Terms
Ethnomusicologically Speaking
Fab Four
Either/Or
Grab Bag
100
This term describes how loud or soft a sound is.
What is volume?
100
The clarinet is a member of this family.
What is aerophone?
100
Name four instruments from the strings family in the orchestra.
What is violin, viola, cello, bass?
100
Which has the highest pitch, the bass drum or the piccolo?
What is the piccolo?
100
True or False: if a note has a high pitch, it is also loud.
What is FALSE?
200
This term describes how high or low a sound is.
What is pitch?
200
The talking drum is a member of this family.
What is membranophone?
200
Name four instruments in the brass family of the orchestra.
What is trumpet, trombone, tuba, French horn? (Also acceptable: baritone euphonium, sousaphone)
200
Which two instruments have similar timbre: the cello and violin or the xylophone and metallophone?
What is the cello and violin?
200
You would use this word to describe the pitch of a tuba.
What is LOW?
300
This term refers to what makes a cello sound different than a tuba.
What is timbre?
300
The maracas are a member of this family.
What is idiophone?
300
Name four instruments in the woodwinds section of the orchestra.
What is flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon? (Also acceptable: English horn, piccolo, bass clarinet)
300
A guitar player plugs her guitar into an amp to raise the pitch or raise the volume?
What is raise the volume?
300
A flute and tuba sound different in this way.
What is the flute is higher?
400
Sound is produced when part of an instrument _________
What is vibrates?
400
The banjo is a member of this family.
What is chordophone?
400
Name four instruments in the percussion family of the orchestra.
What is timpani, snare drum, bass drum, xylophone (also acceptable: tubular bells/chimes, gong, marimba, triangle, vibraphone, cymbals)
400
An Irish whistle (wood) and a symphonic flute (metal) likely have different: pitches or timbres?
What is timbres?
400
A sitar, a chordophone from India, is probably played in this way.
What is plucked/strummed strings?
500
The part of the instrument that makes the sound louder, which is often hollow.
What is resonator (or amplifier)?
500
The human voice is a member of this family.
What is chordophone?
500
Name four instruments, one from each ethnomusicological family, that are not traditionally in the Western orchestra.
Answer must include exactly one membranophone, one idiophone, one chordophone and one aerophone.
500
Which is true: hollow areas in an instrument amplify the sound, or only flutes have high pitches?
What is hollow areas amplify the sound?
500
A danso, an aerophone from Korea, is likely played in this way.
What is blowing into it and covering holes?
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