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Musical Cycles 1

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A melody is a musical cycle. As a Music student, you will know that we are not talking about tuneful bikes when we mention musical cycles!

This quiz explores the fundamentals of cyclical music and its use by musicians across the globe, particularly in Ghana and India.

1 .

A linear progression is a chord progression that .......

arises from step by step movements in one or more voices

features a crescendo hairpin to indicate volume increase

hasn't been used in music since the 5th century AD

is inaudible to the natural human ear

2 .

Two or more rhythms sounding simultaneously is called .......

dual rhythmic

multirhythmic

polyrhythmic

quad rhythmic

Remember 'poly' = many

3 .

What is a 'Rag' or 'Raga'?

A cleaning cloth used for instruments with silver keys

A predecessor to the rise of jazz in the 1920s

A type of horn which produces a 'raging' growl

An important melodic mode in Indian classical music

Often made of five notes from which a melody is formed

4 .

Musical cycles often feature repeated .......

rhythms

melodies

harmonies

All of the above

5 .

Mnemonic devices are used in music .......

as a memory aid, e.g. for notation or cyclic passages

as an alternative to playing harmonics on an instrument

to increase the sound of acoustic instruments

to increase the volume on an electric instrument

6 .

A Tihai is a rhythmic formula that is repeated .......

Once. It is used at the beginning of Italian operas

Twice. It marks the end of sections in African music

Three times. It marks the end of sections in Indian music

Four times to bring out the endings of western concertos

7 .

'Tala' roughly corresponds to what in western music?

Composer dedication

Composition and Composer titles on sheet music

Dynamics

Metre

Tala illustrates rhythmic patterns in Indian music

8 .

Repeated harmonies, melodies and rhythms are .......

a feature of musical cycles

exclusively representative of early 16th century music

hardly used in any form of modern music

only found in Indian classical compositions

Memorize how cycles differ to linear progressions

9 .

A chord progression moving .......

around in circles repetitively is linear progression

by step with one or more voices is a cyclic pattern

by step with one or more voices is a linear progression

to a crescendo usually means the piece is about to end

10 .

A melorhythm is .......

the series of note-values of a melody/tune

a mellow toned rhythmic guitar backing

a musical passage with multiple rhythms played together

All of the above

Author: Thomas Daish

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