A piano can vary its texture because

It can play either single notes or multiple notes together

the tone colour that an instrument makes

Attack/Decay refers to

How an note starts and finishes

A genre of music is defined by

how the musical elements are used

A violinist could vary the attack/decay of the note by

varying how they use the bow on the strings

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Review: Musical Elements, Styles/Genres

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A piano can vary its texture because
It can play either single notes or multiple notes together
It can belong to both the string and percussion family
It comes in both upright and grand piano versions
It has both black and white keys
2
Timbre describes
the type of music played by bagpipes
what family an instrument belongs to
what an instrument is made of
the tone colour that an instrument makes
3
The following words are used to describe dynamics
piano, forte, mezzo forte
string, brass, woodwind
punk, rock, funk
moderato, allegro, adagio
4
Attack/Decay refers to
How an note starts and finishes
How a note changes pitch in time
how instruments are used as weapons
how many sounds a piano can make
5
A silence in music is called
a style
a beat
a rest
a note
6
Tempo is another word for how
many instruments are used
fast or slow music is
good the music is
how soft or loud music is
7
The musical element desribing how loud a sound is
pitch
timbre
dynamics
attack/decay
8
The following are different types of musical genres/styles
orchestra, trio, quartet
rock, jazz, pop
green, orange, blue
brass, string, percussion
9
We notate music on the
staff/stave
board
table
10
This instrument can vary its texture
False
True
11
A genre of music is defined by
how the musical elements are used
how many instruments are used
how loud it is played
how popular it is
12
If all the instruments below were playing together, the texture would be
fast
sparse
dense
loud
13
Pitch in music refers to
What type of instrument
How high or low a note is
How loud a note is
How fast a note is played
14
A violinist could vary the attack/decay of the note by
varying how many strings they are playing at once
playing at a moderate tempo
varying how high the are playing
varying how they use the bow on the strings
15
by combining different duration sounds and silences we create
rhythm
pitch
dynamics
tone colour
16
The following words are music tempos
andante, presto, moderato
loud, soft, moderately loud
brass, string, woodwind
piano, forte, fortissimo
17
When we combine several seperate pitches together we can create
instrument families
chords/harmony
moderate tempo
different rhythms
18
the length of musical sound is referred to as
note type
note duration
note timbre
note pitch
19
When we talk about an electrical guitar being distorted we are referring to
how good the musician playing it is
the timbre of the guitar
the colour of the amplifier
its pitch
20
The instrument below has high or low pitch
high
low

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