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15 Cards in this Set
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Timbre, or tone color |
The quality of a sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another. Also tone color. |
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Instruments |
Mechanism that generates musical vibrations and transmits them into the air. |
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Register |
Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice. |
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Soprano |
Highest-ranged voice, normally possessed by women and boys. |
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Mezzo-soprano |
Female voice of middle range. |
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Alto |
Lowest of the female voices. Also contralto. |
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Tenor |
Male voice of high range. Also a part, often structural, in polyphony. |
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Baritone |
Male voice of moderately low range. |
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Bass |
Lowest of the male voices. |
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Vibrato |
Small fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound. |
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Aerophones |
Instruments such as a flute, whistle, or horn that produce sound by using air as the primary vibrating means. |
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Bagpipe |
Wind instrument popular in Eastern and Western Europe that has several tubes, one of which plays the melody while the others sound the drones, or sustained notes; a windbag is filled by either a mouth pipe or a set of bellows. |
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Chordophones |
Instrument that produces sound from a vibrating string stretched between two points; the string may be set in motion by bowing, striking, or plucking. |
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Idiophones |
Instrument that produces sound from the substance of the instrument itself by being struck, blown, shaken, scraped, or rubbed. Examples include bells, rattles, xylophones, and cymbals. |
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Membraphones |
Any instrument that produces sound from tightly stretched membranes that can be struck |
