Music 111 - Music Appreciation » Winter 2021 » Chapter 2 Listening Activity

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Question #1
Let's try out your understanding of some terms relating to melody by listening to this familiar musical theater song. Here's the text to help you follow along: Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight. I saw you and the world went away. Tonight, tonight, there's only you tonight - what you are, what you do, what you say. Today, all day I had the feeling a miracle would happen. I know now I was right. For here you are and what was just a world is a star, tonight! How many melodic phrases, each ending with a sustained cadence note, are in this verse?
A.   two
B.   ten
C.   four
Question #2
Let's try out your understanding of some terms relating to melody by listening to this familiar musical theater song. Here's the text to help you follow along: Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight. I saw you and the world went away. Tonight, tonight, there's only you tonight - what you are, what you do, what you say. Today, all day I had the feeling a miracle would happen. I know now I was right. For here you are and what was just a world is a star, tonight! On which two words at cadences do the phrases seem most incomplete, where you know there is more to come?
A.   star, are
B.   light, night
C.   say, tonight
D.   away, right
Question #3
Let's try out your understanding of some terms relating to melody by listening to this familiar musical theater song. Here's the text to help you follow along: Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight. I saw you and the world went away. Tonight, tonight, there's only you tonight - what you are, what you do, what you say. Today, all day I had the feeling a miracle would happen. I know now I was right. For here you are and what was just a world is a star, tonight! Two changes occur on the line beginning with "Today." Pick the one below that you hear.
A.   the melody becomes more conjunct
B.   the melody becomes more disjunct
C.   the phrasing becomes irregular
D.   a countermelody is heard in the violins
Question #4
Let's try out your understanding of some terms relating to melody by listening to this familiar musical theater song. Here's the text to help you follow along: Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight. I saw you and the world went away. Tonight, tonight, there's only you tonight - what you are, what you do, what you say. Today, all day I had the feeling a miracle would happen. I know now I was right. For here you are and what was just a world is a star, tonight! Would you say the range of this melody is:
A.   medium
B.   narrow
C.   wide
Question #5
Let's try out your understanding of some terms relating to melody by listening to this familiar musical theater song. Here's the text to help you follow along: Tonight, tonight, it all began tonight. I saw you and the world went away. Tonight, tonight, there's only you tonight - what you are, what you do, what you say. Today, all day I had the feeling a miracle would happen. I know now I was right. For here you are and what was just a world is a star, tonight! Where do you think the melody's climax occurs?
A.   at the end
B.   near the beginning
C.   in the middle
Question #6
It is important to perceive the qualities of harmony and the concept of tonality. Try hearing these concepts by listening to this appealing orchestral movement. How many phrases do you hear before the loud "surprise" chord? Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise), second movement
A.   four
B.   six
C.   two
Question #7
It is important to perceive the qualities of harmony and the concept of tonality. Try hearing these concepts by listening to this appealing orchestral movement. Would you consider this selection's harmony more: Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise), second movement
A.   dissonant
B.   consonant
Question #8
It is important to perceive the qualities of harmony and the concept of tonality. Try hearing these concepts by listening to this appealing orchestral movement. How would you describe the harmony? Haydn: Symphony No. 94 in G major (Surprise), second movement
A.   simple, chords following the melody
B.   complex, more independent from the melody

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