Articulation
Two or more notes played without tonguing.
What is a Slur?
Musical notation indicating that a note should be held for a longer time.
What is a Fermata?
Oldest instrument originally made from bone or wood.
What is the Flute?
Extremely Loud.
A Major Scale that has 4 sharps.
What is E Major?
Musical instruction indicating a note is to be played louder or more forcefully than the surrounding music.
What is Marcato?
A change in musical key.
What is a Modulation?
The development of this instrument influenced other musical traditions, including the development of complex polyrhythms and new musical forms.
What are Percussion Instruments?
Notes that sound the same but are written differently.
A Minor Scale that has no flats or sharps.
What is A Minor?
Musical notation indicating that a note should be held for its full value.
What is Tenuto?
The quality of a musical sound that distinguishes different types of instruments or voices
What is Timbre?
An early type of brass instrument related to the trombone.
What is a Sackbut?
Raises the given pitch by two half steps or whole step.
What is a double sharp?
A Major Scale that has 5 flats.
What is Db Major?
Musical notation indicating that a note should be played with a sudden, strong accent.
What is Sforzando?
The accuracy or lack of pitch in instrumental playing.
What is Intonation?
The shawm, the rankett, and the dulcian are ancestors to this instrument.
What is a Bassoon?
A technique where multiple notes are played simultaneously on an instrument that is typically designed to produce only one note at a time.
What is Multiphonics?
A Major Scale that has 6 sharps.
What is F# Major?
Musical notation indicating that the notes are to be played extremely separated and distinct.
What is Staccatissimo?
An instruction meaning to play lightly and without force.
What is Leggiero?
What is a Keyed Bugle?
A perceived tone in the listener's ear when two simultaneously played sounds of significant intensity are heard.
What are Resultant Tones?
A Minor Scale that has 4 flats.
What is F Minor?