Praxis Music Content and Instruction (5114) Practice Exam

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• Which instrument sounds up one octave from written?
• Which musical form features a recurring theme alternating with contrasting material?
• Which factor primarily changes dynamics on a brass instrument?
• Which list correctly names the six movements of the Mass Ordinary?
• Which are the unique instrumental aspects of Orff?
• In relative terms, adagio is faster than larghetto and slower than andante. Which option best describes this tempo?
• Which tempo marking indicates a walking pace, approximately 76-108 bpm?
• Scherzo is best described as which of the following?
• Which tempo marking means broadly, very slow, around 40 bpm and below?
• Which career is concerned with overseeing and promoting the health of the performing artist?
• Prelude is best described as:
• Which tempo marking means moderately fast and gracefully?
• Scordatura refers to which practice?
• Which instrument is notated to sound two octaves higher than written?
• Which statement best describes a medieval motet?
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is associated with which features?
• Rigaudon is best described as which of the following?
• Which instrument is pitched in F and transposes by a perfect fifth (lower) relative to written?
• Which statement best describes the Dalcroze method?
• What term describes a slight detachment of notes played with the bow without changing its direction?
• Which of the following lists are minimalist composers?
• Which statement best describes Howard Gardner's Frames of Mind?
• Which educator is widely regarded as the father of music education and introduced the music curriculum in the Boston public schools?
• The Bb trumpet transposes how relative to written notation?
• Which concept is central to B. F. Skinner's theory of learning?
• Second inversion of a triad places which note in the bass?
• What is a berceuse?
• Which concept is a hallmark of Bruner's approach to education, involving repeating a concept with increasing complexity?
• Which tempo marking is Andantino described as 'alternatively faster or slower than Andante'?
• Which statement best captures Bennett Reimer's view on music education?
• Which act is also known as the Improving America's Schools Act?
• Which instrument in this set sounds two octaves higher than written?
• Which term describes Arnold Schoenberg's influential method of composition using all twelve tones?
• Minimalist movement is often described as which description?
• What is the transposition of the horn in F relative to written pitch?
• What does Comprehensive Musicianship describe?
• Allargando means which of the following?
• Which of the following lists includes 12-tone composers?
• What effect does the bucket mute have on brass tone?
• Which tempo marking has a range of 66-76 bpm?
• Which of the following best describes opera buffa?
• Detache bowing technique is defined as?
• What is the general tenor range?
• Which statement about medieval sacred music is most accurate?
• Which term describes an integrated approach to music learning that includes theory, history, performance, improvisation, and world music?
• In fugue terminology, which term refers to the answer to the subject?
• Which four processes are emphasized in standards-based instruction for music education?
• Which statement about the relative minor is true?
• Affrettando indicates which of the following?
• Which instrument sounds down a major ninth (M2+1oct) from written treble?
• Which term describes music with a single melodic line performed by one voice?
• Binary form consists of two sections, both repeated (A A' - A in tonic, A' in either dominant or relative major).
• The musical marking marcato indicates which of the following?
• Which statement describes the character range in opera buffa?
• The term 'abbandonatamente' indicates which mood or style?
• Among the following, which instrument is commonly notated to sound as written (concert pitch)?
• Which tempo marking is described as slow and solemn?
• Affrettando means which of the following?
• Which term corresponds to a direct, heavy, quick stroke?
• Which practice is most helpful for woodwind players in developing good intonation?
• Which tempo marking directs a gradual widening of the tempo?
• Cadenza is best described as what?
• In Germanic language usage, what does the term 'werk' translate to in English?
• Which description defines a false sequence?
• Which instrument sounds down a major sixth plus one octave from written treble?
• Pizzicato indicates playing strings by:
• Which of the following is a Baroque-era composer?
• Which term describes a Baroque dance with a drone-bass?
• The Manhattanville Curriculum is associated with Bruner's spiral curriculum and what concept?
• Which mode is major with a raised fourth degree?
• Which term refers to an atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind?
• Which instrument transposes down a major sixth from written treble?
