Instrument ID
Listen to the instruments and correctly identify them. There will be two.
Flute, Tuba
Polyphonic vs. Monophonic
Polyphonic is many sounds at once i.e. melody and harmony. Monophonic is one sound at a time.
The father of modern music notation.
What is consonance and dissonance in music?
Sounds that are pleasing (consonant) and sounds that are tense or disharmonious (dissonant).
What classification (to the second digit) would a jaw harp be in the Hornbostel and Sachs system?
120
Listen to the instruments and correctly identify them. There will be two.
Trumpet, Oboe
Harmonic Series
A naturally occurring sequence of pitches present within a single pitch, each is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.
What are the three most common forms of secular music in the renaissance?
Madrigal, Chansons, Lied
What do the numbers in a time signature mean?
The top is the number of beats in the measure, the bottom is which note gets the beat.
Which instrument category has a subcategory of Plosive? What instrument in class was demonstrated as a Plosive instrument?
Aerophone, Udu
Listen to the instruments and correctly identify them. There will be three.
Horn, Bassoon, Alto Sax
Timbre
The characteristic color or personality of a sound that is the result of how strong or weak the different harmonics are within the harmonic series.
Who wrote the first opera and what was it called?
Claudio Monteverdi - L'Orfeo
Name the five categories of instruments in the Hornsbostle and Sachs taxonomy, and given an example of each.
What BPM range is associated with agitation and anxiety?
180-220 BPM
Listen to the instruments and correctly identify them. There will be three.
Horn, Trombone, Euphonium
Sympathetic Resonance
The vibration of an object caused by nearby sound waves tunes to the same frequency.
What is the Classical Period defined by?
What is tessitura?
The general range of a melody, voice, or part of music.
What is the resonant frequency of the human eyeball?
18hz
Listen to the instruments and correctly identify them. There will be four.
Clarinet, Sax, Euphonium, Trombone
Entrainment
A naturally occurring phenomena where two interacting, oscillating systems synchronize to the same period.
What is the Doctrine of the Affections?
An aesthetic theory that holds that music and art should aim to express of evoke a single, specific emotional state or mood in the listener.
What is the ratio of a perfect fifth, and who discovered the distinct 12 pitches as a result of this ratio?
3:1, Pythagoras
If a fundamental pitch resonates at 110 Hz and the pitch is A2, what frequency would the fourth harmonic vibrate at and what is the pitch associated with that harmonic?
550 Hz C#4