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Duration
Pitch/Dynamics
Timbre
Texture/Harmony
Form
100
Very slow
What is largo (or lento)
100
Loud to soft
What is decrescendo
100
Which family has typically metal lines that are plucked or used with a wooden stick with horse hair and is often made of wood?
What are the strings family
100
A single melody line
What is monophonic
100
A-B-A-C-A-D-A (etc)
What is rondo form
200
If a half note is worth two beats and a whole note is worth four beats, what is a dotted half note?
What is three beats
200
medium forte
What is mezzo forte
200
If I wanted to use a low brass sound in a composition, what instrument might I use?
What is a trombone or tuba
200
More than one melody played at the same time
What is polyphonic
200
A-B-A
What is Ternary form
300
Also known as waltz time
What is 3/4 time
300
Please list the pitch of the instrument (high, med, low) Violin, bass clarinet, piccolo, glockenspiel, piano, tuba
What is high, low, very high, very high, ex-low to ex-high, low (Mrs. J will decide if you are accurate in your description)
300
Name three string instruments that do not use a bow
What is acoustic or electric guitar, electric bass, harp, banjo
300
a melody line with accompianment (example violin with piano)
What is homophonic
300
4 bars of G, 2 bars of C, 2 bars of G, 1 bar f D, 1 bar of C, 2 bars of G
What is 12 bar blues
400
Common time
What is 4/4
400
pianissimo
What is very soft
400
A xylophone and bass drum are both percussion. Which one is non-pitched and which one is pitched?
What is pitched-xylophone non pitched-bass drumm
400
A 3rd grade orchestra plays "Mary had a little lamb" Since they are just learning, what type of texture will be used?
What is monophonic
400
A piece has a verse, chorus, verse, bridge, verse. What type of form would that be?
What is Rondo A-B-A-C-A
500
Italian for fast
What is allegro
500
What are the italian words in order if you saw this on a sheet of music: p-f-Cres.-mf-pp-decres.-fine
What is piano, forte, crescendo, mezzo forte, pianissimo, decrescendo, fine (stop).
500
This instrument is about three to four feet long and cylindrical and used a double reed, typically made of wood and produces low, woody sounds?
What is a bassoon
500
The song "God Bless America" that is played at most assemblies. Which type of texture/harmony is it?
What is polyphonic
500
If I were playing a 12 bar blues in D and "D" was the I chord, "G" was the IV chord, what would the V chord be?
What is A