Music 110 Test 1

Question 1

What is the Overtone Series?

Answer 1

Principle of nature that one pitch producing vibrations causes other vibrations related by integers

Question 2

What is the process of auditory pitch perception

Answer 2

-Sound source vibrates
-Causes air molecules to vibrate
-Vibrating air molecules reach ear
-Basilar membrane in ear vibrates
-Bacilar membrane send auditory cortex to brain
-Auditory cortex contains a map of the tones which fire sympathetically to the basilar membrane creating pitch

Question 3

What evidence did we discuss for the overtone series?

Answer 3

The hermit thrush bird

Question 4

What is melody?

Answer 4

Series of notes played consecutively

Question 5

What is Harmony

Answer 5

Series of notes played at the same time

Question 6

What is rythm

Answer 6

The duration of sound

Question 7

What is form

Answer 7

The big picture organization of a piece

Question 8

What is Timbre?

Answer 8

All of the acoustical properties of a sound except for pitch and
duration

Question 9

When is medeival period

Answer 9

400-1400AD

Question 10

Who wrote the music in midevil times?

Answer 10

Monks

Question 11

When was the renaissance period?

Answer 11

1400-1600AD

Question 12

What was created during the renaissance period?

Answer 12

Polyphony (multiple melodies)

Question 13

When was Baroque period

Answer 13

1600-1750 AD

Question 14

What music was created in Baroque?

Answer 14

Opera