Chapter 2 - Enjoyment of Music

True or False - A pulse is the most complex form of rhythm.

False

True or False - The term "fixed composition" refers to works in which the pitches and rhythms are identical between performances.

True

The element of music that has to do with how pitches are begun sustained and released is _________.

articulation

The ________ is the first strong pulse in each meter.

downbeat

The term that refers to the relative highness or lowness of sound is ________.

pitch

1) The element of music that constitutes the temporal aspect of sound is _________.

rhythm

True or False - Emotional expression in music is not subjective, because every listener will perceive the same emotional content.

False

True or False - The chromatic pitch set includes most of the pitches used in Western music but not all of them.,

False

True or False - Volume in music is indicated by numbers that represent the amplitude of the sound wave.

False

The Italian terms crescendo, decrescendo, forte, mezzo forte, and mezzo piano all refer to _________ in music.

dynamics

The way a musical work unfolds over time or its ________, typically relies upon repetition, variation, and contrast.

form

A way of making connections between closely-related works and musical artists that share stylistic, formal, and cultural elements is to categorize the works by _________.,

genre

During _________ the musical performers vary material by creating music in the moment, rather than relying upon fixed pitches and rhythms.

improvisation

The word _________ refers to the distance between to pitches.

interval

The part of a musical work that you typically sing along with or that might get stuck in your head is called the ________.

melody

When pulses are organized into groups containing strong and weak beats we refer to this as ________.

meter

A set of only seven pitches that forms the basis for most music is called a ________.

scale

The word that refers to how fast or how slow a pulse occurs is ________.

tempo

Monophonic, polyphonic, heterophonic, and homophonic are all terms that refer to a musical work's _________.

texture

One of the characteristics of music is _________ which concerns the contents of and interactions between various layers or voices in a musical work.

texture

The ability to recognize differences between voices (like your mother versus your sister) and between instruments even if they are playing the same pitch (like a flute versus a trombone) is due to variances in _________.

timbre

The element of music that has to do with loudness or softness is _________.

volume