Chapter 1 study guide - music appreciation

The loudness of a sound is related to the ______ of the vibration that produces the sound.

Amplitude

Music can be defined as...

An art based on the organization of sounds in time.

If a pitch vibrates at 880 cycles, the octave below would vibrate at _______ cycles

440

A gradual increase in loudness is known as a ...

Crescendo

The frequency of vibrations is measured in...

Cycles per second

Dynamics in music refers to...

Degrees of loudness and softness

A tone in music is a sound that ...

Has a definite pitch

A gradual decrease in loudness is known as a ...

Diminuendo

The four main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and ...

Duration

When a performer emphasizes a tone by playing it more loudly than the tones around it, it is called a _______ _______

Dynamic accent

A dynamic accent occurs in music when a performer...

Emphasizes a tone by playing it more loudly than the tones around it.

The pitch of a sound is decided by the ______of its vibrations.

Frequency

In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the _________ it's pitch

Higher

When notating music for others to read, composers traditionally have used __________words to indicate dynamics.

Italian

When tones are separated by the interval called an _______ , they sound very much alike.

Octave

When two different tones blend so well when sounded together that they almost seem to merge into one tone, the interval is called an ...

Octave

The Italian dynamic markings traditionally used to indicate very soft, soft , very loud are respectively....

Pianissimo Piano Fortissimo

The ________ of a sound is decided by the frequency of its vibrations

Pitch

The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called...

Pitch

The distance between the lowest and highest tones a voice or instrument can produce is called...

Pitch range

Pitch is defined as...

The relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound

Tone color is synonymous with....

Timbre

In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a ....

Tone

Timbre is synonymous with ...

Tone color

The distance in pitch between any two tones is called...

An interval