Music 104 Quiz 1
Mezzo Piano
(mp)
Piano
(p)
Pianissimo
(pp) (softest)
Dotted eighth note
A note that is equal to an eighth note tied to a 16th note or three 16th notes.
16th Note
A note with half the duration of an 8th note or one-fourth the duration of a quarter note.
Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, Form, Expressive Qualities
The five elements of music
Tempo Markings
These tell how slow or fast to play music.
Fermata
Hold the note longer than its normal value.
Accidentals
Flats, sharps, and neutrals are called what?
Grand Staff
A combination of the treble and bass clefs that is commonly used to notate keyboard music.
Crescendo
A dynamic marking that means gradually getting louder.
Decrescendo
A dynamic marking that means gradually getting softer.
Lowers
A flat sign ______ the pitch of a note by a half step.
Raises
A sharp sign ______ the pitch of a note by a half step.
Ledger Line
A small line written above or below the staff to extend is range.
Melody
A succession of single pitches. The horizontal aspect of music.
Clef
A symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to indicate the names of the lines and spaces
Lento
A tempo marking that is slow.
Bar Lines
A vertical line drawn across the staff to indicate measures in a musical composition.
Bass clef Space notes
A, C, E, G
Music in the classroom should help children grow in three areas(domains):
Cognitive, Psychomotor, Affective
Rubato
Deliberate slowing or unsteadiness of tempo.
Expressive Qualities
Dynamics, tempo, and timbre.
Treble Clef line notes
E,G,B,D,F
Affective Domain
Emphasizes feeling, emotions; interests, attitudes, values, and appreciation
Treble Clef space notes
F,A,C,E
Low Ledger Notes
F,E,D,C
High ledger notes
G,A,B,C
Bass Clef line notes
G,B,D,F,A
Descending
Going down the scale is called what?
Ascending
Going up the scale is called what?
Ritardando
Gradually Slowing
Diatonic
If the upper note of an interval is found in the major scale built on the lower note, it is called a _______ interval. That includes all major intervals and perfect intervals.
Chromatic
If the upper note of an interval is not found in the major scale built on the lower note, it is called a ________ interval. This would include all minor, augmented and diminished intervals.
Repetition, Contrast
Musical compositions take their form through the use of ____ and ____?
Forte
(f)
Fortissimo
(ff) (loudest)
Mezzo Forte
(mf)
Brass, woodwinds, strings, percussion
What are the four groups of musical instruments in the symphony orchestra?
Timpani, Pitched, Unpitched
What are the instruments in the percussion family?
Monophony, homophony, heterophony, polyphony
What are the main musical textures?
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
What are the names of the string instruments in order of size?
Medium
What does mezzo mean?
Measure
What is one unit of meter, consisting of a number of accented and unaccented beats that is indicated in music by notation by bar lines?
Tie
What is the curved line connecting two notes that indicates that they are to be played as a single note?
Flag
What is the curved, shaded line extending from the end of a stem that is used to indicate an 8th or shorter note?
Simple Division
What is the division of the beat into two equal parts?
Meter
What is the regular pattern of accented and unaccented beats?
Dot
What is the small symbol that is placed beside the head of the note that increases the duration of the note by 1/2?
Half step
What is the smallest distance possible between and two pitches?
Beat
What is the steady pulse of music that form the basis of musical time?
Time Signature
What is the symbol placed at the beginning of a composition to indicate the meter of the piece?
Rest
What is the symbol used to indicate silence in music called?
Monophony
What term best describes the texture of a single melody played without accompaniment?
Polyphony
What term best describes the texture that combines two or more individual melody lines simultaneously?
Homophony
What term best describes when the melody is heard distinctly in one part and the other parts have clearly less important material that forms and accompaniment?
Lip vibration
What way do the brass instruments create sound?
1, 4, 5, 8
Which interval are always perfect?
2, 3, 6, 7
Which intervals can be major?
2 half steps
Whole steps are equal to _________.
Motive
a short rhythmic or melodic pattern
Accent
beat that is louder or emphasized
Rhythmic pattern
combinations of long and short sounds
Simple Meter
grouping of beats in 2 twos, threes, or its components
Phrase
longer musical idea that can be equated with a sentence in spoken language
Tempo
speed of musical sounds and silence
Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Saxophone
Name the four families in the woodwind family.
Whole step
On a keyboard, the distance from on key to another, skipping one key in between is a ________.
Struck
Percussion instruments produce sound by being____?
Psychomotor Domain
Physical or manipulative skills like singing, playing, moving and performing music.
Timbre
Quality of sound, the instrument and the sound it makes
Accelerando
Quickening
A Tempo
Return to original tempo
Friction
Stringed instruments produce sound by what?
Prestissimo
Tempo marking that is as fast as possible.
Allegro
Tempo marking that is fast.
Vivace
Tempo marking that is lively and fast.
Moderato
Tempo marking that is moderate.
Adagio
Tempo marking that is slow. (at ease)
Presto
Tempo marking that is very fast.
Largo
Tempo marking that is very slow (broadly)
Andante
Tempo marking that is walking tempo.
Middle C
The "C" nearest to the middle of the piano keyboard.
lowers
The flat sign _____ the pitch by half a step.
Octave
The interval between two adjacent notes of the same name.
Treble Clef
The most common clef in music that is a stylized letter "G" that indicates that the second line of the staff is to be a "G".
Form
The overall organization of the music, utilizing repetition and contrast to create a composition that contains unity and variety.
raises
The sharp sign ____ the pitch by a half step.
Half step
The smallest distance between two pitches is a __________.
Harmony
The sounding of two of more pitches simultaneously. THe Vertical Aspect of music.
Whole
Two half steps equals a ________ step.
Enharmonic notes
Two notes that sound the same but are written differently are called what?
Major Scale
Two tetrachords joined together by a whole step create a(n) ______________.
Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba
What are the 4 instruments in the brass family?
Beat, Accent, Meter, Rhythmic Pattern
What are the four components of rhythm?
Dynamics
louds and softs
Bass Clef
Also known as "F" clef and is a stylized letter "F" that indicates that the fourth line of the staff is to be a "F".
Middle Ledger Notes
B,C,D
Cognitive domain
Intellectual learning; thinking, knowing, and understanding
Rhythm
Time factor in music.