Music

Question 1

Forte (f)

Answer 1

To play or sing loudly for music dynamics

Question 2

Clef

Answer 2

the French word for “key”, indicates the pitch of the notes written on the staff

Treble clef

Question 3

Jingles

Answer 3

catchy songs used in advertisements

Ba da ba ba ba, I’m Lovin’ It (McDonald’s)

Question 4

Tempo

Answer 4

The speed at which a piece of music is played or sung

Question 5

Sound Engineer

Answer 5

mixes music in live venues, like: theaters, conferences, and concerts. They ensure that the sound is perfect for an audience.

Question 6

Time Signature

Answer 6

After the clef and key signature, this tells you how fast or slow the music is. There are two numbers that make up the time stamp. The number at the top tells you how many beats are in each measure, also called a “bar.” The number at the bottom shows which note is one beat.

Question 7

Composer

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author of a musical composition

Question 8

Orchestra

Answer 8

A group of instruments that includes instruments from more than one family. They sometimes play with choruses or singers, but not always. Orchestras often play classical music, but they can also be used to make music for movies.

Question 9

Opera

Answer 9

Dramatic style of music that includes singing with an orchestra. Operas are usually linked with the Italian Renaissance, but they have their roots in Greek drama, which mixed singing and dancing with acting. Operas are usually very big, and they tell stories through solo singers, choruses, bands, elaborate costumes, and sets.

Question 10

Call-And-Response Format

Answer 10

A song in which a leader sings a line and a group responds, common in spirituals

Question 11

Brass Instruments

Answer 11

Brass instruments consist of a series of tubes. Players produce sound by vibrating their lips into a mouthpiece, which causes the instrument to vibrate and produce sound.

Question 12

Kodaly Concept

Answer 12

Holistic, experience-based method that focuses on how music makes you feel good and how important the human voice is. Named after Zoltán Kodály, a Hungarian musician and music teacher who thought that singing is the best way to get a feel for music and that it should come before learning to play an instrument.

Question 13

Spirituals

Answer 13

A style of music that was made by African people who were brought to America as slaves. combines the rhythms of Christian hymns and traditional African folk songs.

Question 14

Mezzo-Forte (mf)

Answer 14

To play or sing moderately loudly for music dynamics

Question 15

Staff

Answer 15

set of five lines and four spaces. Each line and space represents a specific musical pitch.

Question 16

Producer (of Music)

Answer 16

manages the sound recording for a band or an artist

Question 17

Genre (of Music)

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refers to a category of musical styles that share similar attributes and traditions

Jazz

Question 18

Sharp

Answer 18

Playing or singing above pitch

Question 19

Bowed Instruments

Answer 19

Produce sound when a bow is moved across the strings. Players produce different pitches by changing the position of their fingers on a fingerboard.

Question 20

Diminuendo (dim.)

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To continuously decrease volume when playing or singing for music dynamics

Question 21

Country

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Early 20th-century rural Southern music. White working-class Americans dominated early country music. They combined folk, popular, traditional, and cowboy songs to create a new genre. Modern country music has some of these fundamental elements but is heavily influenced by pop and rock.

Question 22

Rhythm

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Music’s pattern in time; has three parts: tempo, beat, and meter`

Question 23

Symphony orchestra

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Consists of at least 90 musicians and plays symphonies and other classical works. Symphony orchestras typically perform in grand concert halls.

Question 24

Work Songs

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Songs connected to manual labor, such as agricultural work or railroad work, and were used to help workers stay in unison as they completed their tasks, particularly popular among slave workers of African descent

“Pick a Bale of Cotton”

Question 25

Plucked Instruments

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Players produce different pitches by changing the position of their fingers on a fretboard. For many-stringed instruments such as the harp or lute, players provide different pitches by plucking different strings that are tuned to produce specific pitches.

Question 26

Game Song

Answer 26

songs that include actions or coordinated activities

Question 27

Mezzo-Piano (mp)

Answer 27

To play or sing moderately softly for music dynamics

Question 28

Flat

Answer 28

Playing or singing below pitch

Question 29

Publisher

Answer 29

Ensure that both the performers and the writers are paid for their work. These organizations help artists get paid when their music is on a commercial or tv show, for example.

Question 30

Lullaby

Answer 30

Lullabies are soft, gentle songs, often sung by parents to their children. Lullabies not only help establish emotional bonds between adults and children, but they also convey important information about human relationships and cultural traditions.

Question 31

Pitch

Answer 31

how high or low the sound seems to a human ear

Question 32

Pitched Instruments

Answer 32

Percussion instrument that can produce differently pitched sounds and can be used to play melodies. xylophone, glockenspiel, marimba, vibraphone, and timpani

Question 33

Jazz

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Improvised music that blends blues, folk, and other traditions into something new and distinctly American. New Orleans African Americans created jazz in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Jazz bands usually comprise a keyboardist, drummer, and bassist. Jazz uses brass and woodwind instruments.

Question 34

Soprano

Answer 34

The highest vocal range for women

Question 35

Form (in Music

Answer 35

There are many ways to describe how music is put together: binary, ternary, theme and variations, etc.

