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Listening Quiz for Chapter 1

Read Chapter 1 in your book and practice listening by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

What meter do you hear in this music?
Listen
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Question

A. duple meter
B. triple meter
C. compound meter
D. no meter

What meter do you hear in this music?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Meter in Chapter 1.
What is happening in the foreground rhythm of this music?
Listen
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Question

A. The pattern of strong and weak beats in the rhythm matches the background meter.
B. The rhythm is syncopated.
C. The rhythm has no pattern of strong and weak beats.
D. The rhythm has all strong beats and no weak beats.

What is happening in the foreground rhythm of this music?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Rhythm and Meter and Syncopation in Chapter 1.
What meter do you hear in this music?
Listen
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Question

A. duple meter
B. triple meter
C. compound meter
D. no meter

What meter do you hear in this music?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Meter in Chapter 1.
What meter do you hear in this music?
Listen
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Question

A. duple meter
B. triple meter
C. compound meter
D. no meter

What meter do you hear in this music?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Meter in Chapter 1.
What tempo changes do you hear in this music?
Listen
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Question

A. The tempo stays the same for a while, then gets much faster.
B. The tempo slows down and then gets much faster.
C. The tempo grows faster and then becomes slow and leisurely.
D. There are no tempo changes.

What tempo changes do you hear in this music?

Correct.

Incorrect. See Listening Exercise 2 in Chapter 1.