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Instruments
Science of Sound
Rhythm & Meter
The Human Voice
Bella Italia!
100
This basic group of instruments make sounds by blowing air through them.
What are aerophones?
100
This term is defined as a succession of IRREGULAR sound waves.
What is noise?
100
The regular division of musical time, felt as a pulse is known as the ___.
What is the beat?
100
This is the lowest male voice.
What is a bass voice?
100
This Italian dynamic term tells musicians to slow down.
What is ritardando?
200
This orchestral family of instruments include the trombone, the tuba, the French horn, and the trumpet.
What is the brass family?
200
There are three parts to most musical instruments: Actuator, Vibrator, and _______.
What is a resonator?
200
When beats are organized into repeating patterns, represented with a time signature, this is known as____
What is the meter?
200
This is the highest female voice.
What is a soprano voice?
200
This Italian term means "in the style of the chapel" and indicates that a piece is for voices only.
What is a cappella?
300
The oboe, bassoon, and flute belong to which orchestral family?
What is the woodwind family?
300
Sound travels through elastic mediums as a _____>
What is a wave?
300
"2/8", "3/4" and "4/16" are known as this kind of meter.
What is simple meter?
300
This part of the human voice serves as the vibrating object.
What are the vocal folds?
300
Francis Poulenc used this Italian tempo marking for his piano piece in B-flat major. It is played "very fast".
What is presto?
400
Most idiophones and membranophones belong in this orchestral family.
What is the percussion family?
400
There are four essential elements for sound: actuator, vibrating object, elastic medium, and ____
What is a receiver?
400
Most waltzes and minuets are in this kind of meter.
What is simple triple meter (e.g., "3/4")?
400
This vocal register produces the lowest sounds.
What is glottal fry?
400
This Italian term means "strong" and tells musicians to play loudly.
What is forte?
500
This instrument is played by the concertmaster of an orchestra.
What is a violin?
500
There are four essential properties of a musical tone: duration, intensity, pitch, and ____
What is timbre?
500
From the following choices, this time signature represents irregular meter: "9/8" "3/4" "5/2"
What is "5/2"?
500
Head voice and chest voice make up both parts of this vocal register.
What is modal voice?
500
This Italian term tells musicians to get softer gradually.
What is decrescendo?