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15 Cards in this Set
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What is the rate of sound wave vibrations? And the unit is?
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Frequency, Hertz(Hz)
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What does the volume controller in a stereo control?
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It controls the intensity or amplitude of the sound waves
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Name dynamics of a piece of music from the quietest one to the loudest one.
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Pianissimo, Piano, Mezzo Piano, Mezzo Forte, Forte, Fortissimo.
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Name three stages of each sound envelope includes.
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A initial attack, a sustain, and a decay.
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What is the response of the material being forced into motion at one of its naturally occurring frequencies?
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Resonance.
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A listener will perceive the increase and decrease in the amplitude as a pulse, or _______, in one of the tones.
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Beat.
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What occurs when the overlapping waves are in-phase?
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Constructive interference.
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What happens when destructive interference occurs?
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Two waves cancel each other out.
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What refers to the quality of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume?
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Timbre.
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What is a lifespan of a sound?
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A sound envelope.
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What is the set of twelve evenly spaced pitches contained within the octave?
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Chromatic scale.
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What is the interval from one tone to another tone that is eight full tones above or below the original tone?
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Octave.
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Mozart's String Quintet in G-minor, K.516 is a powerful example of ________________.
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the Enpfindsamer Stil, 'sensitive style,' within a larger piece.
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How does Mozart's String Quintet in G-minor, K.516 start?
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It starts even and step-wise melody, with all instruments moving as one.
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How can you explain the patterns which come to dominate the declamatory style part of the Quintet?
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Speech-like Patterns.
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