Ch. 9: VOICES & INSTRUMENT FAMS

Question 1

Properties of sound include pitch, duration, volume and __________

Answer 1

TIMBRE or TONE COLOR

Question 2

What generates VIBRATIONS & Transmits then into the AIR?

Answer 2

**INSTRUMENT

Question 3

Types of RANGE for human voice

Answer 3

Women=
SOPRANO
*MEZZO SOPRANO (most normal)
ALTO (rare )

Men=
TENOR (rare)
BARITONE (normal)
BASS

Question 4

What is VIBRATO?

Answer 4

*throbbing effect on THEIR instruments

Question 5

Instrument CLASSIFICATIONS:

• AEROPHONES
• CHORDOPHONE
• IDIOPHONES
• MEMBRANOPHONES

Answer 5

• AEROPHONES(sound by air)
• *flutes/whistles/horns/bagpipe
• CHORDOPHONES(sound from vibrating string)
• *violin/viola/harp/guitar
• IDIOPHONES(sound from substance itself)
• *bells/cymbals/rattled/mbira(thumb piano)
• MEMBRANOPHONES(sounded from tightly stretched membranes)
• *drum-type(struck/plucked/rubbed/sang into