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