• In a concerto, who performs the melody?
• The initial presentation of a fugue's theme is called the exposition. Which term best matches this concept?
• Which tempo marking is very slow, commonly around 40-60 bpm?
• Slentando means which of the following?
• Quadrille is a:
• What is the first Broadway musical with a complete plot from beginning to end?
• Which term corresponds to an indirect, light, sustained stroke?
• Which description best defines the tresillo rhythm according to the material?
• In minor keys, an authentic cadence typically moves from which chords?
• Which term describes the technique of bowing over the end of the fingerboard for a light airy sound?
• Parallel minor is defined as the minor key that shares which characteristic with its major counterpart?
• Which cadence ends on V and is commonly used to pause before continuing?
• A leitmotif is best described as which concept?
• The bassoon is typically considered to sound at concert pitch (written equals sounding). Which statement reflects this?
• Which term describes the prescribed ensemble parts including two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, clarinets, saxophones, brass, and percussion?
• Music written for a lively French dance for two performers written in triple time
• Which group is described as an early reggae vocal trio?
• Which range best describes the general alto voice range?
• Which movement is Debussy most closely associated with?
• Which term describes a tremolo-like effect on two adjacent strings?
• Opera seria typically features how many main protagonists?
• Which term best describes a lively French dance for two performers in triple time?
• The tuba transposes relative to written pitch as?
• Friction idiophones produce sound by rubbing, and include which instruments?
• In Baroque practice, what does continuo refer to?
• Which composer is most associated with leitmotifs in opera?
• Which term describes a composition that imitates sounds of battle and martial music?
• a piacere indicates which performance instruction?
• Which term means 'broken down, crushed; the sounding of notes not quite simultaneously'?
• Which term describes using the wood of the bow on the strings?
• The pipa is a traditional instrument from which country?
• Which tempo is described as moderately fast (but less than allegro)?
• An authentic cadence in major tonality resolves in which progression?
• Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase
• Which term would you identify as the opposite of bowed playing in strings?
• Which instrument transposes down a major second plus one octave from written treble?
• Ostinatos are found in which country according to the material?
• What term describes the simultaneous performance of variations on the same melody (not a fugue)?
• Which instrument is listed as part of the concert band ensemble?
• Which composer is commonly associated with Impressionism due to tone and color?
• Which instrument sounds down a major second from written treble, among the following options?
• Kunst is best defined as which term?
• Which term describes two or three melodic lines played at the same time?
• What is the real name of the soft palate for singers?
• Which tempo marking is described as rather slow around 70-80 bpm?
• Which statement describes a real sequence?
• Which term means art?
• Lionel Hampton was best known for performing on which family of percussion instruments?
• The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed in which year and under which president?
• What is the general alto range?
• In the harmonic minor scale, which degree is raised?
• The pipa is a traditional instrument from which region?
• Which describes a half cadence?
• Ricercar is an elaborate polyphonic composition from which periods?
• In the overtone series, the second interval above the root is which of the following?
• Scratch Perry is described as which of the following?
• Which clef is most commonly used to notate timpani pitches?
• Which tempo marking is described as moderately fast (but less so than allegro)?
• Which statement defines a modulating sequence?
• Which instrument sounds down a major sixth plus one octave from written treble?
• Who created the Orff method?
• Which composition is recognized as the first complete Mass by a known composer?
• Calando indicates which of the following?
• The contra bassoon sounds relative to written pitch by which interval?
• Slentando indicates which of the following?
• Renaissance is a period dating from:
• Which description best matches the allemande?
• Which statement describes a real sequence?
• Which term is a Renaissance polyphonic piece of music written for more than three voices addressing secular themes?
• Which statement best describes a Renaissance motet?
• Which technique involves playing with the wood of the bow on the strings rather than the hair?
• Which tempo marking means moderately fast and gracefully?
• Which method is noted for the use of fixed Do as a unique aspect?
• Which instrument sounds in concert pitch (identical to written) when playing from treble clef?
• Concussion idiophones produce sound by which mechanism?
