music apprecitaion

Modern-day symphony orchestras include which four groups of instruments?

Brass Strings Percussion Woodwinds

Select all the terms that are suitable for referring to tone color:

Brilliant Rich Dark

Tone

A sound that has a definite pitch

Which of the following gives the composer the largest variety of musical sounds and noises, including control over the pitch, tone color, dynamics, and duration of a musical sound?

A synthesizer

What is the loudness and softness of music related to specifically?

Amplitude of the vibrations that produces the sound

What is the simultaneous sounding of three or more tones, or pitches, called?

Chord

In harmony, a combination of tones that is stable and whose sound has a sense of arrival, or resolution, is referred to as which of the following?

Consonance

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

Beat

The piano is an exceptionally versatile instrument because it has ______ keys, which span more than seven octaves.

88

What is the string instrument shown here?

A Viola

What is the woodwind instrument shown here?

A bassoon

The xylophone belongs to which primary category of percussion instruments?

Definite Pitch

True or false: Before the twentieth century, a basic principle of music composition was that a composition would begin in the home, or tonic key, and would end in a different key.

False

True or false: The beat in music is always clearly emphasized and strongly felt.

False

True or false: Western music uses as many or more percussion instruments than those found in African and Asian styles of music.

False

Select all the characteristics of key or tonality:

Familiar melodies generally end with the tonic chord. The keynote is the root of the tonic triad. Pieces of music often end on the tonic chord.

How are the basic pitches of a piece of music arranged on a scale?

From low to high

In music notation, the term crescendo (cresc.) is used to mean "______," and the term diminuendo (dim.) is used to mean "______."

Gradually louder, gradually softer

In which of the following keyboard instruments are tones produced by plectra (little wedges of plastic, leather, or quill) that pluck strings?

Harpsichord

What is the keyboard instrument being played?

Harpsichord

What is the function of a key signature?

It indicates the key of a piece of music.

In a musical composition in the key of F, what role does the note F have in that key?

It is the note that typically ends the piece of music.

What which element is the do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do scale associated?

Key

Which six categories or classifications of instruments are used in Western (European) music?

Keyboard Electronic Woodwind Brass String Percussion

What term is used to refer to the organization of beats into regular groups of strong and weak ones?

Meter

What technology takes recordings of acoustic instruments and places them under the control of a keyboard or computer?

Sampling

What is the structure of a minor scale?

Seven different tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first

Select all the voice types that are typically female voices:

Soprano Alto Mezzo-soprano

When a note is emphasized more than others, usually by being played louder, it is called a(n) ______.

accent

What is the brass instrument shown in the image?

The Tromebone

Which brass-family instrument is shown in the image?

The Tuba

Interval

The distance between any two tones

Octave

The distance between the first and the eighth tones of the major scale

Range

The distance between the lowest tone, and the highest tone an instrument can play

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

They sound very much alike.

Moderately Soft

mp

Wagner changes the ______ when the soft, solo ends and the full orchestra returns to loudly play the main melody

dynamics

Wagner changes the ______ when the soft, solo ends and the full orchestra returns to loudly play the main melody.

dynamics

True or False: Sound is created when an object vibrates...

True

True or false: As in this Chopin piece, dissonant harmonies can add tension and a sense of longing and melancholy to the music.

True

Loud

f

Very Loud

ff

A smooth, connected style of playing or singing a melody is called ______.

legato

If you play the white notes of the piano from C to C, you are playing a(n) ______ scale.

major

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

Using a tie Adding a dot next to the note

Select all the techniques used to control pitch in one or more kinds of brass instruments.

Using valves to change the length of tube through which air vibrates Varying lip tension while blowing in a mouthpiece Using a sliding tube to change the length of tube through which air vibrates

Select all the techniques used to control pitch in one or more kinds of brass instruments.

