Chapter 5 quiz Flashcards
_____ bring music to Life.
Performers
All Voices and musical instruments need three basic components to function
1: Energy source 2: vibrating element 3: resonating chamber
Instruments fall into at least one of the six categories
1: Brass 2: woodwinds 3: percussion 4: Keyboard 5 electronic 6: strings
classical music concerts by _____ ____ are by far the most popular and well attended
Symphony orchestra
The _____ section is the foundation of the orchestra
String
the _____ Make up the second most important section of the orchestra
woodwind
The _____ sounds the “A” for the orchestra to tune by
Oboe
The ____ Section produces the loudest sounds
Brass
The _____ or kettledrums were the 1st percussion instruments to join the symphony orchestra. they are the only ____ tuned to _____ ______
Timpin drums…. specific pitches
____ ____ were the main instrumental groups before the 17th century
Chamber Ensemble
______ are solo performers with exceptional technical ability
Virtuoso
A larger _____ instrumental ensemble in now called a chamber orchestra
Baroque
Concerto gross means
Large concerto
Between 1650 and 1700, in the northern Italian town of ______ craftsman produced nearly perfect stringed instruments which are still played today.
Cremong
the _____ is called the king of instruments
Organ
a Drawback to the harpsichord is the all tones have ____ ____
Equal Volume
The _____ emerged as the preferred keyboard instrument of the 19th century
Piano
The General classification for the female voices are
Soprano mezzo Soprano alto
Genreal classifications for male voices are
Tenor baritone bass
