A Staff has four lines and 5 spaces.
False
Rhythm is the ordered flow of music through time, also another word for beat, for a piece of music.
False
If melody is the horizontal aspect of music, then harmony in the vertical aspect.
True
Tonal music is characterized by the presence of tonic, which is the central note at which a musical composition is organized.
True
Texture only refers to the horizontal composition of music.
False
Monophony, Polyphony, and Homophony are the three basic types of musical texture found in Western Music.
True
The organization of musical ideas in time is called form.
True
A piece of music in ternary form will only have two parts.
False
The birth of opera, generally believed by scholars, was 1750 in Florence, Italy.
False
A piece of music in ternary form will have two parts.
False
The libretto is the text of an opera.
True
Retative is spoken dialogue in the Baroque opera.
False
Contata will never include a chorus; it is only for a group of soloist.
False
J.S. Bach was born in 1685 and he died in 1730.
False
Handel was born in 1685 and he died in 1759.
True
“A Passion” due to its content was strictly forbidden to be performed in churches during the Baroque Era.
False
By the late Baroque Era “Passion” was being performed outside of religious service.
True
The pace or speed of a composition of music is known as the tempo.
True
The riternello is the repetition or return of an instrumental section concerto grosso.
True
A fugue is always polyphonic.
True
A fugue is never polyphonic.
False
A concerto is always performed by a soloist accompanied by an ensemble.
False
A librettist provides musical material to the composer of an opera.
False
A cadence may be defined as a definite ending of a portion of music.
True
The art of improv was known as taboo during the Romantic Period.
False
The Romantic period preceded the classical period.
False