Mus 100 Unit 1

Front 1

Sound vibrations: sound travels in_______

Back 1

Waves

Front 2

Waves have _________ (how fast they happen) measured in Herts (Hz)

Back 2

Frequency

Front 3

We hear frequency as ______

Back 3

Pitch

Front 4

The relative strength of the sound wave is known as amplitude, and is perceived by our ears as _______ (relative loudness or softness)

Back 4

Dynamics

Front 5

The word for a loud dynamic (Italian for "strong") is ______

Back 5

Forte

Front 6

The word for a soft dynamic is ________

Back 6

Piano

Front 7

The word for the general "quality" of sound is ________

Back 7

Timbre or Tone Color

Front 8

True or false: our ears are very good at distinguishing timbre

Back 8

True

Front 9

A vibrating body (like a string) produces unique _________ which our ears hear as timbre

Back 9

Overtones

Front 10

Another word for overtones is _______ because different "portions" of the vibrating body vibrate independently.

Back 10

Partials

Front 11

The basic unit of musical time is the _______

Back 11

Beat

Front 12

Generally, the beat is expressed in music notation as a __________

Back 12

Quarter note

Front 13

We can stress beats by making the louder or stronger. This is called ________ the beat.

Back 13

Accenting

Front 14

________ refers to the repeated patterns of accented and unaccented beats.

Back 14

Meter

Front 15

In music notation, we write the pattern of strong and weak beats as a ______ or ________

Back 15

Bar or Measure

Front 16

These lines separate bars or measures: _____________

Back 16

Bar Lines

Front 17

Simple meter is based on how many beats in a measure?

Back 17

2 or 3

Front 18

__________ is the accenting of a beat not normally accented. For instance, “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.”

Back 18

Syncopation

Front 19

_________ is the placing different subdivisions of the beat against each other. For instance, 2 against 3

Back 19

Hemiola

Front 20

The time aspect of music has a speed, and we call it _______

Back 20

Tempo

Front 21

In music notation, the speed aspect of the music is notated with ________ markings

Back 21

Metronome markings

Front 22

We do not use all the pitches. We use only a limited number of them and group them into a collection called a _______

Back 22

Scale

Front 23

Originally, the musical scales of Western cultures only used how many notes?

Back 23

7

Front 24

The distance between two pitches is called a(n) _________

Back 24

Interval

Front 25

The _________ is a special interval that sounds like the smae note, only higher.

Back 25

Octave

Front 26

The scale originally used in western music is called the _________ scale

Back 26

Diatonic

Front 27

Through time, 5 more pitches were added to the diatonic scale, making the __________ scale

Back 27

Chromatic

Front 28

The sharp sign (#) _______ a note by a half step

Back 28

Raises

Front 29

The flat sign (b) _______ a note by a half step

Back 29

Lowers

Front 30

The chromatic scale is made up of all ________________, which are the smallest interval in western music.

Back 30

Half steps

Front 31

A whole step is equivalent to two _____________

Back 31

Half Steps

Front 32

The five lines on which western music is written is called the __________

Back 32

Staff

Front 33

The ______ is the "key" to reading a staff and understanding what notes are on each line.

Back 33

Clef

Front 34

A ____________ is a way of telling the musician which notes are flat and sharp without writing them out on every note.

Back 34

Key signature

Front 35

An organized series of pitches is called a ________

Back 35

Melody

Front 36

Define melody

Back 36

An organized series of pitches

Front 37

A _________ is a special kind of melody that is easily singable.

Back 37

Tune

Front 38

Tunes (in fact most melodies) can be broken up into ____________, much like sentences

Back 38

Phrases

Front 39

Many phrases are paired/duplicated with similar phrases, making a musical ___________

Back 39

Sequence

Front 40

Melodies have a high point, known as a __________

Back 40

Climax

Front 41

Melodies have stopping points known as __________

Back 41

Cadences

Front 42

Larger pieces of music use fragments of melodies as their building blocks. These fragments are known as ___________

Back 42

Motives

Front 43

____________ refers to the general topic of a piece.

Back 43

Theme

Front 44

The resulting sound that happens when two or more notes are played at the same time is called ___________

Back 44

Harmony

Front 45

Different combinations of harmony resulting from 2 OR MORE notes at the same time are called

Back 45

Chords

Front 46

Harmony that sounds good is referred to as __________

Back 46

Consonant

Front 47

Harmony that sounds bad is referred to as __________

Back 47

Dissonant

Front 48

It is common in western music for dissonance to be __________ into consonance.

Back 48

Resolved

Front 49

_____________ is the name given to the KIND of harmony or accompaniment in music.

Back 49

Texture

Front 50

The FOUR kinds of musical textures are:

Back 50

Monophony, Heterophony, Homophony, and Polyphony

Front 51

The major instruments in the string family are (4):

Back 51

Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass

Front 52

The major insturments in the woodwind family are (5):

Back 52

Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, Saxophone

Front 53

The major instruments in the brass family are (4):

Back 53

Trumpet, Trombone, Horn, Tuba

Front 54

The general sense of a “home” pitch in music is known as ________

Back 54

Tonality

Front 55

The music that exhibits the tendancy towards a "home" pitch is called ________ music

Back 55

Tonal

Front 56

The pitch that sounds like home in tonal music is called

Back 56

Tonic

Front 57

Music based on the “do” of the diatonic scale is said to be in the ________ mode of the scale.

Back 57

Major

Front 58

Music based on the “la” of the diatonic scale is said to be in the ________ mode of the scale.

Back 58

Minor

Front 59

Music that uses the diatonic scale in some way other than major and minor is called ________ music.

Back 59

Modal

Front 60

The general structure of music is known as _______.

Back 60

Form

Front 61

Musical history is divided into major divisions called ______________.

Back 61

Style periods

Front 62

List the 6 style periods we have discussed:

Back 62

1. The Medieval Period (aka the Middle Ages)
2. The Renaissance
3. The Baroque period
4. The Classical period
5. The Romantic period
6. The 20th Century

Front 63

When was the Medieval period?

Back 63

400-1400 CE

Front 64

When was the Renaissance?

Back 64

1400-1600 CE

Front 65

When was the Baroque period?

Back 65

1600-1750 CE

Front 66

When was the Classical period?

Back 66

1750-1825 CE

Front 67

When was the Romantic period?

Back 67

1825-1900 CE

Front 68

The technique of plucking the string of a violin to produce a sound is called _______.

Back 68

Pizzicato