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