Varying lip tension while blowing in a mouthpiece Using valves to change the length of the tube through which air vibrates Using a sliding tube to change the length of the tube through which air vibrates

The Italian term used to describe the small pitch fluctuations that give a tone expressive warmth is ______.

vibrato

To notate ______, notes are placed on the lines or spaces of a staff.

pitch

The Italian term that tells string players to pluck strings to play notes is ______.

pizzicato

Very soft

pp

Which type of rest is shown in the image?

quarter rest

Select the three chief elements that Stravinsky uses to create sharp musical contrasts in this selection as the melody is repeated over and over:

tone color rhythm dynamics

The chief elements that Ellington uses to create variety in this piece and its repeated-note melody are:

tone colors and improvisation

The ______ clef is used to indicate notes that are relatively high in pitch.

treble

Select all the examples of syncopation in a series of four beats, where the underlined number in bold indicates the beat that is accented.

1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4

How many major scales are there?

12

In the chromatic scale, how many tones make up an octave?

12

What are two methods to add rhythmic variety to music?

A dotted note A triplet

What is the woodwind instrument in the image?

A flute

What is shown in the image of notating meter?

A time signature

What is a triad built on the first note of the scale called?

A tonic chord

What is the string instrument shown in this image?

A violin

In a music performance, what is the emphasis of a tone in relation to the other tones around it called?

Accent

Select all the ways in which the beat in a piece of music can be defined.

As a loud, powerful pulse As a subtle pulse As a regular pulse

Which type of chord is built on the fifth note of the scale?

Dominant

Select all the correct terms concerning the duration of rests:

Eighth rest Whole rest

Select all the following statements about pitch that are true:

In general, plucking longer strings plays a lower-pitch sound than plucking shorter strings. Pitch is related to how fast something vibrates.

The snare drum belongs to which primary category of percussion instruments?

Indefinite pitch

An octave is a type of which of the following?

Interval

Select all the ways in which composers write for acoustic instruments for use with electronic music:

Live sounds are mixed with synthesized sounds. Live sounds are fed into a laptop computer. Live sounds are used in real-time with a laptop.

Select all the correct statements about modulation:

Modulation usually changes the central tone. Modulation is the shifting from one key to another key.

List all the categories of instruments that are commonly found in both orchestras and marching bands.

Percussion Brass

In which of the following keyboard instruments are tones produced by felt-covered hammers that strike strings?

Piano

Which of the following are keyboard instruments? (More than one option may be correct.)

Piano Organ Harpsichord

What is the name for a series, or sequence, of chords?

Progression

Beat, meter, accent, tempo, and syncopation are interrelated aspects of what musical element?

Rhythm

In music, what is the flow of patterns through time called?

Rhythm

What type of reed does a clarinet use?

Single

When a melody moves from one tone to the one next to it, it is said to move by what?

Step

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

Syncopation

Accelerando (accel.) and ritardando (rit.) are Italian terms and abbreviations in music indicating a gradual change in which of the following?

Tempo

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

Tempo

A ______ is the only stringed instrument in an orchestra that is plucked, never bowed.

The Harp

what is true about the frequency at which an object vibrates?

The faster the vibrations the higher the pitch

What source creates the vibrations that the brass instrument then amplifies?

The musician's lips

In a time signature, the upper number indicates what?

The number of beats in a measure

Select all the primary differences between a major scale and a minor scale:

The pattern of intervals is different. The half step in a minor scale is between the second and third tones.

The flute and piccolo are woodwind instruments that do NOT use reeds. What other common flute-family instrument pictured in the textbook has no reed?

The recorder

Why does a violinist press the string of a violin against the fingerboard?

To change the pitch

Select all the ways that percussion instruments have long been used

To emphasize rhythm To heighten climaxes

Select all the ways that percussion instruments have long been used:

To emphasize rhythm To heighten climaxes

What purpose does a complete cadence serve in music?

To provide a sense of conclusion and satisfaction

List the main properties of musical sounds:

Tone Color Duration Dynamic Pitch

What is the quality of sound that distinguishes different voices and instruments from each other called?

Tone color, or timbre

What is a chord made up of the three notes root, third, and fifth (do, mi, sol) called?

Triad

In general, how does the voice in singing differ from speaking?

Vowel sounds are often held for longer durations when singing. Singing typically uses a wider range of pitches than speaking. Singing typically uses a wider range of expressive dynamics than speaking.

When is a measure in duple meter?

When it has 2 beats

The resting place or point of arrival at the end of a melodic phrase is called a ______.

cadence