MUS 301 – Test 1 Study Guide

Your first test will consist of two sections of multiple-choice questions. The first section
will contain questions based on listening examples and the second section will contain
questions based on terms, concepts, and historical figures from readings and class
lectures.

Section I – Listening
**Be able to identify the pieces of music or concepts by listening

Ludwig von Beethoven – Symphony No. 5, 1st movement

Richard Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra
Claude Debussy – Claire de Lune
Georg Friedrich Handel – Hallelujah chorus
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony no. 94 “Surprise Sympony”, 2nd movement

Identifying instruments (family and specific instruments)

Identifying dynamic levels (piano, mezzo-piano, mezzo-forte, forte)
Identifying crescendos and decrescendos
Identifying musical textures (monophonic, polyphonic, homophonic)

Section II
**Study the following terms, concepts and people

Basilar membrane Dynamics

Classical music Crescendo
Popular music Decrescendo
Genre Timbre
Rhythm Symphony orchestra
Melody Woodwinds
Harmony Brass
Tempo Strings
Meter Percussion
Syncopation Keyboard instruments
Interval Monophony
Octave Polyphony
Scale Homophony
Major and minor (mode) Counterpoint
Tonality Form - Binary, Ternary, Rondo, Variation
Chord Progression Gregorian Chant – St. Gregory
Cadence Mass
Dissonance Syllabic vs. Melismatic
Consonance Hildegard von Bingen