What is Music?

Question 1

What is music?

Answer 1

Music is organized sounds a silences.

Question 2

What acts as the canvas of music?

Answer 2

Time. Time is the canvas of music.

Question 3

Sound

Answer 3

pitch, dynamic, tone color, and duration.

Question 4

Rhythm and meter

Answer 4

organizations of pulses and duration.

Question 5

Describe pitch.

Answer 5

Relative highness and lowness of sound, determined by the frequency of the vibrations. Octaves divide into 12 distinct pitches.

Question 6

Dynamics

Answer 6

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Question 7

Tone, color, and timbre.

Answer 7

Characteristics and qualities of a sound, determined by what is vibrating.

Question 8

Name some string instruments.

Answer 8

Violin, viola, cello, guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo, and harp.

Question 9

Name some woodwind instruments.

Answer 9

Flute, piccolo, oboe, english horn, clarinet.

Question 10

Name some brass instruments.

Answer 10

Trumpet, trombone, tuba, and baritone.

Question 11

Name some percussion instruments.

Answer 11

Bass drum, snare drum, tympani, cymbals, chimes and marimba.

Question 12

Duration

Answer 12

Notes are used to indicate durations of tones or pitches.

Question 13

Rhythm

Answer 13

Patterns created by the organization of durations and accents. Occurs between pulses.

Question 14

Beats

Answer 14

Regularly recurring units of time. They affect the flow and the feel of the music.

Question 15

Meter

Answer 15

Organizes beats into groups called measures. Measures most commonly group 2, 3, and 4 beats.

Question 16

Tempo

Answer 16

The rate of speed. Indicated with various tempo markings.

Question 17

Melody

Answer 17

A succession of sounds with rhythmic and tonal organization.

Question 18

What perceptions can we make about melody?

Answer 18

It can be perceived as the linear/horizontal dimensions of music.

Question 19

What smaller units make up melodies?

Answer 19

They are often comprised of smaller, repetitive ideas, called motives.

Question 20

Describe conjunct melody.

Answer 20

Melody that flows very smoothly with notes that are close together.

Question 21

Describe disjunct melody.

Answer 21

Melody that contains leaps, and is out of order and angular.

Question 22

Harmony

Answer 22

Two or more notes sounding simultaneously..

Question 23

What moves music forward?

Answer 23

Harmonic progression.

Question 24

Interval

Answer 24

Distance between two sounds (pitches).

Question 25

Chord

Answer 25

3 or more pitches sounding simultaneously.

Question 26

Together, what do chords and intervals create?

Answer 26

They create tension and stability. The flow from tension to stability creates a perception of forward motion through time.

Question 27

Dissonance

Answer 27

tension in an interval or chord.

Question 28

Consonance

Answer 28

Stability in an interval or chord.

Question 29

Cadences

Answer 29

Harmonic motion drives towards important resting points – musical punctuation.

Question 30

Tonality

Answer 30

An overall sense of stability with the perception that on pitch is “home,” the resting place, or the tonal center.

Question 31

Key

Answer 31

Tonal “home.” Come in major and minor keys

Question 32

Texture

Answer 32

The number of lines of musical activity.

Question 33

Monophony

Answer 33

When you have one line of music.

Question 34

Polyphony

Answer 34

two or more melodic lines of equal interest.

Question 35

Homophony

Answer 35

a melody and an accompaniment.

Question 36

Form

Answer 36

Container that holds all different musical materials.