Music Appreciation Part I

How are tones produced by a pipe organ?

By air being blown across openings in pipes

What term describes the combination of three it more tones sounded at once? (essentially a group of similar tone)

Chord

What it the term describing the regular, recurrent pulse that is subdivide and organized to create rhythms and metrical configurations?

Beat

Which of the following are appropriate descriptions of texture? Dense Light Thick Rapid

Dense, light, and thick

True or False. The faster that an object vibrates, the lower its pitch.

False

What is the smallest interval?

Half step

What term describes the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other?

Harmony

What texture describes a main melody accompanied by chords?

Homophonic

What is the central tone, the central scale, and chord called?

Key (also called tonality)

When a note is emphasized more than others, usually by being played louder, it is called an ________?

accent

Historically, what have been the main tools for composers of electronic music?

The tape studio. synthesizers, and computers

What term describes when a tone combination is stable?

consonance

What is the term, in music notation, that describes "gradually louder"?

crescendo

What is a characteristic of two tones of different pitches that are an octave apart?

They sound very alike

True or False. A chord can have three, four, five, or even more tones.

True

True or False. Electronic instruments include amplified instruments, synthesizers and computer.

True

True or False. Sound is created from the vibration of an object

True

True or False. The melody of a song often reflects the intended mood of the lyrics (or text).

True

True or False. a synthesizer gives the composer control over the pitch, dynamics, rhythm and durations of a musical sound.

True

True or false. In western music, changing the key is a way to strengthen listener interest in longer musical selection.

True

True or false. Rhythm is a fundamental part of life.

True

In symphonic music, what is used to play sustained tones on stringed instruments?

bow

What term describes when the individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another?

broken chord (also called arpeggio)

What does variation in tone color often produce?

expressive effects and emotional impact

What does crescendo mean?

gradually louder

What does diminuendo mean?

gradually softer

What key has a basic scale?

key of C

What is used to indicate the key of a piece of music?

key signature

Do to Mi is an example of what kind of melodic interval?

leap

Mi to Sol is an example of what kind of melodic interval?

leap

What term describes the large intervals by which a melody can move?

leap(s)

What is it called when a song is played or sung in a smooth or connected style?

legato

What are uppercase letters used to describe?

longer sections

What is it called when a piece of music is based on a major scale?

major key

What term describes eight tones, with the first and last repeating each other with the last one being an octave higher, consisting of whole and half steps the whole step between the second and third tones are characteristic?

major scale

Which of the following is a group of fixed number of beats?

measure

On which musical element is the attention focused in homophonic texture?

melody

What term describes a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole?

melody

A mechanical or digital device that indicates tempo on a scaled of beats per minute by emitting sounds or flashes is called ________?

metronome

What is it called when a piece of music is based on a minor scale?

minor key

What is the texture when there is only one melody with no accompaniment?

monophonic

In musical form, when a musical idea is restated retaining some original elements but altering others, what it is called?

Variation

What technique is used in ,music to depict specific images, enhancing the text being sung?

Word painting

When are different or alternate letters used to describe two different sections or phrases?

when the two section differ significantly

When the words "descending from heaven" are set on a descending melodic line, that is an example of what?

word painting

What texture contains several melodic lines played simultaneously that often compete for attention?

polyphony

What term describes the transition from dissonance to consonance?

resolution

In music notation, the symbol that indicates the duration of silence is called a ______.

rest

What is made up of the basic pitches of a piece of music arranged in order from low to high or from high to low?

scale

What is it called when a song is played or sung in a short or detached style?

staccato

Do to Re is an example of what kind of melodic interval?

step

Ti to Do is an example of what kind of melodic interval?

step

What term describes the small intervals by which a melody can move?

step(s)

What term describes when a triad is based on the fourth note?

subdominant chord

In a time signature, what does the upper number indicate?

the number of beats within the measure

What does the clef help to identify?

the pitches on the staff

What is modulation?

the shifting from one key to another, and it usually changes the central tone (the central tone will change unless the key modulates to a parallel key -- C major to C minor)

What is the simplest, most basic chord?

the triad

What is the melodic and harmonic construction of music around a central tone toward which other tones gravitate towards?

tonality

What are the two ways of lengthening the value of a note?

Adding a dot next to the note and using a tie

Which brass instrument is NOT regularly included in a symphonic orchestra?

Cornet

What is the first (and strongest) beat of each measure called?

Downbeat

What is the property of sound that refers to how long a musical sounds lasts called?

Duration

What is the name for the carious levels of loudness and softness in music?

Dynamics

Which elements does Stravinsky use to create variety and contrast in his repetitions of the same melody?

Dynamics, tone, and rhythm

In what instrument family is the synthesizer?

Electronic

What is the creation of music as it is being performed called?

Improvisation

What is the distance between two tones called?

Interval

What term describes eight tones, with the first and last repeating each other with the last one being an octave higher, consisting of whole and half steps the half step between the second and third tones are characteristic?

Minor Scale

What do composers prefer to set to music due to its rhythmic patterns and emotional qualities?

Poetry

What are the three main types of musical texture?

Polyphonic, homophonic, and monophonic

What term describes a series of chords?

Progression

What is the term for the distance between the highest and lowest tone that an instrument can play?

Range

What is the unexpected accent of an offbeat note or normally weak beat called?

Syncopation

Accelerando (accel.) and ritardando (rit.) are Italian terms and abbreviations in music indicating a gradual change in what?

Tempo

What do the Italian terms largo, moderato, allegro, and presto, indicate in music?

Tempo

In which type of musical form is there a musical statement (A0, then a contrasting statement (B), then a return to the first musical statement (A).

Ternary (three-part) form

What is it called, in music, when a sound has a definite pitch?

Tone

Which musical element is represented by introducing each instrument family separately?

Tone color

What are all the main properties of musical sounds?

Tone color, pitch, dynamics, and duration

What is the main key called, no matter how often a work changes key?

Tonic key

What do you used a primed letter to describe two different phrases or sections?

When they are very similar, has a varied repetition

When is the same letter used to describe two different sections or phrases?

When they repeat exactly

What are the two concerning the duration of rests?

Whole and eighth rest

What two kinds of steps are present in the major scale?

Whole and half steps

What is the interval twice as large as the smallest interval?

Whole step

What term describes when a triad is built on the first note of the scale?

a tonic chord

For what reason (element) are notes placed on lines or spaces of a staff?

pitch

What is the resting place at the end of a phrase, the point of arrival, called?

cadence

What is the type of scale that uses the twelve tones of the octave called?

chromatic scale

What is the term, in music notation, that describes "gradually softer"?

diminuendo

What term describes when a tone combination is unstable?

dissonance

What term describes when a chord is based on the fifth note?

dominant chord

Which chord sets up tension and is resolved by the tonic chord?

dominant chord

What term describes a musical segment that can be sung on one breath and ends at a point of full or partial rest?

phrase

What are lowercase letters used to describe?

phrases or short segments or sections

What is a instrument that produces tones by felt-covered hammers that strike things?

piano

Music as an art is organized by _______.

sounds and silence in time

What is the primary scale in a piece of music called?

the key

What is the term for the collection of sharps or flats placed at the beginning of the piece of music?

the key signature