Chapter 1: MC (part 1)

1. Audiation is not necessarily related to:
A. earning a high grade in music history or music theory.
B. earning a high score on a valid music aptitude test.
C. developing music performance skills.
D. philosophy of music learning theory.

Answer: A--Comment: If music history is taught as learning composer' birth and death dates, personal histories, opus numbers of compositions, and so on, and if music theory is taught as learning interval names, definitions of key signatures and measure signatures, part-writing rules, and son on, students could achieve high levels regardless of how well they audiate. However, to do well on a music aptitude test, perform well, and understand music learning theory, not only intellectually but musically, requires audiation.

2. The difference between imitation and rote learning is the:
A. former is thoughtless memorization.
B. former requires audiation.
C. latter can be only immediate, never delayed.
D. latter is similar to, if not the same as, thoughtless memorization.

Answer: D--Comment: When a song is learned by rote, students are not aware of its intrinsic meaning, such as its tonality or meter. The only thinking involved is to do what they ar told Imitation requires more thought, but students still may not be aware of the intrinsic dimensions of a song they are learning. Of course, it is possible, and preferable, for students to audiate what they are imitating.

3. Which is correct? There is no difference between:
A. imitation and audiation
B. audiation and inner hearing.
C. imitation and inner hearing.
D. audiation and aural perception.

Answer: C--Comment: Students can imitate without understanding. Aural perception occurs when the listener hears sound. Audiation occurs when the listener hears and organizes sound into a coherent music context to produce understanding after sound is no longer physically present, or for music for which sound may never have been physically present.

4. Which is correct?
A. The words 'memory' and 'memorization' mean the same thing.
B. Recall is the basis of music aptitude.
C. Memorization is the basis of typical formal music achievement.
D. Both recall and memorization require audiation.

Answer: C--Comment: Memory, in terms of recall, is integral to audiation, but memorization is not. However, one can recall without audiating, and the need to memorize precludes audiation.

5. Whihc two series of sequences match each other?
A. Music-Performance-Audiation/Language-Speech-Thought
B. Music-Performance-Audiation/Thought-Speech-Language
C. Music-Performance-Audiation/ Language-Thought-Speech
D. Language-Speech-Thought/ Music-Audiation-Performance

Answer: A--Comment: Music and language are the result of the need to communicate. Performance and speech are the vehicles by which communication takes place. Audiation and thought are the content of what is communicated.