element of sonority notes

Question 1

solo

Answer 1

a single player or singer. Sometimes other instruments play in the background

Question 2

duet

Answer 2

two players or singer of roughly equal importance

Question 3

trio

Answer 3

three players or singers

Question 4

quartet

Answer 4

four player or singers

Question 5

quintet

Answer 5

five player or singers

Question 6

obbligato

Answer 6

an instrument that takes an especially important line, sometimes as a melody above the main tune.

Question 7

a cappella

Answer 7

a choir sings unaccompanied

Question 8

orchestra

Answer 8

large group of instruments

Question 9

choir

Answer 9

large group of singers

Question 10

generic families of instruments used in traditional/ world music

Answer 10

steel drum, acoustic guitar, pipes, accordion, autoharp, banjo, bouzouki, fiddle, harmonica, hurdy-gurdy etc…

Question 11

technology

Answer 11

synthesised and computer generated sounds, sampling, reverb, chorus, distortion

Question 12

drone

Answer 12

a note that stays constant, usually in the bass, while the melody and harmony above it changes.

Question 13

vocal technique

Answer 13

Falsetto, vibrato,rap