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EXAM 1 REVIEW M103-1 S08 CARLISLE
Bring scantron #16485 (the purple one) and a pencil. Most of the exam will be made up
of multiple-choice questions. The following terms are taken from the lectures and the
reading and listening assignments for each class, which have been posted in the syllabus
since the beginning of the semester.
THE ELEMENTS OF MUSIC: CHAPTERS 1-5 and pp. xxvii-xxxiii
Understand the meaning of the following terms or answers to the following questions:
• Pitch – Highness of lowness of a sound
• Frequency – Rate of a sound wave’s vibration
• Tone – sound with specific pitch, produced by a constant one-half higher than
notated
• Musical Staff- five lines and four spaces on which music is notated
• Intervals – distance between two pitches
• Octave – interval of an eight as from C to C
• Dynamics – level of volume
• Crescendo – becoming louder
• Decrescendo or Diminuendo – becoming softer
• Know the Dynamics chart on p. 8.
• Rhythm – Arrangement of time in music.
• Tempo – Rate of speed at which a musical piece is performed
• Know the Tempo Indications chart at the bottom of p. 12. What language is most
often used to indicate tempo?
Largo Slow: “broad”
Adagio Slow: at ease
Andante Moderately slow, “walking” tempo
Moderato Moderate
Allegro Fast, cheerful
Presto Very light
Vivace lively
Molto Very
Non troppo Not to much
Con brio With spirit
• Metronome –instrument to measure tempo
• Rests – signs that indicate silence or the cessation of musical sound
• Accent – Strong sound. Accents may be achieved by stress, duration, or position
of a tone
• Meter – Organization of rhythm into patterns of strong and weak beats

Exam 1 Review M103-1 S08 Carlisle
• Measure or bar - Unit containing a number of beats
• Duple meter - two beats per measure
• Triple meter – three beats per measure
• Quadruple meter – four beats per measure
• Syncopation – Occurrence of accents on weak beats , or between beats
• Melody – Meaningful succession of pitches
• Phrases – Sections of a melody comparable to a section or phrase of a sentence
• Cadence – Stopping point