Quiz 3

Question 1

The rate or speed of the beat.

Answer 1

Tempo

Question 2

Elements of musical expression relating to the degree of loudness or softness, or volume of a sound.

Answer 2

Dynamics.

Question 3

Soft.

Answer 3

Piano.

Question 4

Loud.

Answer 4

Forte.

Question 5

Quite slow

Answer 5

Adagio

Question 6

Broad (Very slow)

Answer 6

Largo

Question 7

Fast (Cheerful)

Answer 7

Allegro

Question 8

Very fast

Answer 8

Presto

Question 9

Nonreligious music; when there is text, it is usually in the vernacular.

Answer 9

Secular

Question 10

Religious or spiritual music, for church or devotional use. Primarily Latin.

Answer 10

Sacred Music

Question 11

Melodic style of one note set to each text syllable.

Answer 11

Syllabic Setting

Question 12

Melodic style characterized by many notes sung to a single text syllable.

Answer 12

Melismatic

Question 13

Melodic style of one to three notes to each text syllable.

Answer 13

Neumatic

Question 14

Musical pictorialization of text as an expressive device.

Answer 14

Word-painting

Question 15

Quality that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another. Also tone color.

Answer 15

Timbre

Question 16

A mechanism that generates musical vibrations and transmits them into the air.

Answer 16

Instrument

Question 17

Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice.

Answer 17

Register

Question 18

Fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound.

Answer 18

Vibrato