lect 1-2

Question 1

absolute music

Answer 1

instrumental music free of any explicit connection with nonmusical images

Question 2

program music

Answer 2

instrumental music that attempts to depict nonmusical images

Question 3

timbre

Answer 3

the tone quality of a particular instrument

Question 4

amplitude

Answer 4

the maximum displacement of the vibration or pressure in a soundwave

Question 5

frequency

Answer 5

the number of full oscillations per second of a sound wave.

Question 6

node

Answer 6

point on a string that does not vibrate

Question 7

chordophones

Answer 7

vibrating strings

Question 8

aerophones

Answer 8

vibrating wild columns

Question 9

idiophones

Answer 9

vibrating of the body of the instrument

Question 10

membranophones

Answer 10

vibrating membranes

Question 11

pizzicato

Answer 11

plucking the strings with the fingers instead of using the bow

Question 12

col legno

Answer 12

turning the bow upside down and using the wood instead of the hair

Question 13

sui ponticello

Answer 13

placing the bow very close to the bridge, resulting in a scratchy tone

Question 14

tremolo

Answer 14

a quick repetition of a single pitch, produced by rapidly flexing the bow arm at the wrist

Question 15

what is the high voice for a female called?

Answer 15

soprano

Question 16

what is the high voice for a male called?

Answer 16

tenor

Question 17

what is the low voice for a female called?

Answer 17

alto

Question 18

what is the low voice for a male called?

Answer 18

bass