• The technique of altering the tone color of a single note or musical line by changing from one instrument to another in the middle of a note or line
• Sul tasto indicates playing
• In the described four-movement symphonic form, what characterizes the second movement?
• In violin and guitar construction, the curves in the ribs that form the waist are known as what?
• Which term corresponds to a direct, light, sustained stroke?
• In a fugue, the subject is heard in all voices through which process after the exposition?
• What happens to the sound when the tongue rests against the bottom teeth?
• What is the standard 12-bar blues harmonic progression?
• Which technique on the French horn helps in producing a slightly darker tone and enables extended techniques such as stopped horn and echo horn?
• What is the primary focus of the Orff approach?
• What is the general soprano range?
• Velum refers to which part of the anatomy?
• Which term indicates performing with flexible tempo and freedom?
• What defines polyphony?
• In the Mass, Agnus Dei is which part of the Ordinary?
• The Pioneers are described as which group?
• Which timpanist stroke is direct, heavy, quick?
• Which term is a slow and stately dance music written in triple time?
• Which tempo marking is described as rather broadly around 60-66 bpm?
• Which term denotes an extended solo often accompanying aria?
• Which term describes a smooth transition between two pitches used for expressiveness?
• A plagal cadence is best described by which progression?
• What term describes a form of imitative counterpoint in which a theme is introduced at the beginning (exposition) and echoed in all voices through imitation and development?
• Which statement accurately describes a Renaissance motet (mid-15th century)?
• Which statement describes the parallel minor?
• Which term describes a German dance from the 16th century?
• Which describes the four-movement symphony outline given?
• Which mode is major with a flattened seventh degree?
• Which tempo marking is described as broadly, very slow around 40 bpm and below?
• How do brass instruments produce sound?
• Valved horns were introduced in which century?
• Which term is a lively French dance for two performers in triple time?
• Which statement about the trombone's sounding pitch is correct?
• Which mute on brass instruments is associated with the wah-wah effect?
• Rondo form is associated with which label among these options?
• Which tempo is described as 'fast and bright' or 'march tempo' with a bpm range of 120-168?
• Rounded binary form is characterized by which sequence?
• The Baroque Period is defined as which approximate time period?
• Which sequence is associated with Kodály's approach?
• Which artist is described as an early reggae player, keyboardist, songwriter, and composer?
• Which option is not a sequence type described in the material?
• The dulcimer and dobros originate from which region?
• How does funk differ from soul and R&B according to the material?
• In Baroque-era suites, which dance is commonly the first movement?
• A piece of music written in triple time and also an old French dance is called what?
• Which of the following lists are associated with neoclassical composers?
• Relative minor shares the same key signature as its relative major. Which of the following statements is true?
• Which term refers to a 17th-century dance written in quadruple time that always begins on the third beat of the measure?
• Agnus Dei literally translates to which phrase?
• Partita refers to:
• Which tempo marking means moderately with expression?
• Lionel Hampton was renowned as a jazz musician on which instruments?
• Slow and stately dance music written in triple time.
• Which instrument is a percussion idiophone?
• Percussion idiophones are typically defined by being:
• Which timpanist stroke is indirect, heavy, quick?
• Which term refers to a late 19th-century Italian opera movement focusing on everyday life?
• Ondule technique involves
• What does acciaccato describe in articulation?
• What is the process associated with Orff education?
• Which tempo corresponds to 'lively and fast' with about 140 bpm?
• Which composer is NOT typically considered a 12-tone composer?
• Which term means muffled, muted?
• David Elliott argued that music education should be taught through what approach?
• Which tempo is described as fast and bright, or 'march tempo', with a bpm range of about 120-168?
• Which statement accurately characterizes nationalism in music?
• Which statement describes a false sequence?
• Which tempo marking is described as Moderato expressive, meaning moderately with expression?
• Which term means sight-read?
• Sautille refers to
• Which tempo marking indicates moderately quick, roughly 112-124 bpm?
• Which mode is minor with flattened second and fifth degrees?
• Which instrument is a classic friction idiophone?
