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College Performance and Listening
This piece is an excellent example of how to build excitement through:
  1. the use of syncopations.
  2. the use of dissonance.
  3. the use of a crescendo.
College Performance and Listening
The melody can be described as:
  1. a long melodic line.
  2. short motivic fragments.
College Performance and Listening
The following musical excerpt is:
  1. Stravinsky - The Firebird
  2. Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee
  3. Ravel - Bolero
  4. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  5. Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
College Performance and Listening
This piece is an example of what type of form?
  1. Theme and variation
  2. Binary form (AB)
  3. Ternary form (ABA)
College Performance and Listening
The following excerpt is:
  1. Stravinsky - The Firebird
  2. Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
  3. Ravel - Bolero
  4. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  5. Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
College Performance and Listening
Statement: This melody contains a sequence.
  1. True
  2. False
College Performance and Listening
We would describe the melody as being                .
  1. conjunct
  2. disjunct
College Performance and Listening
What would be an appropriate tempo marking for this piece?
  1. Adagio
  2. Andante
  3. Allegro
  4. Presto
College Performance and Listening
The following excerpt is:
  1. Stravinsky - The Firebird
  2. Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee
  3. Ravel - Bolero
  4. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  5. Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
College Performance and Listening
The harmony of this excerpt is                ?
  1. major
  2. minor
College Performance and Listening
The following excerpt is from:
  1. Stravinsky - The Firebird
  2. Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
  3. Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee
  4. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  5. Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
College Performance and Listening
This piece can best be described as:
  1. an exploration of a long crescendo.
  2. an exploration of different orchestrals timbres.
  3. Both answers A & B
College Performance and Listening
The following excerpt is:
  1. Stravinsky - The Firebird
  2. Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
  3. Ravel - Bolero
  4. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  5. Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
College Performance and Listening
This excerpt best illustrates which instrumental family?
  1. Woodwinds
  2. Percussion
  3. Brass
  4. Strings
  5. Both Brass & Percussion
College Performance and Listening
The following excerpt is:
  1. Stravinsky - The Firebird
  2. Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
  3. Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee
  4. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  5. Holst - Mars, The Bringer of War
College Performance and Listening
Statement: This piece contains an ostinato.
  1. True
  2. False
College Performance and Listening
The following excerpt is from:
  1. Stravinsky - The Firebird
  2. Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble Bee
  3. Ravel - Bolero
  4. Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
  5. Varese - Electric Poem
College Performance and Listening
Which element of this piece is the most striking?
  1. Melody
  2. Harmony
  3. Texture
  4. Rhythm
College Performance and Listening
The main purpose of this piece is to explore the use of:
  1. different instrumental timbres.
  2. a long crescendo.
  3. unusual meters.
  4. melody.
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