Sound and Music
Pitch
Rhythm
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100
These two families of instruments are considered to be "aerophones," as their sounds are produced from blown air.
What is Brass and Woodwinds?
100
In music notation, this symbol indicates that a natural pitch should be raised by a half-step.
What is a sharp? (#)
100
This is the steady pulse that underlies most music
What is the beat?
100
A ______ melody consists of mostly large intervals, typically larger than two half-steps
What is disjunct?
100
All chordophones have this characteristic in common
What are strings?
200
According to the Music Resource Guide, this is the broadest definition of music
What is "Sound organized in time?"
200
This is the name for the interval between two adjacent notes on a keyboard
What is a half-step/semitone?
200
A single 32nd note has this number of flags
What is 3?
200
Treble clef is also known as __-clef, which is the note that occurs on the second-lowest bar of its staff.
What is G?
200
This interval is equivalent to 12 half steps.
What is an octave?
300
This characteristic of a soundwave affects how loud or quiet a sound will be
What is amplitude?
300
D-sharp and E-flat are two different labels for the same note, meaning they can be referred to by this term
What are enharmonic pitches?
300
The pattern of emphasis superimposed on groups of beats is also known by this term.
What is Meter?
300
When two or more meters are operating simultaneously, it can be said that __________ is occurring.
What is polymeter?
300
This is the modern term for a scholar who studies the music of other cultures
What is Ethnomusicologist?
400
Invented in Paris, this form of musical composition involved recording live instruments on tape, and then editing the recordings to create new collages of sound that could be played via loudspeakers.
What is Musique Concrète?
400
This is the name of the fifth scale degree in a diatonic scale
What is the dominant pitch?
400
When each beat is divided into three equal parts, it is said to have this type of subdivision
What is compound?
400
If two scales contain the same seven pitches, they can be referred to as ________ scales
What is relative?
400
This is the Italian term for a female singer who best performs in a lower register.
What is an Alto?
500
Orchestral musicians in the US tune their instruments to this frequency
What is A-440? (or 440hz)
500
Also known as C-Clef, this is the specific name of the clef pictured below, which has middle C on its 3rd line.
What is alto clef?
500
Although swing music is written as if in a time signature of 4/4, it is played as if in this time signature
What is 12/8?
500
_______ is the Italian term for a tempo at a speed of 108 beats per minute.
What is moderato?
500
This is the sequence of intervals that occurs on every natural minor scale
What is Whole-Half-Whole-Whole-Half-Whole-Whole?