Quiz 1

Question 1

anything you strike that is solid to make noise (symbols)

Answer 1

idiophone

Question 2

skin stretched to make noise (drums)

Answer 2

membranophones

Question 3

a stringed instrument

Answer 3

chordophone

Question 4

making sound using electricity

Answer 4

electrophones

Question 5

outlines similar and contrasting sections of a piece

Answer 5

form

Question 6

quality of sound, refers to the performing instruments or voices, use descriptive language

Answer 6

timbre

Question 7

Interaction of simultaneous pitches

Answer 7

harmony

Question 8

pleasing harmony

Answer 8

consonant

Question 9

clashing/unresolved

Answer 9

dissonant

Question 10

one leading melody with accompaniment (chords or harmony)

Answer 10

homophonic texture

Question 11

anytime there’s more than one simultaneous melody (round)

Answer 11

polyphonic texture

Question 12

only one melody is occurring

Answer 12

molyphonic texture

Question 13

builds on the idea of melody

Answer 13

texture

Question 14

how loud of soft the sounds are

Answer 14

dynamics

Question 15

Contains wider intervals

Answer 15

disjunct

Question 16

contains small intervals

Answer 16

conjunct

Question 17

drawing a line to follow the pitch of the note

Answer 17

melodic contour

Question 18

the rate of vibration in hertz

Answer 18

frequency

Question 19

how high or low a note is

Answer 19

pitch

Question 20

succession of pitches in time

Answer 20

melody

Question 21

strong, weak, weak

Answer 21

triple meter

Question 22

strong, weak

Answer 22

duple meter

Question 23

the rate at which beats progress or pass by

Answer 23

tempo

Question 24

basic unit of rhythm

Answer 24

beat

Question 25

how music is organized over time

Answer 25

rythmn

Question 26

use music to show an action or object (“low”—>low note)

Answer 26

text painting