Music Appreciation Lesson 2 Sound and its Sources Quiz
Dissonance
A combination of tones that seem unrelated or harsh.
Written notes little symbols above or below them to help the performer know how to play them
Articulation Markings
Percussion instruments generate sound
Being struck
Musicians have know for centuries that two notes together can create____ or they can blend in a pleasing fashion ___
Dissonance and Consonance
Western European tradition from which most of our music is derived uses instruments that fall into ___ groups
Four
The length of a sound wave or the number of vibrations per second
Frequency
In musical groups that use electronic instruments, sounds are sequenced and assembled using a process called
MIDI
Plucking the string on a violin or cello is called
Pizzicato
The viola is part of the
Stringed family
Electronically generated sounds made by using a
Synthesizer
It describes the bringing of two or more instruments in agreement on a pitch
Tune up
Sampling is a process to analyze and reproduce
Wave forms
Instruments whose sound comes from air being blown into them
Woodwinds