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6. How would you describe the tempo of this piece?

  • Fast
  • Slow

7. Who were the Brandenburg Concertos dedicated to?

  • Princess Anne
  • Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg
  • King Ludwig IV of Brandenburg
  • Napolean Bonaparte

8. What is a concertino?

  • An orchestra
  • A small group of soloists
  • A large group of soloists
  • The Italian word for a string quartet

9. What is the key of this piece?

  • D major
  • F major
  • E minor
  • Bb major

10. When and where was Johann Sebastien Bach born?

  • 1705, Germany
  • 1685, Germany
  • 1695, Germany
  • 1685, Poland

11. What is figured bass?

  • A bass line written with numbers which signal the chords to accompany the bass
  • A harpsichord playing a bass line and filling out improvised melodies
  • A bassist who really knows what they're doing
  • An upright bass played with a bow

12. Who composed this piece?

  • Claude Debussy
  • Johann Sebastien Bach
  • Antonio Vivaldi
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

13. Which of the following are uses of the harpsichord?

  • Providing dissonance in the harmony
  • Playing bass notes only
  • Directing the ensemble, soloing and part of the basso continuo
  • Only soloing

14. What is a concerto grosso?

  • A piece of music for more than one soloist
  • A piece of music written in the Romantic period for a trumpet solo
  • A piece for a solost
  • An orchestral musical piece for exactly 3 soloists

15. What is a basso continuo?

  • A harpsichord or accompaniment part playing a single bass line with figured bass
  • A piano playing chords with a violin solo
  • A harpsichord playing a high pitched melody with a cello playing a repeating bass line

16. How is the concerto grosso split?

  • Three movements: Fast - slow - fast
  • Four movements: Fast - slow - uplifting - fast
  • Two movements: Fast - slow
  • Five movements: Fast - slow - violin solo - slow - fast

17. What genre of music is this piece?

  • Baroque
  • Folk
  • Classical
  • Romantic