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100
The family that the saxophone is in.
What is woodwind?
100
The tone color of music.
What is timbre?
100
Never ever ever ever ever ever refers to mood in it's terminology, this should be defined at the 'color' of music.
What is timbre?
100
This texture is the most common in music today.
What is homophonic texture?
100
Gregorian chant, having one voice singing solo, is representative of this type of texture.
What is monophonic?
200
The main theme in music, or music as it functions over time.
What is melody?
200
The texture of most classical pieces.
What is polyphonic?
200
Latin for 'sound'.
What is phonic?
200
This texture is incredibly unusual, having 2 or more harmonies AND melodies occuring. You can simulate it by playing two radios at the same time on different songs.
What is heterophonic texture?
200
A gong (one note) as opposed to a tam tam is a member of this family of percussion.
What is pitched percussion?
300
The parts or composition (m/h) of polyphonic texture.
What is 2+ melodies and 1 harmony?
300
The time signature of compound duple.
What is 3/4 or 6/8?
300
My top number tells the number of beats in a measure. My bottom number tells what is receiving the beat.
What is the time signature?
300
A term for the frequencies that makes sounds sound like what they are.
What are overtones?
300
This concept is subjective, meaning 'pleasant to the ears'.
What is consonant?
400
Two families of percussion instruments.
What is pitched and indefinite pitched percussion?
400
As opposed to melody, this word means notes happening at the same time.
What is harmony?
400
This word means 'unpleasant to the ears'.
What is dissonance?
400
This type of meter is characterized by groupings of 3 notes.
What is compound?
400
The piece played here is extremely contemporary, having multiple pieces played at the same time. What texture is it?
What is heterophonic?
500
The italian term meaning to pluck a string.
What is pizzicato?
500
The family of percussion that a bass drum belongs to.
What is indefinite pitch percussion?
500
The piano is considered a member of these two families because of how it produces pitch.
What are percussion and strings?
500
The four different types of musical texture in order.
What are monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic, and heterophonic?
500
This rhythm is considered neither compound nor simple due to the presence of both types of eighth note groupings. Therefore it is classified as this.
What is complex?