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Music App 3RD NINE WEEKS EXAM Flashcards

0
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What are some high instruments

A 
Clarinet 
Flute 
Guitar 
Harmonica 
Saxophone 
Oboe
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How high or low a sound is

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Pitch

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What are some low instruments

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Trombone 
Tuba 
Bass guitar 
French horn 
Euphonium 
Bassoon
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Is a treble clef high or low

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High

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Is a bass clef high or low

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Low

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How fast or slow a piece is

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Tempo

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Getting slower

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Ritardando

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Getting faster

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Accelerando

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How long or short sounds or silences are

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Rhythm

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9
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What note has 4 clicks

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Whole note

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What note has 2 clicks

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Half note

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What note has 1 click

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Quarter note

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What note has 1/2 click

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Eighth note

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What note has 1/4 click

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Sixteenth note

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How loud or soft music is

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Dynamics

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15
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Very, very soft

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Pianississimo

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Very, very loud

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fortississimo

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17
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Gradually getting louder

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Crescendo

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Gradually getting softer

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Diminuendo

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19
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Rhythm and pitch combined

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Melody

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20
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When more than one pitch is played at the same time

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Harmony

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21
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How many sounds

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Texture

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22
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Single melodic line

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Monophonic

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More than one voice part

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Polyphonic

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Single melodic line with chordal accompaniment

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Homophonic

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When performers sing/play the same melody but in their own way

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Heterophony

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26
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Musical plan/how it’s divided

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Structure

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AB structure

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Binary

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28
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ABA structure

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Ternary

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29
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ABACA structure

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Rondo

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30
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Verse/Chorus structure

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Pop song

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31
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How each instrument/voice sounds

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Timbre

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32
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Four voice types

A

Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass

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33
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Types of music

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Style

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34
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What family does the violin belong to

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String

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35
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How do string instruments produce sound

A

Bow
Strike
Pluck

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36
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How do you produce different notes on string instruments

A

Lengthening or shortening the strings

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37
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What family does the viola belong to

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String

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38
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What family does the cello belong to

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String

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39
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What family does the double bass belong to

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String

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40
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What family does the flute belong to

A

Woodwind

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41
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How does a woodwind instrument make sound

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Blowing over the hole/vibrating the reed

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42
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How are different notes produced on woodwind instruments

A

Covering different holes and pressing combinations of keys

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43
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How many reeds does an oboe have

A

2

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44
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What family does the oboe belong to

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Woodwind

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45
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What family does the bassoon belong to

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Woodwind

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46
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How many reeds does a bassoon have

A

1

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47
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How many reeds does a clarinet have

A

1

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48
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What family does the clarinet belong to

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Woodwind

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49
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What family does the saxophone belong to

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Woodwind

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50
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How many reeds does a saxophone have

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1

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51
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What family does the trumpet belong to

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Brass

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52
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How do brass instruments produce notes

A

Buzz lips against mouthpiece

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53
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How do brass instruments produce different notes

A

Pressing valves and different combination of valves

Move the slide in different positions

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54
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What family does the French horn belong to

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Brass

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55
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What family does the trombone belong to

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Brass

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56
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What family does the euphonium belong to

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Brass

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57
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What family does the tuba belong to

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Brass

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58
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What family does the snare drum belong to

A

Percussion

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59
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How does the snare drum produce sound

A

Hit drumsticks against the head and snares vibrate

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60
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How does a snare drum produce different sounds

A

Hit with or without snares

Hitting the rim

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61
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What family does the marimba belong to

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Percussion

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62
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How does a marimba produce sound

A

Hitting the keys/bars

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63
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How does a marimba produce different sounds

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Hit different keys

Where you hit the instrument itself

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64
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What family does soprano belong to

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Vocal

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65
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What family does alto belong to

A

Vocal

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66
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What family does tenor belong to

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Vocal

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67
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What family does bass belong to

A

Vocal

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68
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What is the highest female voice

A

Soprano

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69
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What is the deepest female voice

