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WESTERN MUSIC - I

Grade 10 One Hour.

Name / Index No. :


≤ Answer all questions.

1. Correct order used in a musical score ?


(1) Clef, Time-signature, Key-signature, Notes.
(2) Clef, Key-signature, Time-signature, Notes.
(3) Clef, Key-signature, Notes, Time-signature.
(4) Clef, Notes, Time-signature, Key-signature.
2. Single Reed Non-Transposing instrument
(1) Oboe (2) Flute (3) Bassoon (4) Double bassoon
3. Composer was born after "Schumann"
(1) Bach (2) Mozart (3) Haydn (4) Wagner
4. Which composer is closely associated with the Lieder ?
(1) Handel (2) Schubert (3) Haydn (4) Liszt

5. Change the position of a melody to the required pitch ?


(1) Form (2) Ornament (3) Harmony (4) Transposition

06. Which Time - Signature is suitable for the above


passage?
1. 3 2. 6 3. C 4. C
4 8
07. Absence of frequency is ?
(1) Silence (2) Timber (3) Amplitude (4) Loud
08. Thievra note (raised) in Oriental music ?
(1) Sa (2) Pa (3) Ga (4) Ma

09. Best describes "form" in music,

(1) Time (2) Design (3) Rhythm (4) Melody

10. Correct way of playing the given Ornament.

1 2
3 4
11. Which of the following would not indicate any change of Tone?
(1) Rallantando (2) Crescendo (3) Decrescendo (4) Diminuendo
12. Time-Signature indicates 6 pulses in a bar,
2 4 6
(1) 4 (2) 4 (3) 8 (4) C

13. Group of instruments is not associated with the drum kit?


(1) Bass drum / snare drum / Tom - Toms
(2) Ride cymbal / crash cymbal / hi-hat cymbal
(3) Floor tom / snare drum / Timpani
(4) Snare drum / hi-hat cymbal / crash cymbal
14. vertical lines divide music into equal measures,
(1) Leger lines (2) Bar lines (3) Double bar line (4) Notes
15. Generally sung without an accompaniment ?
(1) Folk songs (2) Baila (3) Viridu (4) Sarala gee
16. When a Major 7th is inverted it becomes a
(1) Major 2nd (2) Minor 7th (3) Minor 2nd (4) Major 7th
17. Which Instrument is know as "English Horn"
(1) Cello (2) Cor anglais (3) Flute (4) Recorder
18. Cadence indicate a "half close"?
(1) Perfect cadence (2) Plagal cadence
(3) Interrupted cadence (4) Imperfect cadence
19. Sound same as the given extract ?
x

x
(1) (2)

x
(3) (4)

20. Composition based on the environmental music ?


(1) carnival of animals (2) Eroica symphony
(3) 48 preludes and fugue (4) choral symphony
21. Concordant interval ?
(1) Major 2nd (2) Minor 7th (3) Major 7th (4) Per 4th
22. Nationality of the composer of "Clair de Lune"
(1) French (2) Polish (3) English (4) German
23. Which of the following is not an Orchestral composition ?
(1) Symphony (2) Opera (3) Oratorio (4) Lieder
24. What is the Brass counterpart to the cello in the string section of the Orchestra
(1) Trombone (2) Tuba (3) Flute (4) Trumpet
25. Instrument use the term "Arco"?
(1) Piano (2) Guitar (3) Viola (4) Flute
26. Nationality of Bartolomeo cristofori ?
(1) Italian (2) Russian (3) German (4) English
27. Frequency of the concert pitch ?
(1) 256 Hz (2) 440 Hz (3) 512 Hz (4) 444 Hz
28. What do you meant by an Ornament ?
(1) Speed of a melody (2) Rhythm of a melody
(3) Plan of a melody (4) Decoration of a melody
29. Roman numeral fits the following ?
(1) I 4
4
(2) IV
(3) IV 4
(4) I 4
30. Relative minor of the major scale having 5 flats ?
(1) B minor (2) B minor (3) B major (4) D major
31. Least related to the others in the list ?

(1) (2) (3) (4) C

32. Double the value of the given extract ?

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)
33. Singer belong to Gramaphone Era
(1) Sanath Nandasiri (2) T. M. Jayaratne
(3) Sunil Edirisinghe (4) Ellen Rathnayaka
34. Opposite meaning of Legato is,
(1) Tie (2) Slur (3) Staccato (4) Smoothly
35. Which of the following is a false ?
(1) Operas - Magic flute, Lohengrin. (2) Symphonies - Clock, Drumroll, Jupiter
(3) Oratorios - Messiah, Creation (4) Lieder - Farewell, choral
36. Intervals build a Major Triad ?
rd rd rd th
(1) Major 3 / Major 3 (2) Major 3 / Major 5
rd rd rd rd
(3) Major 3 / Minor 3 (4) Minor 3 / Major 3
37. The false statement would be,
(1) The concert master is the Leader of the Orchestra.
(2) Orchestra is tuned to 5th line A in Bass clef played by the Oboe.
(3) String instruments are closest to the audience.
(4) The audience applause after each full piece of music.
38. Correct notation when it's one octave lower,

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

39. Which of the following is not a Musical,


(1) Edelweiss (2) Softly sings the donkey
(3) spoonful of sugar (4) Singing in the Rain
40. Which of the following is a false statement ?
(1) German - Bach, Schumann, Schubert (2) Austrian - Mozart, Haydn, Schubert
(3) French - Ravel, Debussy (4) Russian - Tchaikovsky.

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