• Which tempo marking indicates very fast and lively?
• Which term corresponds to an indirect, heavy, quick stroke?
• Compound meter is defined as grouping beats in what unit?
• Portamento is:
• Which concept is associated with Edwin Gordon?
• Which texture describes several voices moving in rhythmic likeness with one melody and one supporting accompaniment?
• Which instrument sounds down a major second plus one octave from written treble?
• Rondo form typically has how many parts?
• Which term describes a left-hand pattern of broken chords in the order low-high-middle-high?
• Which statement describes a modulating sequence?
• Which concept describes learning that results from reinforcements and punishments?
• Which mute would a player use to soften the tone without changing pitch?
• For a strong homophonic choral sound, which seating formation is described?
• How often should pianos be tuned?
• Which term denotes using the wood of the bow on the strings?
• Which mode is described as major but with flattened third and seventh degrees?
• Which statement best describes the Manhattanville Curriculum's relation to Bruner's spiral curriculum?
• Conjunto refers to what?
• Which instrument is Winston Wright associated with?
• Which tempo marking has a range of 76-108 bpm?
• Opera seria typically features how many total characters?
• Which setting is associated with the shortest reverberation time?
• Jacki Mitto is described as which of the following?
• Which scale is described by the degrees 1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7, 1?
• Which timpanist stroke is indirect, heavy, sustained?
• Which piece is cited as an absolute music example?
• Which timpanist stroke is indirect, light, and sustained?
• What is the typical number of performers in a symphonic band as described?
• Which statement about tonal sequences is true?
• Which instrument is listed as part of the symphonic band instruments?
• Which educator advocated music education grounded in aesthetic experience?
• The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was enacted to emphasize what?
• Which tempo marking has a range of 60-66 bpm?
• Which term corresponds to a direct, light, quick stroke?
• A concerto is:
• Simple meter is defined as grouping beats in what unit?
• Which description matches the Xylophone's sounding pitch relative to written notes?
• Which instrument is typically highlighted in boss nova music?
• Which instrument is not listed among the symphonic band instruments?
• Acceso means which state in musical terms?
• Which category describes instruments like the xylophone and marimba?
• Presto tempo corresponds to which approximate range?
• A 17th century dance written in Quadruple time, always beginning on the third beat of the measure.
• Which statement best describes 12-tone music?
• Which instrument sounds down a major second from its written treble pitch?
• What effect does the straight mute produce?
• Stretto describes which technique in the context of fugue?
• Sul ponticello indicates the bow should be played
• The boss nova movement originated in which country in the late 1950s?
• Which composer wrote the Symphony No. 9 cited as an absolute music example?
• Which term best describes music consisting of all one voice and melody?
• Which timpanist stroke is direct, heavy, sustained?
• Which tempo marking is slow and stately around 66-76 bpm?
• Which instrument sounds down a major second plus two octaves from written treble?
• Which term means complete, unified?
• Which statement defines polyphony?
• Winston Wright is described as which of the following?
• Which sections define the classic sonata form?
• In performance spaces, which environment is typically associated with the longest reverberation time?
• Concussion idiophones are defined by which mechanism?
• What is organum?
• Which tempo marking is the fastest among Prestissimo, Presto, Vivacissimo, and Allegro?
• Which tempo marking has a range of 70-80 bpm?
• Mambo is a Cuban dance style known for which feature?
• Vivacissimo tempo indicates which of the following?
• What is the term for a musical expression repeated several times?
• In music, nationalism is best described as which concept?
• Which rhythm pattern is commonly described for the cha-cha dance?
• What is the first inversion of a triad?
• Which tempo indicates moderately 108-120?
• Which statement best describes opera seria?
• Which timpanist stroke is direct, light, sustained?
• In music notation, the natural sign is referred to by which term?
• Gesamt conveys which meaning?
• Renaissance polyphonic piece of music written for more than three voices, discusses social themes instead of sacred, usually in english, french, or italian
• Which term means 'Old Art' and refers to music of the 12th and 13th centuries?
