music hw #3

Which of the following constitutes a mixed consort?

Guitar, bass, flute, and voice

What effect does using a bow have on a stringed instrument?

It allows the stringed instrument to sustain its sound and play smooth and connected melodies.

Which of the following keyboard instruments produces sound by striking strings with hammers?

Piano

Which of the following techniques is achieved without the use of a bow on a stringed instrument?

Pizzicato

Which choir is a mixture of men and women?

SATB

Which of the following woodwind instruments does not use a double reed?

Saxophone

From high to low, what is the correct order of the voice types?

Soprano, alto, tenor, bass

What types of instruments are played by plucking, striking, and bowing?

Stringed instruments

Which of the following statements does not apply to the bassoon?

The bassoon has the lowest range of any woodwind instrument.

What limitation was characteristic of early synthesizers built in the 1960s?

They could produce only one note (tone) at a time.

Which of the following percussion instruments produces definite pitch?

Timpani

Which of the following percussion instruments produces indefinite pitch?

Triangle

From highest to lowest pitch range, what is the order of the four most common orchestral brass instruments?

Trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba

Which family of bowed string instruments is most often used today?

Violin

The lowest voice type for females or young boys with unchanged voices.

alto

A male voice type, in the middle register.

baritone

A general term for a small group of instruments in which each musician plays his or her own part.

chamber ensemble

A woodwind player can raise and lower pitches through the use of

finger holes

To which instrument family does the harpsichord belong?

keyboard

A group of instruments whose size is variable, but consists mainly of strings, as well as woodwinds, brass, and percussion

orchestra

Which of the following is not a musical instrument family?

orchestra

A string technique in which the player plucks the string with a finger.

pizzicato

A bowing technique that produces fast, repeated notes.

tremolo

Which of the following statements is false?

Aerophones are instruments that are plucked or bowed.

Which of the following voices is a female voice type?

Alto

Which of the following instruments uses a drone?

Bagpipes