Music appreciation Study

Music can be defined as

An art based on the organization of sounds in time.

Dynamics in music refers to

Degrees of loudness and softness

A part of an instrument’s total range is called

Register

Which of the following is not a brass instrument?

Tambourine

A series of chords is called a

Progression

Modulation is the shift from one time signature to another

False

When dissonance moves to a consonance, it is called a

resolution

A folksinger accompanied by a guitar playing chords is an example of

homophony

Systems of electronic components that generate, modify, and control sound.

sound systems

The emotional focal point of a melody is called the

climax

Western music uses how many letter of the alphabet to indicate pitch?

7 letters

A series of single tones which add up to a recognizable whole is called a

melody

The lowest male vocal range is

bass