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Alto

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70
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What is the highest male voice

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Tenor

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71
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What is the lowest male voice

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Bass

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72
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How big the difference is between the high and low points of the waves

A

Amplitude

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73
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Loudness/softness of a note

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Dynamic level

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74
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How often one wave peak goes by

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Frequency

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75
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Difference between high and low points and produces a loud note

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High amplitude

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76
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Lots of short waves and produces high notes

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High frequency

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77
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Wave in the same direction they are moving

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Longitudinal waves

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78
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Small differences between high and low points and produces a soft note

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Low amplitude

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79
Q

Very few long waves and produces low notes

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Low frequency

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80
Q

Waves in the air caused by vibrations

Produces sound

A

Sound waves

81
Q

Wave in a different direction than they are moving

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Transverse waves

82
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Distance from the high point of one wave to the next one

A

Wavelength

83
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Sounds that are mixtures of all the different wavelengths

A

White noise

84
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How is a soft note produced

A

Low amplitude

85
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How is a loud note produced

A

High amplitude

86
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How is a high note produced

A

High frequency

87
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How is a low note produced

A

Low frequency

Few waves

88
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How is amplitude measured

A

Decibels

89
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What is another name for amplitude

A

Ah

90
Q

How do scientists measure how many wave peaks go by in one second

A

Hertz

91
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What is another name for frequency

A

Pitch

92
Q

What do we call sounds that are organized by people

A

Music

93
Q

What is the Italian word for loud

A

Forte

94
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What is the Italian work for soft

A

Piano

95
Q

How are sound waves and water waves different

A

Sound waves are longitudinal

Water waves are transverse

96
Q

What are the names of the 3 bones in the ear

A

Hammer
Anvil
Stirrup

97
Q

Why can’t sound travel through empty space

A

The waves need a medium to travel through

98
Q

What happens from the time sound waves enter your ears to the time the signal gets to your brain

A

The ear turns the signals in the wave into electrical nerve signals sent to your brain

99
Q

What makes up your outer ear

A

Auditory canal –> ear drum

100
Q

What makes up the middle part of your ear

A

Hammer
Anvil
Stirrup

101
Q

What makes up the inner part of your ear

A

Cochlea
Corti
Auditory nerve
Brain

102
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What is the path of sound waves from outer to inner ear

A

Auditory canal –> ear drum
Hammer –> anvil –> stirrup
Cochlea –> auditory nerve –> brain

103
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A style of “art” music as distinguished from folk, jazz, or popular music

A

Classical

104
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The customs, ideas, tastes, and beliefs acquired from a person’s background

A

Culture

105
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Making up music on the spot

A

Improvisation

106
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A popular style of music that developed in America during the late 1800s and the early 1900s

A

Jazz

107
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The distinct manner or character of musical expression

A

Musical style

108
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The ability to discern musical characteristics and describe them

A

Perceptive listening

109
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Who were the 2 classical composers listed in this chapter

A

Franz Joseph Hayden

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

110
Q

Who made the first recording of authentic jazz

A

Louis Armstrong

111
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Who started out as a classical musician but switched to jazz music

A

Wynton Marsalis

112
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Who was the teacher of Louis Armstrong

A

Joseph “King” Oliver

113
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Who is known as one of the greatest jazz singers of all time

A

Ella Fitzgerald

114
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What are the characteristics of jazz music

A 
Exuberant spirit 
Improvisation 
Simple 
Heartfelt 
Dancelike 
Rhythmic
115
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Name the places where jazz music developed

A 
New York
Chicago 
Kansas City
East Texas 
New Orleans
116
Q

What are the 3 internal characteristics of music

A

Means
Expression
Order

117
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What are the 2 external characteristics of music

A

Origin

Use

118
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Why is America known as the “melting pot”

A

Immigrants came to America from everywhere

We mix with people everyday who come from different cultures than we do

119
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The quality of sound

A

Timbre

120
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Scientists who study characteristics and customs of a group of people

A

Anthropologist

121
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Professionals who study the music of different cultural groups

