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music 1-50 Flashcards

1
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sound organized in time

A

music

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2
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the highness or lowness of a sound

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pitch

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3
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orchestral musicians in the US tune to this note

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A-440

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4
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The term for scholars who study the music of other cultures

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ethnomusicologists

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5
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Curt Sachs and Erich von Hornbostel created how many groups of instruments?

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4

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6
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What texture has two or more melodic lines unfold simultaneously

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polyphonic

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7
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What is the art of taking an existing piece of music and giving instructions as to what each individual performer should play

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arranging

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8
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The combination of instruments involved in a work of music

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instrumentation

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9
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Another expressive factor expressing the sound of a piece is called

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articulation

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10
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The primary way tension is created through harmonic _______.

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Dissonance

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11
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what is the broadcast definition of music?

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sound organized in time

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12
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improvisation

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simultaneous composition and performance

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13
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how does raising the amplitude of a sound wave affect the sound?

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sound becomes louder

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14
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a melody that moves primarily in half steps or whole steps conjunct melody

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conjunct melody

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15
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Between which TWO pairs of notes on the keyboard are there no black keys?

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B to C and E to F

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16
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From which key on the keyboard would a natural minor scale consisting only of white keys begin?

A

A

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17
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transpose

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to move a piece of music from one key to another

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18
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What aspect of a melody must remain unchanged when it is transposed to another key?

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the interval relationships between the notes

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19
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contour

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the overall shape or direction of a melody

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20
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how does lowering the frequency of a sound wave affect the sound

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pitch becomes lower

21
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what is the frequency of A above middle C, the note to which orchestral musicians tune their instruments

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440 Hz

22
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chordophones

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instruments that use vibrating strings to produce sound

23
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idiophones

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instruments whose bodies vibrate to produce sound

24
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aerophones

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instruments that use a vibrating column of air to produce

25
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membranophones

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instruments that use a vibrating column of air to produce sound

26
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electrophones

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instruments that use an oscillator to produce sounds

27
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what instrument family includes the flute, bassoon, and saxophone

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woodwinds

28
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what instrument family includes the tuba, french horn, and bugle

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brass

29
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what are five examples of stringed instruments

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violon, viola, cello, doublebass, and guitar

30
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what instruments family includes the marimba, timpani, and vibraphone?

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percussion

31
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what are four examples of keyboard instruments

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piano, harpsichord, organ, and celesta

32
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pitch

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the higness or lowness of a sound

33
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what interval is produced by halving the length of a string on a guitar

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octave

34
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where is middle c located on the piano keyboard

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roughly equidistant from either end

35
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overtones

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weaker frequencies that color the sound of a note

36
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into how many equal parts does equal temperament divide the octave

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12

37
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chromatic scale

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the 12 pitches of the octave, played in ascending order

38
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what does a sharp symbol indicate

A

the note should be raised

39
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what does a flat symbol indicate?

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the note should be lowered

40
Q

what are the notes g# and Ab, which are identical in pitch referred to as?

A

enharmonic

41
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how many pitches does a diatonic scale contain

A

seven

42
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why is the seventh pitch in a scale called the leading tone

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it begs to resolve upward to the tonic pitch

43
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what is the role of the tonic pitch

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acts as a point or repose and completion

44
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dominant pitch

A

the fifth scale degree

45
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performance practice

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a study of how music actually sounded when it was written

46
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interval

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the distance between two pitches

47
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what unit of measurement is used to describe an interval

A

half step or semitone

48
Q

What is the highest note of a triad known as?

A

the fifth

49
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melodic interval

A

two pitches played consecutively

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