Exam 1 material

Question 1

440 bps

Answer 1

A

Question 2

AABB

Answer 2

a form that is common for the British Isles

Question 3

acoustics

Answer 3

the scientific study of sound

Question 4

aerophone

Answer 4

wind instrument

Question 5

amplitude

Answer 5

loudness

Question 6

binary

Answer 6

2 part form

Question 7

chordophone

Answer 7

string instrument

Question 8

membranophone

Answer 8

stretched-skin instrument

Question 9

idiophone

Answer 9

a rigid instrument and the whole thing vibrates

Question 10

electranophone

Answer 10

electric instrument

Question 11

melody

Answer 11

a coherent succession of pitches

Question 12

melodic contour

Answer 12

the shape of a melody

Question 13

rhythm

Answer 13

all of the music elements that engage our sense of passing time

Question 14

pulse

Answer 14

beat

Question 15

tempo

Answer 15

speed

Question 16

meter

Answer 16

organization of the pulses

Question 17

texture

Answer 17

the relationship between voices in an ensemble

Question 18

monophonic texture

Answer 18

one voice or multiple people doing the same thing

Question 19

polyphonic texture

Answer 19

multiple voices

Question 20

counterpoint

Answer 20

all voices are different, each equally important

Question 21

melody and accompaniment

Answer 21

a lead and dominant voice, while the other voices are supporting it

Question 22

heterophonic texture

Answer 22

simultaneous performances of melodic variants of the same tune

Question 23

pentatonic scale

Answer 23

5 note scale

Question 24

melody and drone

Answer 24

a single line of melody accompanied by one or more continuously sustained sounds of unchanging pitch

Question 25

synchronically

Answer 25

across all cultures

Question 26

music

Answer 26

the art form that shapes time

Question 27

musician

Answer 27

the artist that shapes our sense of time

Question 28

cosmology

Answer 28

your view at the universe

Question 29

sound

Answer 29

a disturbance in the air

Question 30

pitch

Answer 30

steady vibration

Question 31

frequency

Answer 31

the speed of vibration

Question 32

hertz (Hz)

Answer 32

beats per second (bps)

Question 33

fixed pitch

Answer 33

you can’t change the frequency of a given note

Question 34

sliding pitch

Answer 34

you can change the frequency of a given note

Question 35

timbre

Answer 35

the voice of an instrument

Question 36

form

Answer 36

architectural structure of a piece of music

Question 37

ternary

Answer 37

3 part form

Question 38

two parts of an instrument

Answer 38

vibrator and resonator (AMP)

Question 39

sections

Answer 39

groups of phrases

Question 40

string quartet

Answer 40

chamber music

Question 41

chamber music

Answer 41

music made to be played in a small space; every musician has their own part

Question 42

coda

Answer 42

what happens at the end of the piece

Question 43

ostinato

Answer 43

single repeating phrase

Question 44

John Cage

Answer 44

composer who looked at the edges of the music (4 min and 33 sec)

Question 45

Content

Answer 45

the actual music, what causes you feelings towards the piece

Question 46

polyrhythm

Answer 46

multiple meters happening at the same time

Question 47

Sound Spatial metaphors for sound

Answer 47

language does not engage sound very well

Question 48

Coherence

Answer 48

meaningfulness (melody)