Method book questions

Question 1

What is rhythm?

Answer 1

Sound duration

Question 2

Define beat.

Answer 2

A steadily recurring pulse

Question 3

How many lines and spaces does a staff have?

Answer 3

5 lines 4 spaces

Question 4

What are the verticle lines that divide the staff into smaller sections?

Answer 4

barlines

Question 5

What is a meter?

Answer 5

a form of rhythmic organization- 4/4, 3/4, 2/4

Question 6

What does this meter mean? 2/4

Answer 6

2 beats per measure, The quarter note recieves the beat.

Question 7

What does this meter mean? 3/4

Answer 7

3 beats per measure, The quarter note recieves the beat.

Question 8

what does this meter mean? 4/4

Answer 8

4 beats per measure, The quarter note recieves the beat.

Question 9

What is pitch?

Answer 9

The highness or lowness of musical sound.

Question 10

Define scale.

Answer 10

A collection of pitches

Question 11

Describe key.

Answer 11

The importance of one pitch over the others in a scale.

Question 12

What is a major scale?

Answer 12

A specific arrangement of whole notes and half steps.

Question 13

What is the order of whole(W) notes and half(H) notes in a major scale?

Answer 13

WWHWWWH

Question 14

What is a slur?

Answer 14

A curved line placed above or below a group of notes to indicate that they are sang under the same text syllable.

Question 15

Whats and octave?

Answer 15

8 tones

Question 16

Define Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.

Answer 16

Soprano- The highest singing voice
Alto- A voice lower than the soprano
Tenor- Lower than an alto but higher than a bass
Bass- The lowest voice

Question 17

What is forte?

Answer 17

loud

Question 18

What is piano

Answer 18

soft

Question 19

What does a sharp do?

Answer 19

Raises the pitch one half step.

Question 20

What does a flat do?

Answer 20

Lowers the pitch one half step

Question 21

Monophony means what?

Answer 21

one sound, as is monotone.

Question 22

polyphony means what?

Answer 22

many sounds, 2 or more

Question 23

homophony means what?

Answer 23

same sounds, or hymn-style

Question 24

what does mf mean

Answer 24

mezzo forte, medium loud

Question 25

What does mp mean?

Answer 25

mezzo piano, medium soft

Question 26

legato means what?

Answer 26

smooth and conncted

Question 27

staccato means what?

Answer 27

notes are to be preformed short and detached.

Question 28

What is a style marking?

Answer 28

it tells you how the song sould be sang. p, mp ,mf, f

Question 29

tempo means what

Answer 29

to the time

Question 30

A canon is what?

Answer 30

voices entering at different times and producing harmony.