• Which tempo marking is the slowest and described as very, very slow (20 bpm and below)?
• A beginning flute student produces a small, weak tone. What is the likely issue?
• Which tempo marking means very fast?
• What family of instruments produces sound by striking a stretched membrane?
• Which is a focus of Gordon's Music Learning Theory?
• What effect does the cup mute produce on brass tone?
• An instrumental lament with praise for the dead is called which term?
• Which term denotes the unique sound quality that distinguishes instruments?
• Which are characteristic Baroque features?
• Alberti bass is best described as which of the following?
• What happens to the voice during puberty?
• What is Sibelius?
• Which timpanist stroke is indirect, light, quick?
• Maslow is best known for which theory and term?
• Which tempo marking is defined as lively and fast?
• Ricochet technique is defined as
• Which of the following best describes the characteristics of Medieval music?
• Which statement correctly describes the transposition of the English horn relative to written music?
• Verismo is best described as which form?
• What rhythmic and musical features is Africa known for according to the material?
• Which tempo marking is very slow around 40-60 bpm?
• Which instrument sounds down a major second plus two octaves from written treble?
• Scratch Perry is described as which of the following?
• Which statement best describes minimalist music's approach?
• Which instrument sounds down a major second from written treble among the following options?
• In the Middle Eastern musical tradition, maqāam is most analogous to which Western concept?
• The cha-cha rhythm is typically performed in which time signature?
• Membranophones produce sound by which mechanism?
• Which term means muffled, muted?
• Which statement correctly describes the Glockenspiel's sounding pitch relative to written notation?
• Nationalism in music is commonly associated with which composers?
• How do woodwinds produce sound?
• Which instrument sounds down a major sixth from written treble?
• The composer Bach is most closely associated with which musical period?
• Howard Gardner is associated with which theory?
• Which timpanist stroke is direct, light, quick?
• Martele is described as
• In the ascending melodic minor scale, which degrees are raised?
• Accarezzevole indicates which musical expression?
• Oblique motion occurs when which of the following describes voice-leading?
• Which term refers to medieval music of the 12th-13th centuries?
• What is the general bass range?
• Which Brazilian dance is closely associated with Carnival?
• Which mute is most associated with a bright, tinny timbre?
• Kodály method focuses on which area?
• Prestissimo tempo means which of the following?
• Which instrument is an example of a friction idiophone?
• Which instrument is widely cited as a friction idiophone?
• What is the standard transposition of the euphonium relative to written notation?
• Which description defines a tonal sequence?
• Which composer is from the Baroque period?
• In musical analysis, the term antecedent is defined as which of the following?
• Kabuki is a traditional theater form from which country?
• Obbligato is defined as:
• Which term denotes music of the 14th century?
• Cadenza is typically performed by which performer in a concerto?
• Tenuto indicates which performance instruction?
• Which term describes the technique that produces a harsh sound by bowing near the bridge?
• Which tempo indicates lively and fast, approximately 140 bpm?
• In organ notation, what does the abbreviation 'ab' indicate?
• Which term denotes 14th-century music?
• The term 'aber' means which English word?
• Which instrument sounds down a major sixth from written treble?
• How often should oil be applied to valved brass instruments?
• Which option best describes the standard Alberti bass pattern?
• Which term is a Baroque dance often included within dance suites and refers to a type of dance in a collection?
• A short, light, or whimsical piece, usually written for piano, is called what?
• A deceptive cadence commonly involves which progression?
• Which mode is minor with a flattened second degree?
• Which instrument sounds down a major ninth from written treble?
• Ternary form is most clearly represented by which pattern?
• Which term is commonly used to denote a collection of Baroque dances?
• Heterophony is a musical texture characterized by which description?
• Which horn technique on the French horn produces a slightly darker tone, easier pitch control, and enables extended techniques such as stopped horn and echo horn?
• In fugue terminology, what does the term antithesis describe?
• Calando means which of the following?
• a prima vista refers to what musical skill?
• Winston Wright is described as which of the following?
• The Eb sopranino clarinet sounds a minor third higher than the written pitch.