Test 1

Question 1

Vibrations that are transmitted, usually through air, to the eardrum, which sends impulses to the brain.

Answer 1

Sound

Question 2

Relative highness or lowness of a sound.

Answer 2

Pitch

Question 3

Sound that has a definite pitch, or frequency

Answer 3

Tone

Question 4

“Distance” in pitch between any two tones.

Answer 4

Interval

Question 5

Interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone.

Answer 5

Octave

Question 6

Distance between the highest and lowest tones that a given voice or instrument can produce.

Answer 6

Range

Question 7

Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another.

Answer 7

Tone Color (Timbre)

Question 8

Melody that serves as the starting point for an extended piece of music.

Answer 8

Theme

Question 9

Changing some features of a musical idea while retaining others.

Answer 9

Variation

Question 10

Ordered flow of music through time; the pattern of duration of notes and silences in music.

Answer 10

Rhythm

Question 11

Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.

Answer 11

Beat

Question 12

Organization of beats into regular groups.

Answer 12

Meter

Question 13

Rhythmic group set off by bar lines, containing a fixed number of beats.

Answer 13

Measure

Question 14

Interval larger than that between two adjacent tones in the scale.

Answer 14

Leap

Question 15

Unaccented pulse preceding the downbeat.

Answer 15

Upbeat

Question 16

Tone combination that is stable and restful.

Answer 16

Consonance

Question 17

Accenting of a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat.

Answer 17

Syncopation

Question 18

Basic pace of music.

Answer 18

Tempo

Question 19

Two numbers, one above the other, appearing at the beginning of a staff or the start of a piece, indicating the meter of the piece.

Answer 19

Time Signature (Meter Signature)

Question 20

Notation showing all the parts of a musical ensemble, with a separate staff for each part, and with simultaneously sounded notes aligned vertically; used by the conductor.

Answer 20

Score

Question 21

Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole.

Answer 21

Melody

Question 22

Interval between two adjacent tones in the scale.

Answer 22

Step

Question 23

Technique of combining two or more melodic lines into a meaningful whole.

Answer 23

Counterpoint

Question 24

Smooth, connected manner of performing a melody

Answer 24

Legato

Question 25

Short, detached manner of performing a melody.

Answer 25

Staccato

Question 26

Part of a melody.

Answer 26

Phrase

Question 27

In a melody, the immediate repetition of a melodic pattern on a higher or lower pitch.

Answer 27

Sequence

Question 28

Musical representation of specific poetic images - for example, a falling melodic line to accompany the word descending - often found in Renaissance and baroque music.

Answer 28

Word Painting

Question 29

Vocal form in which the same music is repeated for each stanza of a poem.

Answer 29

Strophic form

Question 30

How chords are constructed and how they follow each other.

Answer 30

Harmony

Question 31

Tone combination that is unstable and tense.

Answer 31

Dissonance

Question 32

Focused on human life and its accomplishments.

Answer 32

Humanism

Question 33

Literally meaning Rebirth

Answer 33

Renaissance

Question 34

Official music of the Roman Catholic Church. Consists of melody set to sacred Latin texts and sung without accompaniment. (Monophonic in texture.)

Answer 34

Gregorian Chant

Question 35

The highlight of the liturgical day, was a ritual reenactment of the Last Supper.

Answer 35

Mass

Question 36

Like major and minor scales; consist of seven different tones and an eighth tone that duplicates the first an octave higher.

Answer 36

Church Modes (Modes)

Question 37

One or more long, sustained tones accompanying a melody.

Answer 37

Drone

Question 38

One of the main poetic and musical forms in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century France.

Answer 38

Rondeau

Question 39

Meaning having many sounds.

Answer 39

Polyphonic

Question 40

The technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole.

Answer 40

Counterpoint

Question 41

When a melodic idea is presented by one voice or instrument and is then restated immediately by another.

Answer 41

Imitation

Question 42

Performance of a single melodic line at the same pitch by more than one instrument or voice.

Answer 42

Unison

Question 43

Meaning literally have one sound.

Answer 43

Monophonic

Question 44

A polyphonic choral composition made up of fave sections: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.

Answer 44

Mass (Renaissance Mass)

Question 45

An important kind of secular vocal music during the Renaissance; A piece for several solo voices set to a short poem, usually about love.

Answer 45

Madrigal

Question 46

A polyphonic choral work set to a sacred Latin text other than the ordinary of the mass.

Answer 46

Motet

Question 47

Rich polyphonic texture; It's six voice parts constantly imitate each other, yet blend beautifully.

Answer 47

Kyrie

Question 48

System of writing music so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicated.

Answer 48

Notation

Question 49

Short, detached manner of performing a melody.

Answer 49

Staccato

Question 50

Smooth, connected manner of performing a melody.

Answer 50

Legato

Question 51

memes

Answer 51

memes