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15 Cards in this Set
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The word "timbre" defines:
A. Irregular vibrations B. Frequency of sound C. Quality of sound D. Frequency & amplitude |
C. Quality of sound
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What is the overtone series by scale degree starting with the fundamental?
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1 1 5 1 3 5 b7 1 2 3 #4 5 6 b7 7 1
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The overtone series consists of how many partials?
Or the fundamental & how many overtones? |
16 partials
15 overtones |
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Which overtones and their corresponding partials in the overtone series are considered "out of tune"?
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6th & 13th overtones=7th & 14th partials (subtonic, b7th) and the 10th overtone/11th partial (raised subdominant)
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Tonic keys are derived by _____ partial numbers starting with the first partial. Therefore, the tonic partials in scale degrees are:
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doubling; 1st, 2nd, 4th, 8th & 16th
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Dominant degrees are derived by doubling the partial numbers starting with the _____. Therefore, they are:
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3rd partial; 3rd, 6th & 12th
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Name the C-clefs from low to high (staff top line down).
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Baritone C, tenor, alto mezzo soprano & soprano (B T A M S)
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Name the F-clefs from low to high.
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Contra bass, bass & baritone F
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Name the G-clefs from low to high.
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Treble & super-treble
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When the beat is normally divisible by two, the metrical stress is _____.
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Simple (beat divided by two)
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When the beat is normally divisible by three, the metrical stress is _____.
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Compound (beat divided by three)
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The time signature represents the relationship between the _____ _____ and the _____ of the _____.
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metrical stress; unit of the beat
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What is the unit of the beat?
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The value that gets one beat.
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An anacrusis is
A. a sharp sign B. an up beat/pick up C. a feminine ending D. the same as a thesis |
B. an up beat/pick up
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The primary triads in a major key are ...
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I, IV and V
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