intro to music final (pt.1 elements)

Question 1

What are the four main properties of musical sounds?

Answer 1

Duration, pitch, dynamics, timbre (tone color).

Question 2

Pitch

Answer 2

• *Highness or lowness of sound.

- determines by the frequency of vibrations.

Question 3

Timbre (tone color)

Answer 3

a quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument from another. (can be bright, dark, mellow, etc.)

Question 4

How many keys and octaves does a piano have?

Answer 4

88 keys and 7 octaves

Question 5

Beat

Answer 5

regular recurring pulses that divides music into unit of time.

Question 6

Cadence

Answer 6

A melody that serves as a starting point (or “point of arrival”) for long piece of music (at a phase).

Question 7

Chords

Answer 7

three or more tones sounded at once.

Question 8

Tonic (I)

Answer 8

triad built on the first scale note and control tone.

Question 9

Tonic key/ home key

Answer 9

main key of piece.

Question 10

monophonic texture

Answer 10

single, unaccompanied melody “one sound” only melody. ex: Mary had a little lamb

Question 11

polyphonic texture

Answer 11

two or more important melodic lines play at the same time.

Question 12

homophonic texture

Answer 12

one melody with chordal accompaniment - most pop songs.