music 101 exam 1
Where can musical style be evident ?
-During a specific period in history -Within a country - From performers - within a single composer's work
Which statements are basic melodic principles?
1. Melody moves by small intervals called steps or by larger one called leaps 2. Many melodies are made up of shorter parts called phrases.
In general, how does the voice in singing differ from speaking?
1. Singing uses a wider range of pitch 2. singing uses a wider range of dynamics 3. Vowel sounds are held longer in singing
Which six categories or classifications of instruments are used in the western (or European) music?
1. String 2. Brass 3.Keyboard 4.Electronic 5.Percussion 6. Woodwind
what techniques are used to control pitch in one or more kinds of brass instruments?
1. Using a siding time to change the length of tube through air vibrates 2. Varying lip tension while blowing in a mouthpiece 3. Using valves to change the length of tube through which air vibrates.
which group has a fixed number of beats?
A measure
In a music performance, the emphasis of tone in relation to the other tones around it is called __________?
Accent
How is a percussion instrument that produces a tone or tones classified as?
An instrument of definite pitch.
What is the technique of playing the notes of a chord one after the other (instead of simultaneously) called?
Arpegglo
A musical piece that has two contrasting sections is said to have a _________ form.
Binary
What is the term used when a dominant chord resolves to a tonic chord, giving a sense of conclusion?
Cadence
The simultaneous sounding of three or more tones, or pitches, is called a ______________?
Chord
Conductor
Choruses, orchestras and bands usually have a _____________ who leads the group , keeping everybody together and helping to shape the musical composition.
When a musical idea differs from the previous one in timbre, texture, tonality, dynamics or rhythm, the technique used is __________________.
Contrast
What is the technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole?
Counterpoint
The xylophone, belongs to which primary category of percussion instruments?
Definite pitch
what does variation in tone color often produce?
Expressive effects and emotional impact
In brass instruments, tone-producing vibrations are made by blowing through the lips into a _______________________.
Funnel- Shaped mouthpiece.
What term refers to simultaneous tones in music that add support and richness to a melody?
Harmony
What texture describes a main melody accompanied by chords?
Homophonic
Gradually louder; gradually softer
In music notation, the term crescendo (cresc.) is used to mean "______" and the term diminuendo (dim.) is used to mean "_______"
The snare drum, shown here, belongs to which primary category of percussion instruments?
Indefinite pitch
Variation
Keeps some elements while changing others.
Ranges
Many instruments come in different sizes, which means they have different __________?
Synthesizer
Many of the early audio manipulating process done on early _______________ and tape are now done in modern, more powerful computers.
On which musical element is the attention focused in a homophonic texture?
Melody
What is the first stylistic period in history of western music?
Middle Ages.
Which instruments use double reeds?
Obeo, English horn, Bassoon.
Which of the following are keyboard instruments?
Organ, Harpsichord, and Piano
What is a short part or section of a melody called?
Phrase
what keyboard instrument are tones produced by felt-covered hammers that strike strings?
Piano
In which of the following keyboard instruments are tones produced when air blows across or through openings in pipes?
Pipe Organ
The repetition of melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch is called a _____________.
Sequence.
What type of reed does a clarinet use?
Single
music as an art is organized by?
Sounds and silence in time
to notate pitch , notes are placed on the lines or space of a _______________.
Staff
Accelerando (acce.) and ritardando (rit.) are Italian terms and abbreviations in music for a gradual change in ______________.
Tempo
In which type of musical form is there a musical statement (A), then a contrasting statement (B), then a return to the first musical statement (A)?
Ternary form
What is the term that describes the different layers of musical sound and how they relate to each other?
Texture
improvisation
The creation of music as it is being performed is called__________?
interval
The distance between two tones
in a time signature, the upper number indicates what?
The number of beats in a measure
Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is written as a theme and variation, which presents what characteristics?
There is a main theme that is varied in each repetition.
The Italian term used to describe the small pitch fluctuations that give a tone expressive warmth is _______
Vibrato
Brass, and Percussion
Which categories of instruments are commonly found in BOTH orchestras and marching bands?
Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Alto
Which of the following are common female voice types?
What technique is used in music to depict specific images, enhancing the text being sung?
Word Painting
what are two ways of lengthening the value of a note?
adding a dot, and using a tie.
Electronic instruments include:
amplified instruments, synthesizers, and computers.
the ____________ clef is used to indicate notation that is relatively low in pitch.
bass
A combination of tones that feels unstable and demands onward motion toward a stable chord is described as being _____________.
dissonant
The statement of a melodic idea first by one voice and the immediately by another, is called
imitation
tone
in music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called______?
Tchaikovsky made the B section of Dance of the Reed Pipes different by changing the instrumentation, the mode (from major to minor) and the range of the melody.
is True
the term ___________is used to refer to the organization of beats into regular groups of strong and week ones
meter
A mechanical or digital device that indicates tempo on a scale of beats per minute by emitting sounds or flashes of light is called a _______.
metronome
Music created in medieval Europe and later can come alive and be reproduces today thanks to ____________________.
notation
The Italian term that tells string players to pluck strings to play notes is called?
pizzicato
in music notation, the symbol that indicates the duration of silence is called a _________
rest
The particular arrangement of note lengths and silence in a piece of music is called _________.
rhythm
A short, detached style of playing or singing a melody is called______________.
staccato
tone color
the quality of sound that distinguishes voices and instruments one from the other is called?
dynamics
the sudden quiet and crescendos leading to important parts of the piece are examples of changes in ____________?
A vocal music guide
this best describes the relationship that exists between music and words helping to explain the thought or story behind them.
what is used to indicate the meter of a piece at the beginning of the staff?
time signature
the ___________ (or G) clef is used for higher pitches
treble
A chord madde up of three notes (root, third, and fifth, or do, mi, sol) is called a __________?
triad
In musical form , when a musical idea is restated retaining some original elements but altering other it is called ________?
variation
contact provides ________.
variety
the structures of a singer's lungs, oral cavity, vocal cords, throat, and nasal cavity all effect the unique_______________________________?
vocal timbre, or tone color of their voice.
Dynamics
what is the name for the various levels of loudness and softness in music?
which is correct terms concerning the duration of rests?
whole rest, and eighth rest