Which statement best describes the musical excerpt?

a. evokes the syncopated rhythms and unusual chords of a Polish folkdance
b. consists of a series of chromatic chords without any melody
c. loud repeated chords followed by a fermata (hold)
d. a guitar-like accompaniment supports a wistful, melancholy melody
e. it is a series of arpeggios that alternate between dissonance and consonance

ANSWER: d

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The first large body of secular songs that survives in decipherable notation was composed ________.

A. during the ninth century B. during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries C. from 590 to 604 D. during the fifteenth century

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