Music Unit 1

Front 1

chamber ensemble

Back 1

a musical ensemble that features ONLY ONE PLAYER PER PART

Front 2

a sound that has a definite pitch

Back 2

tone

Front 3

the loudness of sound is related to the ______ of the vibration that produces the sound

Back 3

amplitude

Front 4

timbre

Back 4

tone color of an instrument or voice

Front 5

in the full score of an orchestral composition the families of instruments are arranged from top to bottom in the order of:

Back 5

woodwinds
brass
percussion
strings

Front 6

When the orchestra is performing, the orchestra layout from front to back is:

Back 6

1. strings
2. woodwinds
3. brass
4. percussion

Front 7

which instruments are in the string quartet

Back 7

2 violins, a viola, and a cello

Front 8

a saxophone is what type of instrument?

Back 8

a woodwind/aerophone

Front 9

mute

Back 9

a hollow, funnelshaped piece of wood or plastic that brass players use to alter the tone of their instruments

Front 10

where do the vibrations of brass instruments come from

Back 10

the musicians lips

Front 11

in what century did brass instruments acquire valves?

Back 11

the end of the eighteenth century

Front 12

the only orchestral drums of definite pitch

Back 12

timpani/kettle drums

Front 13

a tambourine is what type of instrument?

Back 13

Indefinite pitch
percussion
MEMBRANOPHONE

Front 14

a cymbal is what type of instrument?

Back 14

Indefinite pitch
Percussion
IDIOPHONE

Front 15

xylophone consists of....

Back 15

a set of wooden bars that are played with mallets

Front 16

this instrument has strings that are plucked by a set of plastic, leather, or quill wedges

Back 16

harpsichord

Front 17

how many keys and octaves does the piano have?

Back 17

88 keys spanning more than 7 octaves

Front 18

a keyboard instrument that uses vibrating air columns to produce sound

Back 18

pipe organ

Front 19

various sets of pipes on a pipe organ are brought into play by pulling knobs called

Back 19

stops

Front 20

main tool of composers of electronic music during the 1950s was the

Back 20

tape studio

Front 21

synthesizers

Back 21

-systems of electronic components that generate,modify, and control sounds
-can usually be played by means of a keyboard
-allow the composer complete control over pitch, tone color, dynamics, and duration
-can generate a practically limitless variety of sounds and noises

Front 22

MIDI refers to

Back 22

a standard adopted by the manufacturers for interfacing synthesizer equipment

Front 23

analog synthesis refers to a technlogoy based on

Back 23

interfacing synthesizer equipment

Front 24

digital frequency modulation synthesis refers to a technology based on

Back 24

placing brief digital recordings of live sounds under the control of a synthesizer keyboard

Front 25

the quality of the music produced in a modern electronic music studio is dependent on the

Back 25

imagination and organizing power of the human mind

Front 26

ordered flow of music through time; arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music

Back 26

rhythm

Front 27

regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time

Back 27

beat

Front 28

the rate of speed of the beat of the music

Back 28

tempo

Front 29

the first, or stressed, beat of a measure

Back 29

downbeat

Front 30

the organization of beats into regular groupings

Back 30

meter

Front 31

putting an accent in music where it would not normally be expected

Back 31

syncopation

Front 32

slowest tempo indication

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adagio