I. Listening Skill - Bonus: list composer and/or title of work
Excerpt One: Composer ___Joaquin Rodrigo________ Title ___En los Trigales______
1. Which of the following terms best defines the rhythm of this example?
a. patterns of shorts and longs b. changing from loud to soft c. guitar solo d happy
2. Which of the following describe the timbre of this selection?
a. patterns of shorts and longs b. changing from loud to soft c. guitar solo d happy
3. This work has been described as "programmatic", which means it has a(n):
a. rhythm b. note c. timbre d. story e. verse and chorus of words
4. The title of this "song" refers to what?
a. flying b. weather c. wheat fields d. love e. nothing
5. Which of the following describes the meter of this example?
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. non-metric e. no meter
Bonus: Describe the program in this work?

Excerpt Two: Composer _____Santana / Dave Matthews____ Title ____Love of My Life___
1. An mp3 version of this selection would be smaller in ___________ than an uncompressed audio file.
a. length b. volume c. timbre d. file size e. file name
7. The three note phrases that the guitar is playing would be considered a(n):
a. harmony b. texture c. motive d. cadence e. beat
8. The lead guitar is prominent in the introduction of this song. The frequency of the guitar is approximately _____?
a. 5 Hz b. 50 Hz c. 250 Hz d. 1,000 Hz e. 15,0000 Hz
1. The actual composer of the melody and harmony of this excerpt is
a. J.S. Bach b. L.v. Beethoven c. W.A. Mozart d. J. Brahms e. J. Z.

***BONUS***

Excerpt Three: Composer ____Antoine Dodson__ Title ___Bed Intruder Song____
Bonus: Describe the music you are hearing, or the story of how the composer completed this work ?

II. Matching
1. Loudness Wars A. Music with no extra idea or story
2. Compression B. Increasing the volume to just below distortion
3. Normalize C. Compressed audio file that has less sizzle & thump
4. Absolute Music D. Measurement of cycles per second in sound wave
5. Uncompressed file E. Energy or flow in a piece of music
6. Herz F. Music that tells a story
7. Auto Tune G. Music has gotten more dense / less dynamic range
8. ________ Groove H. Squeezing the dynamic range of audio
9. ________ Program Music I. Software based pitch correction
10. ________ MP3 J. Studio-quality audio file - large size

Bonus: Describe the concept of "Loudness Wars"

Bonus: Describe the musical concessions (trade-offs) when creating an mp3 file from an original uncompressed audio file.