Music Unit 1 Quiz

Pitch

Highness or lowness of a sound

Dynamics

The level of volume

Tone Color/Timbre

The “color“ of a sound, oftentimes used to describe the differences in instruments

Mezzo

Moderate

Issimo

Extremely

Piano

Quiet

Forte

Loud

Decrescendo/Dimuendo

Gradually softer

Crescendo

Gradually louder

What are the vocal ranges in order

Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

String instrument

Instrument that uses strings to create sound

Woodwind

Uses blowing against a sharp edge or a single/double reed to create sound

Brass

Uses mouth against a cup to create sound

Percussion

Makes sound when struck, shaken, or scraped

Keyboard

Uses a set of keys/row of levers to create sound

Electronic

Uses computer to generate and modify sound

Stop

When a string instrument plays multiple strings at or almost at once

Pizzicato

Plucking a string instrument

Vibrato

Small pitch fluctuations

Mute

Veiling or muffling a tone via a clamp on the bridge

Tremolo

Quick repeated notes

Harmonics

High pitched notes created by touching certain parts of the string

What five percussion instruments have a definite pitch

Timpani (kettle drums)

Glockenspiel

xylophone

celesta

chimes

What six percussion instruments have an indefinite pitch

Snare drum

Bass drum

Tambourine

Triangle

Cymbals

Gong

beat

the pulse of a song

meter

Regular recurring pattern of strong and weak beats

Measure

The size of a bar of music

Accent

When a note is made louder or paid special notice

Syncopation

When notes are off the regular beat or an accent happens on a note you wouldn’t expect

Tempo

The speed of the music

Consonance

A resolved chordD

Dissonance

An unresolved chord

Modulation

Change of key

Monophonic

Single melodic line: Multiple instruments or octaves or voices playing the same melodic line together is called playing in UNISONP

Polyphonic

Multiple melodic lines at the same time: Counterpoint is another word for this. A style within polyphonic is IMITATION

Homophonic

One melodic line accompanied by chords

Heterophonic

Multiple very similar melodies, differing with embellishments and the like

Musical form

The organization of music elements in time, including repetition, contrast, and time