Music Exam #1 for Final

What are examples of a monophonic texture?

1) a woman singing alone to herself 2)a pianist and guitarist playing a single melody 3)two vocals singing the same melody, two octaves apart

Select all characteristics that are associated with rhythm in music

Beat and Meter

What formal structure incorporates a beginning section and a contrasting second section?

Binary Form

The faster the frequency of a vibration, the _______ its pitch

Higher

What textures describes a folk musician who sings while strumming simple chords on his guitar?

Homophonic

What is another term for tonality?

Key

What is the feature at the beginning of each line of notated music that shows flats and sharps, indicating what key the work is in?

Key Signature

What volume level is indicated by mezzo forte

Medium loud

In non-western music, in what category would a drum be classified?

Membranophoe

Crescendo means to become gradually ________

Louder

What is the term for music that shifts from one key to another?

Modulation

What is a three-note chord called?

Triad

What is the technique of plucking a violin string with the finger called?

Pizzicato

What is a series of chords called

Progression

What is the distance between two pitches called?

interval

What symbol is used to indicate that a note is sharped?

#

How many lines are on a standard music staff?

5

What is a musical theme?

A melody that serves as the basis for an extended work

What structure describes a ternary form?

ABA

What is the lowest female voice type?

Alto

A regular, recurrent pulsation in music is called the ________

Beat

Tempo is the rate or speed of what element?

Beat

Which instrument belongs to the woodwind family?

Bassoon

What is a resting point in a melody called?

Cadence

Which percussion instruments produce a definite pitch?

Celesta and Marimba

An orchestra is led by the __________ who helps guide the tempo of the music and other expressive elements

Conductor

What is the term to describe the loudness or softness of a musical sound?

Dynamics

What instruments are apart of the woodwind family?

English horn, oboe, and saxophone

In a chromatic scale, all the notes are _________ step apart from each other.

Half

what instrument does NOT use a bow?

Harp

In non-western music, in what category would a shaker, filled with small stones that rattle, be classified?

Idiophone

In what language are dynamics described?

Italian

What is the term for a melody that is played smoothly?

Legato

What element of music is determined by the frequency (cycles per second) of vibrations?

Pitch

How can harmony be described?

Notes that sound simultaneously

What woodwind instrument used a double reed?

Oboe

What is the interval between two notes in which the frequency of one os exactly double (or half) that of the other?

Octave

What instrument functions well in both solo and accompanying functions because it can simultaneously play melodies and chords?

Piano

What texture best describes two independent melodies occurring simultaneously?

Polyphony

Freedom to move ahead or fall behind the tempo of a piece is called ________

Rubato

Although there are exceptions, music in minor mode can sometimes be described as _________, whereas that in major mode can sometimes be described as _________.

Sad; happy

Accenting notes that are not on the steady beat creates an effect called _______?

Syncopation

The pace, or speed of the beat is called __________

Tempo

What qualities are associated with dissonant harmonies

Tension and volatility

when was the saxophone invented?

The 19th century

What do all woodwind instruments have in common?

They all set up vibrations in a column of air in a tube

What is another term for tone color of an instrument or a musical sound?

Timbre

Two identical pitches played one after the other are referred to as a(n)...

Unison

The rapid vibration of a performer's left hand while pressing the string against the fingerboard is called ________.

Vibrato

What instruments are normally played with a bow?

Violin and cello

What instrumental groups are commonly found in a wind ensemble?

Woodwinds, Brass, and Percussion

How is sound produced in a brass instrument?

buzzing lips

which string instrument has the lowest range?

double bass

The organization of beats into regular groups is called _______

meter

Short sections of melodies are called __________

phrases

What marking would a composer use to indicate that a musical passage be played extremely softly?

pianissimo

what is the highest male voice type?

tenor

Which brass instrument uses a slide to change pitch?

trombone