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Class starts on Jan 9th and ends on May 7th.

This practice exam will introduce you to the process for setting up Honorlock. It consists of one question.  If you have setup your camera and work area correctly and correctly scanned and submitted a pdf below while Honorlock is open, you will receive full credit and the exam will be unlocked.  Otherwise, you will receive a zero with feedback as to what went wrong and will need to redo the practice exam before gaining access to exam 1.

Type “Done” if:You have confirmed Honorlock is transmitting your side view correctlyYou have tested your ability to scan and upload while Honorlock is running by submitting an attachment below After finishing this question, be sure to click submit on this exam.

  1. Where would you be most likely to hear this piece of music? Tell me why you chose that answera. in an large theater during an opera b. in a small theater during a piano recital c. in a parlor during a performance of lieder d. during a Lutheran church service 2. Listen to the musical example. Describe what you hear using terms discussed in class

  1. Which genre does this musical example represent? Tell me why you chose that answer a. Symphony b. Sonata c. Oratorio d. String Quartet 2. Listen to the musical example. Describe what you hear using terms discussed in class

Compare and contrast sacred music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. What was different about the actual music (what elements of music are being used and how are they being used)? What is different about the context (who is performing, how have religious services changed and how have these changes impacted the music being performed)? 

  Listen to the music example. Describe what you hear using terminology discussed in class. Do not give vague descriptions that could apply to virtually all music such as “this has dynamics” or “the music goes up and down”

  1. This piece is an example of which 20th Century musical genre? a. Pasillo b. Avant-Garde c. Minimalism d. Impressionism 2. Describe this musical example using terms discussed in class.

  1. This piece is an example of which 20th Century musical genre? a. Electronic music b. Nuevo Tango c. Impressionism d. Neo-Romanticism 2. Describe this musical example using terms discussed in class.

We have discussed a lot of widely different genres and styles of music in this last unit: Neo-Romantic, Impressionism, Avant-Garde, Minimalism, Electronic, Jazz, Rock n’ Roll, etc. Choose a genre that was new to you this semester, that you did not know about before this class. Tell me about it. What did you like about it? What did you not like about it? Why did composers write in this style, what were they trying to achieve or accomplish? Were they successful?