Elements of Music
The quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another is...
pitch, tempo, timbre, or volume
Timbre
Which meter would MOST likely be associated with a march?
Duple, quadruple, triple, or compound
Duple
____________ was the language of the Roman Empire, as well as the language or learning at medieval and Renaissance universities.
Italian, Latin, German, English
Latin
The highest sounding woodwind instrument is the...
Flute, piccolo, bassoon, or French horn
piccolo
The musical symbol '#' represents a...
Hashtag, flat, sharp, or number
Sharp
The element of music that organizes movement in time is...
Rhythm
A texture consisting of a single, unaccompanied line is called...
Homophony, polyphony, monophony, or counterpoint.
Monophony
Syllables such as "Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay" are considered...
Latin, mousikas, nonlexical, or secular
Nonlexical (Nonsensical)
Western Instruments have been divided into four instrument groups. (Describe each)
Aerophones (Brass & Woodwinds)
Idiophones (Bells/cymbals)
Chordophones (Strings)
Membraphones (Drums)
How many notes make up a pentatonic scale?
5 (penta)
True or False
Meter is an organizing principle shared by both music and poetry.
True
Texture is the various threads that make up the musical fabric.
True
What is the text-setting style that not only emphasizes the word but also attempts to capture its meaning through music?
Mousikas, vernacular, syllabic, word-painting
Word-painting
The piano got its name, originally "pianoforte," from...
The name of its inventor, its wide dynamic range, the fact that it could not play softly, or the way it was played late at night
Its wide dynamic range.
Harmony is to music as _____________ is to painting.
the frame, perspective, color, or the brush
Perspective
True or False
The melody of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is best described as conjucnt.
False
The texture in which all the voices move in the same rhythm is called...
Homometer, polyrhythm, polymer, or homorhythm.
Homorhythm
Many conductors use a thin stick known as a....
Baton
The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized into these four groups...
Strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
The two scale types commonly found in Wester music from about 1650 to 1900 are...
Major or minor, conjunct and disjunct, consonant and dissonant, or none of the listed options.
Music is composed by these seven elements...
Tempo, rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre, form, and dynamics.
What does Benjamin Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra" illustrate?
Only the percussion, the importance of the string section, only the unique characteristics of the woodwinds, or the timbre of each instrument.
The timbre of each instrument
______________ is a vocal improvisation common to jazz that uses wordless vocables.
Vernacular, secular, scat-singing, mousikas
Scat-singing (Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-wop)
What is the name for a Balinese or Japanese orchestra made up largely or gongs, drums, and xylophone-like instruments?
Gagaku, sitar, koto, or gamelan
Gamelan
A composition with strict imitation throughout is called a(n)...
Augmentation, rétrograde, sequence, or canon.
Canon (Row, row, row your boat)
This is commonly called a round.