Instruments and sound
Saxophone, piccolo, and clarinet all belong to this instrument family
Winds
When a jet travels faster than the speed of sound it creates this sound phenomenon
Sonic boom
This is the word for how loud or soft the music is at certain points
dynamics
This genre of music was created in the 1950's and features artists like Queen, Led Zeppelin, and Elvis Presley.
Rock and Roll
Name two different forms of recorded audio.
Analog/Digital, CD, Vinyl, foil, wax, magnetic tape, etc.
Name a predecessor of the modern piano
Harpsichord/Fortepiano/Clavichord
This is the sound phenomenon that makes a pitch higher as it approaches a listener and lower as it travels away from them.
The Doppler Effect
This is the word for breaking apart or emphasizing notes in different ways using the mouth.
Articulation
This genre comes from Jamaica and has an emphasis on beat three of the each cycle. Bob Marley is the most well known artist of this style.
Reggae
This is the type of cable you would use to plug an electric guitar into an amp
Instrument Cable
The up and down axis of a sound wave tells us this
Amplitude/Loudness
This is the word for the way that sound travels in different spaces
Acoustics
This is the word for the distance from the lowest to highest pitch that an instrument or voice can play
Range
This style of music is swung and features musical improvisation and solos.
Jazz
This is the kind of cable you would use to plug in a microphone
XLR
This is everything about a soundwave other than the amplitude or frequency - the shape of the wave.
Timbre
What is it called when a sound returns to the source, but does not have enough time for there to be a full delay?
Reverberation
This is the word for someone who takes pre-existing music and recreates it in a new way
Arranger
This genre of music is fast and angry. It usually emphasizes being different from the status quo. Some people in this subculture wear mohawk style haircuts.
Punk
This type of sound file compresses the audio, lowering the quality.
Lossy/mp3
When you hear a note played on a piano, you are actually hearing many pitches at the same time. The most clear is the "fundamental pitch" but there are also these above it
Overtones/Harmonics
This is the word for sound seeming to "bend" towards the ground on hot days (making it harder to hear) or up towards the sky (traveling farther) on cold nights.
Sound Refraction
This is the word for "aesthetic" chills that about half of all people get when experiencing art.
Frisson
This genre of music was very popular in the 90's and came out of Seattle Washington. It sounds like rock but is more dark and angsty.
Grunge
This is the abbreviation for tools used to manipulate digital audio.
DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)