Chapter 5 - Timbre

Question 1

Quality of sound characteristic of a particular voice or instrument

Answer 1

Timbre

Question 2

The word we use to describe timbre

Answer 2

Color

Question 3

Female vocal timbre - 3 most common

Answer 3

Soprano - high
Mezzo Soprano - some high/some low
Alto - low

Question 4

Female with extremely low range? An unusual female timbre

Answer 4

Contralto

Question 5

Extremely high soprano range? Unusual female timbre

Answer 5

Coloratura soprano

Question 6

Male vocal timbre - 3 most common

Answer 6

Tenor - high
Baritone - some high/some low
Bass - low

Question 7

Male voice that has natural soprano capabilities? Unusual male timbre

Answer 7

Counter Tenor

Question 8

Literally “fake voice” - a manipulation of the vocal chords. An unusual male timbre

Answer 8

Falsetto

Question 9

String instruments fall into this category because?

Answer 9

Because they have strings

Question 10

You actively play the strings on a string instrument? True or false

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Four most common string instrument found in an orchestra

Answer 11

Violin - Soprano
Viola - Alto
Cello - Tenor
String Bass/Upright Bass/Double Bass - Bass

Question 12

String instruments are categorized in these

Answer 12

Registers

Question 13

Other stringed instruments that are not found in an orchestra

Answer 13

Banjo
Harp
Mandolin
Guitar

Question 14

What is the difference between the bass and the cello?

Answer 14

Size and tuning

Question 15

To pluck or strum the strings on a string instrument that is typically bowed

Answer 15

Pizzicato

Question 16

Strings are equivalent to the white keys on the piano and the foot pedals play sharps and flats on this instrument

Answer 16

Harp

Question 17

Why are woodwinds instruments found in this family?

Answer 17

Because they are classified as reed instruments. Also known as wind instruments

Question 18

How is sound created in woodwind instruments

Answer 18

Air has to be blown through the instrument

Question 19

How are sound waves produced in woodwind instruments?

Answer 19

Air vibrates against a reed or by the air stream being bent

Question 20

Which woodwind instruments have no reed

Answer 20

Flute and piccolo

Question 21

Woodwind instruments with a single reed

Answer 21

Saxophones and clarinets

Question 22

Woodwind instruments with double reeds

Answer 22

Oboe, English horn, and Bassoon

Question 23

What is the highest saxophone

Answer 23

Soprano saxophone

Question 24

Saxophone with some high and some low

Answer 24

Alto saxophone and barritone saxophone

Question 25

Lowest saxophone

Answer 25

Bass sax

Question 26

Why are brass instruments classified in this category

Answer 26

Because sound waves are created by vibrating the lips in a bell shaped mouth piece

Question 27

The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.

Answer 27

Embouchure

Question 28

Instruments found in the brass category

Answer 28

Trumpet Trombone French horn Tuba

Question 29

Why are instruments classified as percussion instruments

Answer 29

Because sound is produced with the hand by striking, shaking, hitting

Question 30

What are the two categories of percussion instruments?

Answer 30

Pitched and non-pitched

Question 31

A specific pitch can be found from the sound waves produced

Answer 31

Definite (pitch)

Question 32

No specific pitch can be found - rather, a cluster of pitches close to each other

Answer 32

Indefinite pitch (nonpitch)

Question 33

A regular drum is considered to be an indefinite pitch

Answer 33

True

Question 34

A xylophone is considered to be a definite pitch

Answer 34

True

Question 35

What family produces the widest variety of timbres of all the instrument families

Answer 35

Percussion

Question 36

Which type of instruments use some type of chain reaction to create sound waves

Answer 36

Keyboard

Question 37

Plucks the strings

Answer 37

Plectrum

Question 38

Mutes the string when a key is released

Answer 38

Felt

Question 39

Multiple keyboard

Answer 39

Manuals

Question 40

Which instruments are considered keyboard instruments

Answer 40

Piano, electric keyboard, pipe organ, electric organ,

Question 41

Finger presses a key, key triggers a hammer, hammer hits a string

Answer 41

Piano

Question 42

Finger presses a key, sound is digitally simulated

Answer 42

Electric keyboard

Question 43

Air is pushed through pipes to create a sound

Answer 43

Organ

Question 44

The sound of pipes is simulated electronically

Answer 44

Electric organ

Question 45

The levels on an organ

Answer 45

Manuals

Question 46

Controls dynamics on an organ

Answer 46

Swell pedal

Question 47

Keyboard for your feet on an organ

Answer 47

Pedal board

Question 48

Levers, buttons, handles on the organ

Answer 48

Stops

Question 49

Drum sets are nonpitched because they cant play a song

Answer 49

True

Question 50

What are some types of drums that do not make pitches

Answer 50

Congas and bongos

Question 51

Which is bigger? A conga or bongo

Answer 51

Conga is bigger | Bongo is smaller

Question 52

What is the instrument called that is shorter than a conga with a rope

Answer 52

Djembe

Question 53

A box instrument with beads on a string found inside

Answer 53

Cajon (CAH-HONE)

Question 54

Allows computerized instruments to communicate

Answer 54

MIDI - Musical instrument digital interface