Music Appreciation Lesson 2 Sound and its Sources Quiz

Dissonance

A combination of tones that seem unrelated or harsh.

Written notes little symbols above or below them to help the performer know how to play them

Articulation Markings

Percussion instruments generate sound

Being struck

Musicians have know for centuries that two notes together can create____ or they can blend in a pleasing fashion ___

Dissonance and Consonance

Western European tradition from which most of our music is derived uses instruments that fall into ___ groups

Four

The length of a sound wave or the number of vibrations per second

Frequency

In musical groups that use electronic instruments, sounds are sequenced and assembled using a process called

MIDI

Plucking the string on a violin or cello is called

Pizzicato

The viola is part of the

Stringed family

Electronically generated sounds made by using a

Synthesizer

It describes the bringing of two or more instruments in agreement on a pitch

Tune up

Sampling is a process to analyze and reproduce

Wave forms

Instruments whose sound comes from air being blown into them

Woodwinds