Sound
The highness or lowness of a sound
What is pitch?
Woodwind instruments that have two reeds that vibrate to produce a sound.
What are double-reed instruments?
This female voice pitch range is the lowest.
What is alto (or contralto)?
The ordered duration of sounds and silences.
What is rhythm?
A gradual increase in volume.
What is crescendo?
This phenomenon determines the pitch of a sound.
What is the frequency of the vibrations of an object?
The French horn, trumpet and tuba are examples of this family.
What is the brass family?
This is the name for the penultimate lowest male voice.
What is baritone?
A regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.
What is the beat of the music?
The suffix "-issimo" indicates this.
What is "very" something.
A sound that produces a definite pitch.
What is a tone.
Found in the orchestra, these 4 instruments are essentially the same except for size differences.
What is the string family?
A key difference between classical vocal singers and rock singers. Do you hear me?
What is the use of microphones?
The organization of beats into regular groups.
What is the meter?
A loud volume.
What is forte?
It is the distance between two tones.
What is an interval?
This family includes the organ, harpsichord and pianoforte.
What is the keyboard family?
The highest pitch range attributed to male voices.
What is tenor?
The first or stressed beat of the measure.
What is the downbeat?
Very, very soft volume.
What is pianississimo?
These are considered the four properties of sound.
What is tone color (timbre), dynamics, pitch and duration?
This family includes a wide variety of instruments which produce definite and indefinite pitches.
What is the percussion family?
As in dynamic markings, this Italian word means "middle" or "medium" soprano.
What is "mezzo"?
A basic metrical pattern in which has four beats to the measure.
What is quadruple meter?
The abbreviation for "medium soft" in Italian.
What is "mp"?