A

Enthomusicologist

122
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The ability to look at the world from another’s perspective; becoming familiar with and understanding music of other cultures gives us an understanding of someone else’s viewpoint

A

Empathy

123
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Warrior dance with great rhythmic energy and subtly expressed bravery, vitality, and brotherhood
From the Bamileke tribe
Celebrated ability and skill in battle, self-confidence, and manliness

A

Lali

124
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Mixed culture

A

Mestizo

125
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Mexican musical group with several violins, 2 trumpets, a bass guitar called a guitarron, a short 5 string rhythm guitar called a vihuela, and a 6 string guitar

A

Mariachi

126
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Chinese style of opera that combines an orchestra with speaking, singing, acrobatic martial arts, and pantomime

A

Peking opera

127
Q

Bass guitar from Mexico

A

Guitarron

128
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Small 2-stringed bowed lute from China

A

Jinghu

129
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A thin guitar from Mexico

A

Jarana

130
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35-string harp from Mexico

A

Arpa

131
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Round plucked lute from China

A

Yuegin

132
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Large 2-stringed lute from China

A

Jing Erhu

133
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Short 5-string rhythm guitar from Mexico

A

Vihuela

134
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Four-string guitar from Mexico

A

Requinto jarocho

135
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How do we become acquainted with the unwritten cultural traditions of other societies

A

Field recordings done by anthropologists

136
Q

Which tribe is associated with the Lali

A

Bamileke

137
Q

What are songs from the country in Mexico called

A

Cancion ranchera

138
Q

What is the most well-known sons jaliscienses

A

La Negra “The Dark Woman”

139
Q

What are traditional songs of Mexico called

A

Sones jarochos

140
Q

What is one of the most famous sons jarochos

A

“La Bamba”

141
Q

Where do the stories in the Peking Opera come from

A

Chinese history or folklore

142
Q

What types of actors were in the cast

A 
Ancient bearded men 
Flirtatious girls 
Women warriors 
Generals and kings are presented in a larger-than-life manner 
Clowns were portrayed as common people
143
Q

How were the singers accompanied in the operas

A

String instruments:
Jinghu
Jing erhu
Yuegin

144
Q

What string instrument accompanied the males in the operas

A

Jinghu

145
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What string instrument accompanied the females in the operas

A

Jing erhu

146
Q

What string instrument accompanied both the males and females in the operas

A

Yuegin

147
Q

What accompanied the movements in the operas

A

Cymbals
Gongs
Bright sounding drum
Wood clapper

148
Q

Where did the ensemble sit

A

On stage, in full view of the audience

149
Q

What were the different parts that made up the operas

A

Speaking
Singing
Acrobatic martial arts
Pantomime

150
Q

Describe how the Peking opera is different from the western opera

A

The Peking opera has a shrill tone quality and a higher vocal range

151
Q

Without instruments

A

A cappella

152
Q

Non-religious vocal works in several parts

A

Madrigal

153
Q

Traveling poet-musician in Germany

A

Minnesinger

154
Q

Markings over or under the text to signal pitch changes

A

Neumes

155
Q

A compositional method in which 2 voice parts sing the same melody, one a perfect fourth or fifth higher than the other

A

Parallel organum

156
Q

Music with no strict meter or accompaniment

Sung by a single voice or unison choir

A

Plainsong

Also known as plainchant

157
Q

Written notation

A

Score

158
Q

Non-religious

A

Secular

159
Q

Based on verses from the bible (religious)

A

Sacred

160
Q

Traveling poet-musicians from southern France

A

Troubadour

161
Q

Traveling poet-musicians from northern France

A

Trouvere

162
Q

A Benedictine monk who devised the first true system of staff notation
Based on a four-line staff

A

Guido of Arezzo

163
Q

One of the most famous composers of the medieval era
First documented woman composer
Composed sacred music only for women

A

Hildegard Von Bingen

164
Q

What role did the church play during the Medieval era

A

They assumed leadership roles in everything from politics to the arts
It’s music was the foundation for western music
Biggest influence on daily life

