Elements of Music

Question 1

wind instrument

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Aerophone

Question 2

string instrument

Answer 2

2. Chordophone

Question 3

Instruments that is struck, shaken or rubbed

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3. Idiophone

Question 4

Instruments that use stretched skins as membranes. The membranes are the ones that vibrate and produce sound when struck with bare hands, use of sticks or mallets.(snare drum, bass Drum)

Answer 4

Membranophone

Question 5

Instruments that use electronic circuits or sound amplification in order for it to work and produce sound. (electric guitar, electric drums)

Answer 5

Electrophone

Question 6

melody alone or a cappella

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Monophony

Question 7

melody with instrumental accompaniment

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Homophony

Question 8

two or more different melodies sung at the same time

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Polyphony

Question 9

similar melodies sung at the same time or same melody but ornamented by several instruments

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Heterophony

Question 10

is also called tone quality and tone color. Timbre is the quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production, such as voices and musical instruments.

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TIMBRE (pronounced tam-ber)

Question 11

is the flow of music through time

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RHYTHM (also called the “heartbeat”)

Question 12

(4 beats/second)

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fast

Question 13

(2 beats/second)

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moderate

Question 14

slow tempo

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(1 beat/second)

Question 15

is a series of single tones which add up to a recognizable whole

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MELODY

Question 16

(1-3 tones)

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Narrow Range

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(5 tones)

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Moderate or Pentatonic

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(7 tones)

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Diatonic

Question 19

(8 tones and above)

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Wide

Question 20

refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other

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HARMONY

Question 21

(do-re-mi-fa-so-la ti-do)

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Major Tonality

Question 22

(la-ti-do-re-mi-fa-so-la)

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Minor Tonality

Question 23

(do-re-mi-so-la),

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Pentatonic

Question 24

(combination of different tonal patterns)

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Modal

Question 25

is the speed of the beat, the basic pace of the music.

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TEMPO

Question 26

the length of time a musical sound lasts. It is the temporal aspect of music; time. It includes: pulse, beat, rhythm, rhythmic density, meter, tempo

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Duration

Question 27

Degrees of loudness or softness in music/sound

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Dynamics

Question 28

is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound

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Pitch

Question 29

an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.

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MUSIC