Elements Of Music

Question 1

What is pitch

Answer 1

How high or low a sound is

Question 2

Does every sound have a pitch

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What is tempo

Answer 3

The pace of a piece of music

Question 4

How can tempo affect a piece of music

Answer 4

Slow music can feel sad and fast music can feel happy

Question 5

What is slowly

Answer 5

Lento

Question 6

What is slow and stately

Answer 6

Largo

Question 7

What is leisurely

Answer 7

Adagio

Question 8

What is at a walking pace

Answer 8

Andante

Question 9

What is fast

Answer 9

Allegro

Question 10

What is lively

Answer 10

Vivace

Question 11

What is very quickly

Answer 11

Presto

Question 12

What is getting faster

Answer 12

Accelerando

Question 13

What is getting slower

Answer 13

Rallentando

Question 14

What is dynamics

Answer 14

The volume of a piece

Question 15

What is extremely loud and the sign

Answer 15

Fortissimo (ff)

Question 16

What is loud and the sign

Answer 16

Forte (f)

Question 17

What is speaking voice and the sign

Answer 17

Mezzo forte (mf)

Question 18

What is soft speaking voice and the sign

Answer 18

Mezzo piano (mp)

Question 19

Softer than a speaking voice and the sign

Answer 19

Piano (p)

Question 20

What is almost a whisper and the sign

Answer 20

Pianissimo (pp)

Question 21

What is getting louder

Answer 21

Crescendo

Question 22

What is getting quieter

Answer 22

Diminuendo

Question 23

What is duration

Answer 23

What he the length of each note

Question 24

What is a note measured in

Answer 24

Beats

Question 25

What can notes be

Answer 25

Long or short

Question 26

How long is a semibreve

Answer 26

4 beats

Question 27

How long is a minim

Answer 27

2 beats

Question 28

How long is a crotchet

Answer 28

1 beat

Question 29

How long is a quaver

Answer 29

Half a beat

Question 30

How long is a semiquever

Answer 30

Quarter beat

Question 31

How long is a demisemiquaver

Answer 31

An eighth of a beat

Question 32

What is articulation

Answer 32

The way a note is performed

Question 33

How can notes be played

Answer 33

Smoothly or detached

Question 34

What is smoothly

Answer 34

Legato

Question 35

What is detached

Answer 35

Staccato

Question 36

What is texture

Answer 36

How many melodies rhythms and harmonies are in a peice

Question 37

What are layers

Answer 37

They are different sounds which are happening at the same time in a piece of music

Question 38

What is monophonic

Answer 38

Contains one melody with no harmonies although they may be a rhythmic accompaniment

Question 39

What is polyphonic

Answer 39

Contains two or more Melodie’s playing at the same time

Question 40

What is homophonic

Answer 40

When there is more than one independent melody playing at the same time

Question 41

What is timbre

Answer 41

Describes the sounds and or instruments heard in a piece

Question 42

Why do instruments sound different

Answer 42

Because they are made of different materials

Question 43

What is tonality

Answer 43

The character or key centre of a music piece

Question 44

What are the two types of keys

Answer 44

Major and minor

Question 45

How do major keys sound

Answer 45

Happy

Question 46

How do minor keys sound

Answer 46

Sad