Chapter 2- The Elements of Music

The element of music that constitutes the temporal aspect of sound is:

The element of music that constitutes the temporal aspect of sound is:

Rhythm

A pulse is the most complex form of rhythm. True or false?

False

The word that refers to how fast or how slow a pulse occurs is ________.

Tempo

When pulses are organized into groups containing strong and weak beats, we refer to this as ________.

Meter

The ________ is the first strong pulse in each meter.

Downbeat

The term that refers to the relative highness or lowness of sound is ________.

Pitch

The word _________ refers to the distance between to pitches.

Interval

The chromatic pitch set includes most of the pitches used in Western music, but not all of them. True or false?

False

A set of only seven pitches that forms the basis for most music is called a ________.

Scale

The part of a musical work that you typically sing along with or that might get stuck in your head is called the ________.

Melody

The element of music that has to do with loudness or softness is _________.

Volume

Volume in music is indicated by numbers that represent the amplitude of the sound wave. True or false?

False

The Italian terms crescendo, decrescendo, forte, mezzo forte, and mezzo piano all refer to _________ in music.

Dynamics

The element of music that has to do with how pitches are begun, sustained and released is _________.

Articulation

The ability to recognize differences between voices (like your mother versus your sister) and between instruments even if they are playing the same pitch (like a flute versus a trombone) is due to variances in _________.

Timbre

One of the characteristics of music is _________, which concerns the contents of and interactions between various layers or voices in a musical work.

Texture

Monophonic, polyphonic, heterophonic, and homophonic are all terms that refer to a musical work’s _________.

Texture

The way a musical work unfolds over time, or its ________, typically relies upon repetition, variation, and contrast.

Form

A way of making connections between closely-related works and musical artists that share stylistic, formal, and cultural elements is to categorize the works by _________.

Genre

The term “fixed composition” refers to works in which the pitches and rhythms are identical between performances. True or false?

True

During _________, the musical performers vary material by creating music in the moment, rather than relying upon fixed pitches and rhythms.

Improvisation

Emotional expression in music is not subjective, because every listener will perceive the same emotional content. True or false?

False