Music - Chapter 2

Question 1

Women voices

Answer 1

Soprano
Mezzo soprano
Alto (or contralto)

Question 2

Male voices

Answer 2

Tenor
Baritone
Bass

Question 3

String instrument

Answer 3

Instrument whose sound is produced by the vibration of strings

Question 4

Woodwind instruments

Answer 4

Instrument whose sound is produced by vibrations of air in a tube; holes along the length of the tube are opened and closed by the fingers or by pads to control the pitch

Question 5

Brass instruments

Answer 5

Instrument, made out of brass or silver, whose sound is produced by the vibrations of the player’s lips as he or she blows into a cup or funnel shaped mouth piece. The vibrations are amplified and colored in a tube that is flared at the end

Question 6

Percussion instrument

Answer 6

Instrument of definite or indefinite pitch whose sound is produced by striking by hand, or with a stick or hammer, or by shaking or rubbing

Question 7

Keyboard instrument

Answer 7

Instrument - such as the piano, organ, or harpsichord - played by pressing a series of keys with the finger

Question 8

Electronic instrument

Answer 8

Instrument whose sound is produced, modified, or amplified by electronic means

Question 9

Register

Answer 9

Part of the total range of an instrument or voice. The tone color of the instrument or voice may vary with the register in which it is played or sung

Question 10

Stopping

Answer 10

Means of playing a string instrument by which a string is pressed against the fingerboard to vary the length of its vibrations and therefore its pitch

Question 11

Pizzicato

Answer 11

Plucked strings

Question 12

Double, triple quadruple stop

Answer 12

Two notes at once:;three; etc

Question 13

Vibrato

Answer 13

Small fluctuations of pitch that make the tone warmer, produced in string instruments by rocking the left hand while it presses the string down

Question 14

Mute

Answer 14

Device used to muffle the tone of an instrument

Question 15

Tremolo

Answer 15

Rapid repetition of a tone

Question 16

Harmonics

Answer 16

Very high pitched tones

Question 17

Reed

Answer 17

Very thin piece of cane

Question 18

Tape studio

Answer 18

Main tool of composers of electronic music during the 1950s

Question 19

Synthesizers

Answer 19

Systems of electronic components that generate, modify, and control sound

Question 20

Sampling

Answer 20

Technology that enables composers to hear what their music sounds like on the instruments for witch their pieces are written

Question 21

Theme

Answer 21

Melody used as the basis for a musical composition

Question 22

Variations

Answer 22

Changing some features of a musical idea while retaining others