Test One Elements

Question 1

Emphasis of a note which may result from its being louder longer or higher in pitch than the notes near it

Answer 1

Accent

Question 2

Sound that has a definite pitch or frequency.

Answer 2

Tone

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Timbre

Question 4

Gradually softer.

Answer 4

Decrescendo

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Rhythm

Question 6

First or stressed beat beat of a measure.

Answer 6

Down beat

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Syncopation

Question 8

Becoming slower

Answer 8

Ritardando

Question 9

Becoming faster

Answer 9

Accelerando

Question 10

Distance in pitch between any two tones.

Answer 10

Interval

Question 11

When was the valve invented for the brass instruments?

Answer 11

1850

Question 12

Has reed
Octave higher
Shrill and whistle

Answer 12

Piccolo

Question 13

No reed
High range and extremely agile
Full and velvety

Answer 13

Flute

Question 14

Reed

Nasal intense expressive tone

Answer 14

Oboe

Question 15

Reed

Low it alto oboe

Answer 15

English horn

Question 16

No reed
Resembles flute but is softer and gentler
Five sizes

Answer 16

Recorder

Question 17

Double reed

Deeply nasal

Answer 17

Bassoon

Question 18

Reed

Very rapid tones

Answer 18

Clarinet

Question 19

Double reed

Lowest pitch

Answer 19

Contrabassoon

Question 20

Relative highness or lowness of a sound

Answer 20

Pitch

Question 21

Makes up what sound is

Answer 21

Duration

Question 22

How is a brass instrument played.

Answer 22

Blowing into a mouth piece

Question 23

Indicates length of tones in relation to other tones in the piece.

Answer 23

Notation

Question 24

Indicates the meter of a piece of music

Answer 24

Time signatures

Question 25

Numbers with time signature

Answer 25

2,3 top number how many beats per measure 4,2 bottom number what type note counts one best

Question 26

Number of sharp or flats played determines scale and key

Answer 26

Key signature

Question 27

Symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space

Answer 27

Clef

Question 28

Note names?

Answer 28

A b c d e f g

Question 29

In notation a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes around it

Answer 29

Staff

Question 30

Symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music

Answer 30

Rest

Question 31

Series of single notes that add up to recognizable whole

Answer 31

Melody

Question 32

Intervals close together

Answer 32

Stepwise

Question 33

Intervals very wide

Answer 33

Leap

Question 34

Singing at higher or lower

Answer 34

Sequence

Question 35

Short and choppy

Answer 35

Staccato

Question 36

Long and flowy

Answer 36

Legato

Question 37

Definite resting place giving a sense of finality at the end of a phase Ina melody

Answer 37

Complete cadence

Question 38

Inconclusive resting point at the end of a phrase which sets up expectations for the following phrase

Answer 38

Incomplete cadence

Question 39

How cords are constructed and how they follow each other

Answer 39

Harmony

Question 40

Centering of a melody or harmony crowd a central note

Answer 40

Key

Question 41

Traid built on first scale note stable

Answer 41

Tonic

Question 42

Train built in a fifth scale note | Unstable tense cords

Answer 42

Dominant

Question 43

Combo of three or more tones sounded once

Answer 43

Chord

Question 44

Broken cords | Sounding of the individual tones of a chord in sequence rather than simultaneously

Answer 44

Arpeggio

Question 45

Series of cords

Answer 45

Progression

Question 46

Middle Ages

Answer 46

450-1450

Question 47

Renaissance

Answer 47

1450-1600

Question 48

Baroque

Answer 48

1600-1750

Question 49

Classical

Answer 49

1750-1820

Question 50

1820-1900

Answer 50

Romantic

Question 51

1945-present

Answer 51

20th century