 1 Answers - Beat, Meter, and Rhythm
Q1. Which music usually has no beat at all?
- Gregorian
chant
- Electric
dance music
- A
march
Q2. Which music often has a suppressed beat?
- Pop
music
- Classical
music
Q3. Please place each one of the following concepts in the
correct blank below:
is an organization of into
consistent of evenly spaced, regularly recurring (usually
2, 3, or 4).
A. Beats
B. Meter
C. Musical time
D. Groups
- B,
A, D, C
- A,
B, C, D
- B,
C, D, A
Q4. The machine musicians use to sound the beat so that the
performer can stay with it is called a _.
- Metroliner
- Metropolitan
- Metronome
Q5. Identify the two “axes” (or coordinates) of music found
in a Western musical score:
- Intensity
and volume
- Mood
and duration (time)
- Pitch
and duration (time)
- Pitch
and Mood
Quiz 2 Answers - Hearing the Downbeat, Feeling the Emotion
Q1. True or False: Syncopation is the effect produced when a
rhythmic emphasis is placed on a weak beat or on an “off-beat.”
- True
- False
Q2. Yes or No: If a rhythmic emphasis is placed on a
downbeat, is that considered an instance of syncopation?
- Yes
- No
Q3. When listening to music, the beat is usually signaled to
us by the _.
- Bass
- Melody
Q4. When listening to music, syncopation is usually found in
the __.
- Bass
- Melody
Q5. Which of the following is NOT used to signal a downbeat?
- New
instruments
- Accents
- Longer
durations
- Chord
changes
- Differences
in range
Quiz 3 Answers - Tempo (And How We Feel About It)
Q1. Tempo refers to the speed of the music, gauged by the
speed of the _.
- Beat
- Rhythms
- Accelerando
- Ritardando
- All
of these
Q2. Place the following tempo indications in order from
fastest to slowest:
A. Moderato
B. Allegro
C. Lento
D. Prestissimo
- D,
A, B, C
- D,
B, A, C
- A,
B, C, D
Q3. True or False: Classical music, with its notated scores
and long-standing traditions, demands that one perform the music strictly in
tempo and on pitch at all times for maximum emotional effect.
- True
- False
Q4. True or False: The introduction of slight “imperfections”
in classical music is NOT something we find emotionally satisfying.
- True
- False
Quiz 4 Answers - Melodic Notation and Scales
Q1. In music notation, the horizontal dimension corresponds
to , while the vertical dimension corresponds to .
A. Duration
B. Pitch
- A,
B
- B,
A
Q2. How many pitches are used in the pentatonic scale, the
scale so often heard in Chinese music?
- Five
(5)
- Six
(6)
- Seven
(7)
- Eight
(8)
Q3. Some Indian music, as exemplified by works created by
the late Ravi Shankar, employ how many pitches?
- Five
(5)
- Six
(6)
- Seven
(7)
- Eight
(8)
Q4. How many pitches are used in the Western major and minor
scales?
- Five
(5)
- Six
(6)
- Seven
(7)
- Eight
(8)
Q5. Which culture had the most significant effect on the
development of the Western musical
scale?
- Indian
- Ancient
Greek
- Chinese
- None
of these
- All
of these
Q6. The Western musical scale developed with inconsistencies
within it because the founders of early musical theory privileged _ over
symmetry.
- Rhetoric
- Mathematics
- Geometry
- Astronomy
Q7. Eventually, by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
scale patterns in the West were reduced to just two patterns, the _
and the _.
- Mixolydian
and Phrygian
- Major
and Enharmonic
- Major
and Minor
- Phrygian
and Minor
Quiz 5 Answers - The Chromatic Scale
Q1. How many pitches are in a chromatic scale?
- Six
(6)
- Eight
(8)
- Ten
(10)
- Twelve
(12)
Q2. How many pitches are in a minor scale?
- Six
(6)
- Seven
(7)
- Eight
(8)
- Twelve
(12)
Q3. True or False: Chromatic scales are usually employed in
only a part or a section of a piece?
- True
- False
Q4. Which usually adds a sense of growing tension to a
musical passage, as heard in the example by Mozart?
- An
ascending chromatic scale
- A
descending chromatic scale
Q5. Which usually releases tension from music from a musical
passage, as heard in the example by Beethoven?
- An
ascending chromatic scale
- A
descending chromatic scale
Quiz 6 Answers - How We Feel About the Music: Mode and Mood
Q1. Match the mode with the mood it is often associated with
in Western music: _ and ; and _
A Happy
B Minor
C Major
D Sad/Somber
- A,
C and B, D
- A,
D and B, C
Q2. Which pitch of the scale is altered by a half-step to
essentially change a scale from the major mode to the minor mode (and vice
versa)?
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
Q3. True or False: Major and minor scales both have
seven-note patterns, but those patterns differ from each other.
- True
- False
Quiz 7 Answers - Phrase Structure in Music: Beethoven’s Ode to Joy
Q1. Match the term with its appropriate description.
Each letter should be used only once.
A. Consequent B. Disjunct C. Antecedent D. Conjunct
WITH
E. Smooth motion F. Many leaps G. Return to a resting
point/tonic H. Departure from starting/resting point
- A
and _
- _ and
E
- C
and _
- _ and
F
- G
B H D
- G
D H B
- H
B D G
Quiz 8 Answers - Harmony: A Distinctly Western Phenomenon
Q1. Which musical element distinguishes Islamic music from
other regions/cultures of the world?
- Harmony
- Rhythm
- Melody
Q2. Which musical element distinguishes African music from
other regions/cultures of the world?
- Harmony
- Rhythm
- Melody
Q3. Which musical element distinguishes Western music from
other regions/cultures of the world?
- Rhythm
- Melody
- Harmony
Q4. According to Professor Wright, a “group of two or more
pitches sounding at the same time” is a basic definition of a __?
- Harmony
- Triad
- Chord
- All
of the above
- None
of the above
Q5. Please match the term with the scale degree (and the
associated triad) it represents:
Scale degree IV _
Scale degree V __
Scale degree I and VIII __
A. Subdominant B. Tonic C. Dominant
- A
B C
- B
C A
- A
C B
Quiz 9 Answers - Chord Progressions and Cadences
Q1. True or False: A cadence will come at the beginning of a
musical phrase.
- True
- False
Q2. Given the following chord progressions, please determine
which type (name) of cadence each chord sequence:
- Tonic
chord (I) to dominant chord (V) __
- Dominant
chord (V) to submediant chord (VI) __
- Dominant
chord (V) to tonic chord (I) __
- Subdominant
chord (IV) to tonic chord (I) __
A. Authentic B. Half C. Deceptive D. “Amen”
- B A
D C
- C D
B A
- B
C A D
Quiz 10 Answers - Major and Minor Triads
Q1. From the following pitches, please select the three that
correctly make up a triad.
E G D F C
- G
F C
- E
F D
- C
E G
Q2. A major or minor triad built upon the same pitch differs
from the other by the difference of a _ in the middle pitch of
the triad:
- half-step
- whole-step
Q3. True or False: A chord differs from an arpeggio in that
its notes are played simultaneously rather than successively.
- True
- False
Q4. True or False: Arpeggios can be made out of minor triads
as well as major triads.
- False
- True
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