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Chapter 9 Flashcards

1
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another word for timbre

A

tone color

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2
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Mechanism that generates musical vibrations and transmits them into the air.

A

instrument

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3
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Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice.

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register

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4
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Highest-ranged voice, normally possessed by women and boys.

A

soprano

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5
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Female voice of middle range.

A

mezzo-soprano

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6
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Lowest of the female voices. Also contralto

A

alto

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7
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Male voice of high range. Also a part, often structural, in polyphony.

A

tenor

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8
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Male voice of moderately low range.

A

baritone

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9
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Lowest of the male voices.

A

bass

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10
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Small fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound.

A

vibrato

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11
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Instruments such as a flute, whistle, or horn that produce sound by using air as the primary vibrating means.

A

aerophone

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12
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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.

A

bagpipe

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13
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Instrument that produces sound from a vibrating string stretched between two points; the string may be set in motion by bowing, striking, or plucking

A

chordophone

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14
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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.

A

idiophone

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15
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Any instrument that produces sound from tightly stretched membranes that can be struck.

A

membranophone

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16
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The quality of a sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another. Also tone color

A

timbre

17
Q

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

A

chordophone

18
Q

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

A

aerophones

19
Q

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.

A

True

20
Q

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

A

women singers

21
Q

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

A

True

22
Q

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

A

vibrato

23
Q

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

A

timbre

24
Q

The Indian sitar is considered a(n)

A

chordophone.

25
Q

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

A

soprano, alto, tenor, bass

26
Q

How do specialists classify instruments?

A

by the way they generate their sound

27
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T/F: The category “chordophones” applies only to Western instruments.

A

False

28
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The word _________ describes a specific area in the range of an instrument or voice, such as low, middle, or high.

A

register

29
Q

Which describes instruments classified as aerophones?

A

sound produced by using air

30
Q

Which describes instruments classified as idiophones?

A

sound produced from the substance itself

31
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Which instrument is NOT an example of a chordophone?
guitar
xylophone
violin
Chinese pipa
A

xylophone

32
Q

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

A

all possible answers

33
Q

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

A

harp

34
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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
A

soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto

35
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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
A

tenor, baritone, bass

36
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Which of the following terms describes instruments made with stretched skins?

A

membranoophone

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