Physics of Sound
Hildegard Von Bingen
Wassily Kandinsky
Practice Techniques
More About Hildegard
100

To change the volume of a sound, you change this part of its sound wave.

Amplitude


100

Hildegard was born over ______ years ago.

900

100

Kandinsky was born in this country.

Russia

100

When you count and clap, you are practicing this skill.

Rhythm

100

Hildegard wrote both her songs and these which go with her songs.

Lyrics (or words)

200

In order to change the pitch of a sound, you need to change this in it's soundwave.

Wavelength

200

Hildegard invented her own on of these and used it to write down her visions.

Language

200

This is the year Kandinsky was born.

1866

200

When you "singer" (sing the note names and move your fingers) you are practicing this skill.

Notes

200

Hildegard was alive during this era.

Medieval

300

True or False: We can only play one note on our instrument at a time.

False

300

A type of music that is sung without instruments.

Chant

300

Kandinsky was the father of this kind of art.

Abstract

300

When you sing "slu-ur, slu-ur, tongue, tongue" you are practicing this skill.

Articulation

300

Hildegard ______ become a saint after she died.

did not

400

A picture of a Sound.

Spectrogram

400

Hildegard claimed to get these from God.

Visions

400

Kandinsky thought these two things were related.

Sound and Color

400
When you play long tones and change the loudness, you are practicing this skill.

Dynamics

400

The name of Hildegard's teacher at the convent she grew up in.

Jutta

500
The open (or 1st position) notes on a brass instrument are part of this series.

Overtone or Harmonic

500

Hildegard was visited by these people when they had questions about church or state.

Powerful men

500

Musicians can use Kandinsky's ideas to create this.

Musical compositions

500

When you play long tones without changing anything, you are practicing this skill.

Sound

500

Hildegard was the first to write music for these type of voices.

Female