Music

Question 1

chordophones

Answer 1

stringed instruments

Question 2

aerophones

Answer 2

woodwinds and brass

Question 3

membranophones

Answer 3

have a skin or other membrane stretched across some kind of frame

Question 4

idiophones

Answer 4

the body of the instrument itself vibrates when struck.

Question 5

theremin

Answer 5

electronic instrument in which the performer regulates frequency with one hand and amplitude with another

Question 6

alto clef

Answer 6

when C indicates that C is on the middle line

Question 7

tenor clef

Answer 7

when C clef indicates that C is on the fourth line

Question 8

overtones

Answer 8

faint presence of higher pitches when a fundamental is played

Question 9

tritone

Answer 9

6 half steps

Question 10

diatonic scale

Answer 10

when 7 pitches are placed in ascending order

Question 11

blues scale

Answer 11

combines major and minor elements, 3 or 7 can be lowered

Question 12

counterpoint, harmony

Answer 12

if two pitches occur together

Question 13

conjunct melody

Answer 13

moves smoothly, in stepwise motion (Row, Row)

Question 14

disjunct melody

Answer 14

uses more leaps (intervals greater than 2)

Question 15

tessitura

Answer 15

general range of pitches found in the melody

Question 16

alto

Answer 16

a lower-register female singer

Question 17

lento, grave

Answer 17

very slow

Question 18

rubato

Answer 18

speeds up and slows down for expressive effect

Question 19

unmetered

Answer 19

no steady tempo or beat

Question 20

duple meter

Answer 20

STRONG - weak - STRONG - weak

Question 21

triple meter

Answer 21

STRONG-weak-weak-STRONG-weak-weak

Question 22

quadruple meter

Answer 22

1 is the strongest beat, 3 is the second strongest beat, and 2 and 4 are weak beats

Question 23

pickup, anacrusis

Answer 23

the first word falls before the downbeat

Question 24

time signature

Answer 24

lower number indicates the durational value and upper number indicates how many of those will occur in a measure

Question 25

simple subdivision

Answer 25

cut into halves; 1 & 2 & 3 &

Question 26

compound subdivision

Answer 26

beat is subdivided into three equal parts

Question 27

swing music

Answer 27

played as if they are in 4 4 time but they are actually in 12 8

Question 28

mixed meter

Answer 28

measures that have different meters occur in rapid succession

Question 29

irregular meter

Answer 29

features measures that have different meters alternating in an irregular pattern

Question 30

polymeter

Answer 30

when two or more meters are operating simultaneously

Question 31

polyrhythm

Answer 31

when two conflicting rhythmic patterns are present simultaneously

Question 32

second inversion

Answer 32

when the fifth is on the bottom in the triad

Question 33

dissonance

Answer 33

the quality of a pitch, interval, or chord that makes it seem “unstable” or tense

Question 34

diatonic

Answer 34

within the key