165
Q

What was the difference between secular and sacred music

A

Sacred was based on bible verses and had only voices

Secular is not religious and had voices and instruments

166
Q

List the 6 periods of music and gives the dates for each period

A 
Medieval : 450-1450
Renaissance : 1450-1600
Baroque : 1600-1750
Classical : 1750-1825
Romantic : 1825-1900
Modern : 1900-present
167
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What are the music characteristics of the Medieval era

A 
Sacred 
Plainsong 
Monophonic 
Heterophonic 
Polyphonic
168
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Who are the composers of the Medieval era

A 
Hildegard Von Bingen 
Guillaume de Machaut 
John Dunstable 
Phillipe de Vitry 
Guillaume Dufay
169
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Independent musical lines

A

counterpoint

170
Q

Placing emphasis on human values

A

Humanism

171
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Non-religious work sung in several parts

A

Madrigal

172
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A polyphonic work based on a sacred text

A

Motet

173
Q

Someone who supports an artist or musician so that they can work at their craft

A

Patron

174
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Means “re-birth”

Revival of the study of the Classical Greek & Roman eras

A

Renaissance

175
Q

The sound of the music portrayed the meaning of the text

A

Word painting

176
Q

What are the 5 parts of the mass

A 
Gloria 
Kyrie 
Sanctus 
Credo 
Angus Dei
177
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What was the main difference between the music of the Medieval era and the Renaissance era

A

Secular music joined sacred music

Instrumental music joined music

178
Q

What nationality was Thomas Weelkes and what type of music did he write

A

English

Sacred, secular, and known for his madrigals

179
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What nationality was Michael Praetorius and what type of music did he write

A

German
Sacred hymns, motets, and songs
Secular madrigals, songs, and dancing pieces

180
Q

Who are the famous composers from the Renaissance period

A 
Michael Praetorius 
Thomas Weelkes 
Josquin des Prez 
Giovanni da Palestrina 
William Byrd
Thomas Morley 
Giovanni Gabrielli
181
Q

What are the musical characteristics of the Renaissance period

A

Polyphony

Counterpoint

182
Q

What are the types of music during the Renaissance period

A

Mass
Motet
Madrigals

183
Q

Basic emotional states

A

Affections

184
Q

A section in a piece of music

A

Movement

185
Q

Play set to music and staged with orchestra

A

Opera

186
Q

An instrumental work for a solo instrument performing alone or with accompaniment, in 3 contrasting movements, such as fast-slow-fast or loud-soft-loud

A

Sonata

187
Q

Layered dynamic levels

A

Terraces dynamics

188
Q

Accompaniment would consist of a harpsichord sounding the chords and a viola da gamba reinforcing the bass line

A

Continuo

189
Q

Where does the term “Baroque” come from

A

A French word for “imperfect” or “irregular” pearl

Means an extravagant style

190
Q

What 2 words describe Baroque architecture and music

A

Exuberant

Emotional

191
Q

How were Baroque characteristics shown in the music

A 
Repetitive 
Embellishment/ornamentation 
Terraced dynamics 
Basic emotional states 
Instrumental music became more important
192
Q

What are the 4 affections mentioned in the Baroque section

A

Love
Sorrow
Fear
Anger

193
Q

What types of music started to become more prominent and important in the Baroque era

A

Secular

Instrumental

194
Q

What were some new forms of music during the Baroque era

A

Sonata
Cantatas
Oratorios
Opera

195
Q

A way of speaking musically
Combination of singing and speaking
Events of the story were told through these

A

Recitative

196
Q

Marks a pause in the storytelling while a character reacts to events

A

Aria

197
Q

In what year did opera make its debut

A

1600

198
Q

How many of Monteverdi’s operas still exist today

A

3

199
Q

Who are the composers from the Baroque era

A 
Johann Sebastian Bach
George Frederic Handel 
Antonio Vivaldi 
Claudio Monteverdi 
Domenico Scarlatti

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