1. What does the passage mainly dis

1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The use of nontraditional sounds in
contemporary music
(B) How sounds are produced
electronically
(C) How standard musical notation has
beer, adapted for nontraditional sounds
(D) Several composers who have
experimented with the electronic
production of sound

2. The word "wider" in one 1 is closest in
meaning to
(A) more impressive
(B) more distinctivc
(C) more controversial
(D) more extensive

3. The passage suggests that Edgard Varese is an example of a composer who
(A) criticized eletronic music as too noiselike
(B) modified sonic of the electronic
instruments he used in his music
(C) believed that any sound could be used in
music
(D) wrote music with environmental themes

4. The word "it" in line 12 refers to
(A) piano
(B)string
(C) blade
(D) music

5. According to the passage, which of the
following types of instruments has played a
role in much of the innovation in Western
music?
(A)String
(B) Percussion
(C) Woodwind
(D) Brass

6. The word "thereby" m line 20 is closest in
meaning to
(A) in return for
(B) in spite of
(C) by the way
(D) by that means

7. According to the passage, Krzysziof
Pendereckj is known for which of the
following practices?
(A) Using tones that are clumped together
(B) Combining traditional and nontradinonal
instruments
(C) Seating musicians in unusual areas of an
auditorium
(D) Playing Western music for non-Western
audiences

8. According to the passage, which of the
following would be considered traditional
elements of Western music?
(A) Microtones
(B) Tom-toms and bongos
(C) Pianos
(D) Hisses

9. In paragraph 3, the author mentions diagrams
as an example of a new way to
(A) chart the history of innovation in musical
notation
(B) explain the logic of standard musical
notation
(C) design and develop electronic instruments
(D) indicate how particular sounds should be
produced