Music Appreciation Ch 8 -11

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What is an instrument?

Back 1

A mechanism that generates musical vibrations and launches them into the air.

Front 2

What is a Soprano?

Back 2

The highest female singing voice.

Front 3

What is an Alto?

Back 3

The lowest female singing voice.

Front 4

What is a Tenor?

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The highest male singing voice.

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What is a Bass?

Back 5

The lowest male singing voice.

Front 6

Register is...

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A specific area in the range of an instrument or voice, such as low, middle, or high.

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Vibrato is...

Back 7

A throbbing effect.

Front 8

Aerophones are...

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Woodwind instruments that produce sound using air.

Ex: Flutes, Whistles, Accordions, Bagpipes, and Horns.

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Chordophones are...

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Instruments that produce sound from a vibrating string stretched between two points.

Ex: Violin, Cello, Harp, Guitar, Dulcimer and Sitar.

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Membranophones are...

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Drum-type instruments that are sounded from tightly stretched membranes. Can be struck, plucked, rubbed, or even sung into.

Front 11

Timbre/Tone Color is...

Back 11

Striking differences in the sound quality of instruments; the quality of sound.

Front 12

This bowed string family has four principal members: violin, viola, violincello and double bass, each strings are set vibrating by drawing a bow across them.

Back 12

Bowed

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What does a Double do?

Back 13

An instrument that reinforces another when it plays the same notes an octave higher or lower.

Front 14

What are Arpeggios?

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A technique where chords are frequently played in broken form. Tones are sounded one after another. It means "a broken chord" and is Italian for "Harp".

Front 15

This instrument is the soprano of the woodwind family that has cool and velvety tones in the expressive low register , and often brilliant in the upper parts of its range.

Back 15

Flute

Front 16

The family of instruments that have a single reed are..

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The Clarinet and Saxophone Families.

Front 17

String instruments are sounded by ____ and ____.

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Bowing; Plucking

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Instruments in included in the plucked string family are Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harp, Mandolin, and Banjo. True or False?

Back 18

True - Instruments in included in the plucked string family are Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harp, Mandolin, and Banjo.

Front 19

The bass instrument in the brass family is:

Back 19

The Tuba

Front 20

The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized in four groups: Strings, Brass, Percussion, and ____.

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Flutes.

Front 21

What is double stopping?

Back 21

Playing on two strings at once.

Front 22

The term "A Cappella" refers to choral music performed:

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With out any accompaniment.

Front 23

The bugle has a wide range of pitches due to its valves. True or False?

Back 23

False - The bugle does not have a wide range what so ever.

Front 24

How do idiophones produce sound?

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By shaking, scraping, or striking the instrument itself.

Front 25

The family of instruments that have a double reed are..

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Bassoon and Oboe Families.

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Conical Instruments include Bassoon, Oboe, Tuba, Saxophone, and French Horns. True or False?

Back 26

True

Front 27

Cylindrical Instruments include Clarinets, Flute, Trumpets and Trombones.

Back 27

True

Front 28

What are Cylindrical Instruments?

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They are instruments with tubing that have the same bore (width) throughout.

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What are Conical Instruments?

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They are instruments that have tubing which starts with a small bore (width) and widens out to a larger bore (width).

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Pitched instruments include:

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Timpani, Kettle Drums, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Celesta, Chimes, and Tubular Bells.

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Non-Pitched Instruments include:

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Snare Drum, Tenor Drum, Bass Drum, Tom-Tom, Tambourine, Castanets, Triangle, Cymbals, Gong, Tam-Tam, and Gamelan.

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Keyboard instruments include:

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Piano, Harpsichord, and Organ.

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What is a "Mute"?

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A device that is fitted to an instrument to soften or otherwise alter its tone. This may be an object placed inside the bell of a brass instrument, or on the bridge of an orchestral string instrument.

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What is a Choir?

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A small group of singers that is often connects with a church or with the performance of sacred music.

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What is a Chorus?

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A fairly large body of singers who perform together; their music is usually sung in several voice parts.

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SATB is abbreviated for what?

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Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.

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Smaller, specialized vocal ensembles include these two groups.

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Madrigal Choir and Chamber Choir.

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What is Chamber Music?

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Ensemble music for a group to two to about a dozen players, with only one player to a part. It is known for its intimacy.

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What is an Orchestra?

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A performing body of diverse instruments.

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What is a Symphony?

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An ensemble of strings coupled with an assortment of woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments.

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What are Concert Bands?

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A band that is an ensemble of wind instruments that is an established institution in most secondary schools, colleges and universities.

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What are Marching Bands?

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An ensemble of wind instruments and percussion that originated from the military. They often entertain at parades or sporting events.

Front 43

This group generally includes a reed section made up of saxophones of various sizes and an occasional clarinet, a brass section of trumpets and trombones and a rhythm section of percussion, piano, double bass and electric guitar.

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Jazz Bands

Front 44

This group typically feature amplified guitars, percussion, and synthesizers.

Back 44

Rock Bands

Front 45

A conductor uses a thin stick to beat time in standard metric patterns to help the performers keep the same tempo. What is this called?

Back 45

Baton

Front 46

He/She serves as the group's leader in large ensembles, such as an orchestra, concert band, or chorus.

Back 46

Conductor

Front 47

String players, depend on this person to standardize their bowing strokes so the the musical emphasis, and therefor interpretation, is uniform.

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Concertmaster

Front 48

Genres are...

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Categories of music; the over all character of the work as well as its function.

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Form is...

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The structure of music.

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What is a Medium?

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Who plays the music.

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What is Style?

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How the music is played.

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What is Sacred Music?

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Music that is for religious functions.

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What is Secular Music?

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Music outside a religious context.

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Oral Transmission is...

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The preservation of music with out the aid of written notation.