Hornbostel-Sachs
A trumpet is an example of this instrument classification.
What is an aerophone?
A sound whose principal identity is a musical identity.
What is a tone?
A texture with simultaneous, contrasting rhythms.
What is polyrhythm?
The dispersion of any people from their native homeland.
What is diaspora?
PL 6-12 "Xai (Elephants) is an example of this musical element.
What is an ostinato?
A ukulele is an example of this instrument classification.
What is a chordophone?
When a piece of music gets louder in terms of dynamics.
What is a crescendo?
A texture with two or more lines.
What is polyphonic texture?
Gamelan music, in the way that it consists of cycles that repeat again and again, is an example of this.
What is cyclic form?
PL 6-1 "Kyrie" is an example of this musical element.
What is monophonic texture?
A djembe is an example of this instrument classification.
What is a membranophone?
The quality of sound or "tone color"
What is timbre?
Different pitches sung (or played) together to form chords.
What is harmonized texture?
The way a piece is laid out from beginning to end.
What is form?
PL 6-7 "Elephant Hunting Song" is an example of this musical element.
What is a multiple melody texture?
A Moog synthesizer is an example of this instrument classification.
What is an electronophone?
When a piece of music gets softer in terms of dynamics.
What is a decrescendo?
A texture with one line.
What is monophonic texture?
A person who studies musical instruments and their classifications.
What is an organologist?
PL 6-13 "Oye Como Va" is an example of this musical element.
What are layered ostinati?
A gong is an example of this instrument classification.
What is an idiophone?
The acoustic unit of measurement for amplitude.
What are decibels?
Another word for antiphonal texture.
What is call and response?
A single, repeating musical figure.
What is an ostinato?
PL 6-9 "Sikura Despedida" is an example of this musical element.
What are interlocking textures?