Question 36

Ledger Line

Answer 36

notate the pitches that occur above or below the staff.

Question 37

Intonation (in music)

Answer 37

Accuracy in pitch when singing or playing an instrument

Question 38

Gospel

Answer 38

It has Christian themes, but the way it does so changes a lot between denominations and cultures. Gospel blues, bluegrass gospel, and Christian country music are all popular types of gospel music. Most gospel songs are hymns or spirituals with keyboard instruments (piano or organ) and harmonized voices.

Question 39

Keyboard Instruments

Answer 39

Use keys or buttons to produce different pitches, but depending on how sound is produced, keyboard instruments may also be included among the other families of instruments

Question 40

Stringed Instruments

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Use strings to produce sounds. violins

Question 41

Woodwind Instruments

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The pitch of these instruments can be changed by opening and closing a set of holes.

Question 42

Improvisation

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students apply what they've learned to creating their own musical patterns or compositions

Question 43

Music Arranger

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reimagines an existing composition and adapt the instruments, voices, rhythms, or tempos to create a new sound for the piece of music`

Question 44

Bass

Answer 44

The lowest vocal range for men.

Question 45

Tejano / Tex-Mex Music

Answer 45

Originating among the Mexican-American populations in Central and Southern Texas, Tejano music (also called Tex-Mex music) is an upbeat genre that blends pop, rock, folk, polka, and Latin influences. Selena

Question 46

Forte-Piano (fp)

Answer 46

To play or sing moderately loudly then immediately softly for music dynamics

Question 47

Baritone

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The middle vocal range for men.

Question 48

Bluegrass

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It started in Appalachia when people from the United Kingdom and Ireland moved there and started writing songs about their daily lives. Bluegrass, which is sometimes called "mountain music," is usually played on acoustic stringed instruments like the fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, and string bass.

Question 49

Measure (in music)

Answer 49

notes grouped together

Question 50

Grand Staff

Answer 50

A brace connects two staffs. Most of the time, the great staff connects the bass and treble clefs, and middle C is on a line between them.

Question 51

Meter (music)

Answer 51

musical time features patterns of strong beats and weak beats; some syllables receive stronger emphasis than others

Question 52

Blues

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In the late 1800s, African Americans from the rural south created the blues by combining traditional African music with folk music and Christian songs. This kind of music has simple rhythmic and harmonic structures, and the words usually talk about being unhappy or sad. Blues music is almost always played on the guitar.

Question 53

Timbre

Answer 53

The quality of a tone, usually used to describe changes between sounds played or sung by different instruments or voices at the same pitch and volume. Tone quality can be described with words like bright, dark, warm, and sharp, depending on the instrument.

Question 54

Folk Songs

Answer 54

Thought of as music "of the people." Folk songs were usually sung by people who worked in factories or farms. They were a way for cultures, especially those without written records, to pass on important values, stories, and traditions from one generation to the next. Folk songs are usually connected to the culture of a country or area. Folk songs usually have stringed instruments, wind instruments, and percussion. The instruments used in folk songs vary by region.

Question 55

Non-Pitched Instruments

Answer 55

Percussion instrument that is used to provide rhythm.

Question 56

Crescendo (cresc.)

Answer 56

To continuously increase volume when playing or singing for music dynamics

Question 57

Solfege

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System for singing notes, uses: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti

Question 58

Rote Learning

Answer 58

learning songs by ear

Question 59

Beat

Answer 59

the pulse. A rhythmic unit of time

Question 60

Conductors

Answer 60

Organize bands. They not only keep the orchestra in time by using a baton to set the tempo and let musicians know when to start playing, but they also help interpret a piece of music by giving a unified vision that helps big groups of musicians stay on the same page in terms of tone, dynamics, and mood.

Question 61

Piano (p)

Answer 61

To play or sing softly for music dynamics

Question 62

Percussion Instruments

Answer 62

are shaken or hit to produce sound. maracas

Question 63

Contralto

Answer 63

The lowest vocal range for women.

Question 64

Intervals

Answer 64

the difference between two pitches

Question 65

Sight Sing

Answer 65

Sing a piece of music without having heard it before

Question 66

Melody

Answer 66

the tune played by a series of notes

Question 67

Dynamics

Answer 67

How loudly or softly a performer should play or sing a passage. fortissimo, piano

Question 68

Key Signature

Answer 68

Set of flats and sharps placed on the staff to indicate which notes should be performed at higher or lower pitches than their natural pitches on the staff.

Question 69

Mezzo-Soprano

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The middle vocal range for women.

Question 70

Symphonic Band

Answer 70

feature woodwinds, brass, and percussion, but no strings, except for occasionally a double bass.

Question 71

Music Therapist

Answer 71

these professionals use music to help people improve their health or functional processes through creative means

Question 72

Chamber orchestra

Answer 72

A group of 15 to 45 musicians who play chamber works or works written to be performed in a smaller, more intimate space.

Question 73

Beamed Notes

Answer 73

Beams can join eighth and sixteenth notes together to make the music easier to read.

Question 74

Composer

Answer 74

author of a musical composition

Question 74

Tenor

Answer 74

The highest vocal range for men.