Chapter 9

Question 1

another word for timbre

Answer 1

tone color

Question 2

Mechanism that generates musical vibrations and transmits them into the air.

Answer 2

instrument

Question 3

Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice.

Answer 3

register

Question 4

Highest-ranged voice, normally possessed by women and boys.

Answer 4

soprano

Question 5

Female voice of middle range.

Answer 5

mezzo-soprano

Question 6

Lowest of the female voices. Also contralto

Answer 6

alto

Question 7

Male voice of high range. Also a part, often structural, in polyphony.

Answer 7

tenor

Question 8

Male voice of moderately low range.

Answer 8

baritone

Question 9

Lowest of the male voices.

Answer 9

bass

Question 10

Small fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound.

Answer 10

vibrato

Question 11

Instruments such as a flute, whistle, or horn that produce sound by using air as the primary vibrating means.

Answer 11

aerophone

Question 12

Wind instrument popular in Eastern and Western Europe that has several tubes, one of which plays the melody while the others sound the drones, or sustained notes; a windbag is filled by either a mouth pipe or a set of bellows.

Answer 12

bagpipe

Question 13

Instrument that produces sound from a vibrating string stretched between two points; the string may be set in motion by bowing, striking, or plucking

Answer 13

chordophone

Question 14

Instrument that produces sound from the substance of the instrument itself by being struck, blown, shaken, scraped, or rubbed. Examples include bells, rattles, xylophones, and cymbals.

Answer 14

idiophone

Question 15

Any instrument that produces sound from tightly stretched membranes that can be struck.

Answer 15

membranophone

Question 16

The quality of a sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another. Also tone color

Answer 16

timbre

Question 17

An instrument that produces sound from a vibrating string is called a(n)

Answer 17

chordophone

Question 18

Flutes, whistles, and bagpipes fall into what instrument classification?

Answer 18

aerophones

Question 19

T/F: In earlier eras, young boys and occasionally men with voices in the soprano or alto range sang female parts in church music and on the stage.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

In the sixteenth century, which musicians became more prominent performers of secular music?

Answer 20

women singers

Question 21

T/F: Instrument builders have often sought to emulate the human voice.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Instrument builders have sought to replicate the sound of the voice, including its characteristic throbbing called

Answer 22

vibrato

Question 23

The property of sound that gives instruments and voices their unique tone color is

Answer 23

timbre

Question 24

The Indian sitar is considered a(n)

Answer 24

chordophone.

Question 25

Which of the following shows the correct order of vocal ranges from highest to lowest?

Answer 25

soprano, alto, tenor, bass

Question 26

How do specialists classify instruments?

Answer 26

by the way they generate their sound

Question 27

T/F: The category "chordophones" applies only to Western instruments.

Answer 27

False

Question 28

The word _________ describes a specific area in the range of an instrument or voice, such as low, middle, or high.

Answer 28

register

Question 29

Which describes instruments classified as aerophones?

Answer 29

sound produced by using air

Question 30

Which describes instruments classified as idiophones?

Answer 30

sound produced from the substance itself

Question 31

``` Which instrument is NOT an example of a chordophone? guitar xylophone violin Chinese pipa ```

Answer 31

xylophone

Question 32

Which of the following factors influence timbre? instrument shape the material from which the instrument is made instrument size All possible answers.

Answer 32

all possible answers

Question 33

Which of the following is an example of a chordophone? accordion harp bells

Answer 33

harp

Question 34

``` Which of the following shows the correct order of vocal ranges from highest to lowest for female voices? alto, soprano, mezzo-soprano alto, mezzo-soprano, soprano soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto tenor, baritone, bass ```

Answer 34

soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto

Question 35

``` Which of the following shows the correct order of vocal ranges from highest to lowest for male voices? tenor, baritone, bass bass, baritone, tenor alto, tenor, baritone soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto ```

Answer 35

tenor, baritone, bass

Question 36

Which of the following terms describes instruments made with stretched skins?

Answer 36

membranoophone