Unit 1

Question 1

The basic unit of time in music

Answer 1

Beat

Question 2

Instruments traditionally made of brass or other metal (and those producing a bright or brassy tone) whose sound is generated by buzzing to a mouthpiece that is attached to a coiled tube 

Answer 2

Brass

Question 3

The simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches; like intervals, can be consonant or dissonant

Answer 3

Chord

Question 4

Musical pitches, which move up or down by successive half steps

Answer 4

Chromatic

Question 5

The process, whereby a musician notate’s musical ideas, using a system of symbols, or using some other form of recording

Answer 5

Composition

Question 6

A melody that moves mostly by step in a smooth manner

Answer 6

Conjunct

Question 7

A term used to describe intervals and chords, that tend to sound pleasing to our ears. Stable and needs no resolution

Answer 7

Consonant

Question 8

A melody with wide leaps in rapid changes in direction

Answer 8

Disjunct

Question 9

Intervals and cords that tend to sound harsh to our ears. Is often used to create tension and instability

Answer 9

Dissonant

Question 10

The variation and the volume of musical sound. (the amplitude of a sound)

Answer 10

Dynamics

Question 11

The structure of the phrases in sections within a musical composition. (does it repeat?)

Answer 11

Form

Question 12

Any simultaneous combination of tones, and the rules governing those combinations (the way, a melody is a company is also another way to define this)

Answer 12

Harmony

Question 13

Musical texture comprised of one melodic line, accompanied by chords

Answer 13

Homophonic

Question 14

The instruments comprising a musical group (including the human voice) the same definition as performing forces

Answer 14

Instrumentation

Question 15

A succession of single tones in musical composition

Answer 15

Melody

Question 16

The way in which the beats are grouped together in a piece

Answer 16

Meter

Question 17

Musical texture, comprised of one melodic line; a melodic line, maybe song by one person or 100 people

Answer 17

Monophonic

Question 18

Sound and silence organized in time

Answer 18

Music

Question 19

Instruments that are typically hit, or struck by the hand with sticks or with hammers that are shaken or rubbed by hand

Answer 19

Percussion

Question 20

A tone that is composed of an organized a sound wave

Answer 20

Pitch

Question 21

The way the music is organized in respect to time

Answer 21

Rhythm

Question 22

A series of pitches, ordered by the interval between its notes

Answer 22

Scale

Question 23

The distance between adjacent notes in a musical scale

Answer 23

Step

Question 24

Instruments who is the sound is produced by setting strings in motion

Answer 24

Strings

Question 25

The speed at which the beat is played

Answer 25

Tempo

Question 26

How the tempo, melodic, enharmonic materials are combined in a composition, thus determining the overall quality of the sound in a piece

Answer 26

Texture

Question 27

Pronounced as “Tamber”; the tone color, or tone quality of a sound

Answer 27

Timbre

Question 28

Instruments traditionally made of wood who is the sound is generated by forcing you to a tube that’s creating a vibrating air quality

Answer 28

WoodWind