Describing Speed
Speed
What is tempo?
These instruments produce sound through the vibration of a string stretched between two points (e.g., violins and guitars)
What are chordophones?
What is pitch?
Extraordinary performers who easily perform difficult pieces of music
What are virtuosi/virtuosos?
Ms. Perkins' favorite color
What is green?
What is meno?
These instruments produce sound by means of vibrating air (e.g., horns and pipes)
What are aerophones?
Describes the length of time in which a tone continues to sound
What is duration?
Group of people we tend to trace opera back to
Who are the Greeks?
"Hello" in Latin
What is salve?
Quickly
What is presto/vivo/vivace?
These instruments have some kind of membrane that is struck (e.g., drums)
What are membranophones?
The volume of the sound, its loudness or softness
What is dynamics?
Highly popular dance in 19th-century Europe; characterized by three beats per measure
What is a waltz?
The merchant of Venice
Who is Antonio?
Much/very
What is molto?
These instruments produce sound by vibrations emanating from the actual body of the instrument (e.g., xylophones and triangles)
What are idiophones?
Describes the tone quality of a sound or its distinctive character
What is timbre?
What is a symphony?
The temperature at which water freezes
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (or 0 degrees Celsius)?
At ease/slowly
What is adagio?
These instruments generate sound electronically, capturing the trend of developing electronic instruments that had begun already in the late 19th century
What are electrophones?
Pronounce "timbre" correctly
What is (tam-ber)?
Relationship between soloist and ensemble in the 19th century
The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932