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1
Which term describes a common element of Chinese music?
A)dodecaphonic scale
B)pentatonic scale
C)chromatic scale
D)randomized pitch
2
Which type of instruments are most prevalent in gamelan groups?
A)aerophones
B)idiophones
C)membranophones
D)chordophones
3
Which of the following terms does NOT describe musical compositions that contain highly randomized elements?
A)aleatory music
B)ethnomusicology
C)indeterminacy
D)chance music
4
Which of the following would be least likely to be placed on or between the strings of a prepared piano?
A)bolts
B)bamboo
C)chewing gum
D)pieces of weather stripping
5
Which composer is most known for creating theatrical works that used electronics mixed with live sounds?
A)Henry Cowell
B)Bela Bartók
C)John Cage
D)T'ang
6
What aspect of the Chinese Book of Changes, the I Ching, appealed to John Cage?
A)huang chung
B)pipa
C)reading Chinese characters
D)randomness
7
What is the Indonesian term for a musical ensemble?
A)idiophones
B)gamelan
C)bonang
D)suling
8
Which of the following statements about the Chinese concept of huang chung is NOT true?
A)Huang chung is the one true "foundation tone" upon which the whole edifice of a musical composition should be built.
B)Huang chung has social, cosmological, and mystical significance in Chinese culture.
C)There are several methods used to discover huang chung.
D)Huang chung is found in animal cries and roaring gales.
9
What term describes the simultaneous performance of two or more slightly different versions of a melody?
A)metallophony
B)membranophony
C)heterophony
D)aerophony
10
What did composition teacher Arnold Schoenberg require of student John Cage?
A)He required payment for lessons.
B)He required that Cage promise to devote his entire life to music.
C)He required Cage to write poetry as well as musical compositions.
D)He required Cage to burn each student composition after it was completed.
11
In piano music, a tone cluster is created by...
A)screaming under the open lid of a grand piano.
B)plucking the string of every octave of a particular note of a major scale on the piano.
C)finding the true huang chung.
D)smashing down a large group of adjacent piano keys.
12
What is the most striking aspect of John Cage's piano piece 4"33'?
A)The pianist is instructed to perform this piece in the "coldest possible room."
B)4'33" is a programmatic piece that depicts sounds made in a torture chamber.
C)The performer never produces a sound by touching piano keys.
D)The performer is instructed to hold his or her breath for the first 45 seconds of the piece.
13
In which Henry Cowell piece is the pianist instructed to reach over the keyboard and strum the strings inside the piano?
A)Tiger
B)Persian Set
C)Ballade no. 1 in G minor
D)Aeolian Harp





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