Intro

Question 1

Shifting from one key to another in the same piece of music

Answer 1

Modulation

Question 2

20th century music changes of styles by gradually abandoning tonality

Answer 2

Atonality

Question 3

mostly unknown due to its lack of survival in noted form

Answer 3

Ancient Civilizations Music

Question 4

historically are continuous form one to the other

Answer 4

Style

Question 5

repetition, contrast, variation

Answer 5

Form Techniques

Question 6

can be achieved by structural organization of musical ideas, and elements in time

Answer 6

Form

Question 7

number, and type of layer of sound and how they relate to each other

Answer 7

Texture

Question 8

a characteristic way of using melody , rhythm, tone color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form

Answer 8

Style

Question 9

produces a sense of finality that traditionally wound provide an end to a musical composition

Answer 9

Cadence in Tonic Chord

Question 10

relatedness to a central tone in music

Answer 10

Tonality

Question 11

a triad chord built on the fifth note /step of a scale

Answer 11

Dominant Chord

Question 12

accidentals (sharps and flats)signs immediately following the clef signet the beginning of the musical staff in a composition

Answer 12

Key Signature

Question 13

a resting place at the end of a musical phrase, section, or composition

Answer 13

Cadence

Question 14

series fo chords

Answer 14

Progression

Question 15

a way of construction chords and how they follow each other

Answer 15

Harmony

Question 16

Tonic

Answer 16

first note/step of a scale

Question 17

momentary silence in a composition

Answer 17

Musical Reset

Question 18

playing in a short detached manner

Answer 18

Staccato

Question 19

a series of single tones which add up to a recognizable whole in a composition

Answer 19

Melody

Question 20

smooth, connected way of playing music a melody

Answer 20

Legato

Question 21

a sign in musical notation used to cancel a previous sharp or flat

Answer 21

Natural

Question 22

gradual slowing-down

Answer 22

Ritardando

Question 23

organization of beats into regular patterns/groups

Answer 23

Musical Meter

Question 24

the rate of speed of the beat in the music

Answer 24

Tempo

Question 25

placement of an accent in the music where it would not normally be expected

Answer 25

Syncopation

Question 26

played by means of process based on representing data in terms of measurable physical quantities

Answer 26

Synthesizer

Question 27

a process based on representing data in terms of measurable physical quantities

Answer 27

Analog Synthesis

Question 28

based on the imagination and organizing power of human mind

Answer 28

Quality of Music in the Electronic Studio

Question 29

generated by performer’s lips

Answer 29

Vibrations in Brass Instruments

Question 30

Lowest Pitch Instrument in the Orchestra

Answer 30

Contrabassoon

Question 31

Thin piece of cane used singly or in pairs by woodwind instruments

Answer 31

Reed

Question 32

Rapid repeating notes by quick up-and-down bow strokes performed on a string instrument

Answer 32

Tremolo

Question 33

Tone color in music

Answer 33

Timbre

Question 34

Makes the sound/tone warmer and more expressive

Answer 34

Vibrato in String Instruments

Question 35

Performer emphasizing a tone by playing it louder than the other ones around it

Answer 35

Dynamic Accent in Music

Question 36

Measured in cycles per second

Answer 36

Frequency of Pitch Vibrations

Question 37

Has a definite pitch/frequency

Answer 37

Tone

Question 38

Pitch, dynamics, tone color, and duration

Answer 38

Musical Sound