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

varying how they use the bow on the strings

A piano can vary its texture because

It can play either single notes or multiple notes together

Attack/Decay refers to

How an note starts and finishes

the tone colour that an instrument makes

A genre of music is defined by

how the musical elements are used

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Review: Musical Elements, Styles/Genres

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Review of musical elements, styles and other vocab for our listening diary.

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1
Tempo is another word for how
good the music is
how soft or loud music is
fast or slow music is
many instruments are used
2
This instrument can vary its texture
True
False
3
The following words are music tempos
brass, string, woodwind
loud, soft, moderately loud
piano, forte, fortissimo
andante, presto, moderato
4
A violinist could vary the attack/decay of the note by
playing at a moderate tempo
varying how many strings they are playing at once
varying how they use the bow on the strings
varying how high the are playing
5
A piano can vary its texture because
It can play either single notes or multiple notes together
It comes in both upright and grand piano versions
It can belong to both the string and percussion family
It has both black and white keys
6
The musical element desribing how loud a sound is
pitch
attack/decay
dynamics
timbre
7
by combining different duration sounds and silences we create
tone colour
rhythm
dynamics
pitch
8
Attack/Decay refers to
How a note changes pitch in time
how instruments are used as weapons
How an note starts and finishes
how many sounds a piano can make
9
A silence in music is called
a note
a rest
a style
a beat
10
the length of musical sound is referred to as
note type
note duration
note pitch
note timbre
11
Pitch in music refers to
How fast a note is played
How high or low a note is
How loud a note is
What type of instrument
12
The following are different types of musical genres/styles
rock, jazz, pop
brass, string, percussion
green, orange, blue
orchestra, trio, quartet
13
The instrument below has high or low pitch
high
low
14
If all the instruments below were playing together, the texture would be
loud
sparse
dense
fast
15
The following words are used to describe dynamics
string, brass, woodwind
moderato, allegro, adagio
piano, forte, mezzo forte
punk, rock, funk
16
Timbre describes
what family an instrument belongs to
the tone colour that an instrument makes
the type of music played by bagpipes
what an instrument is made of
17
When we talk about an electrical guitar being distorted we are referring to
its pitch
how good the musician playing it is
the colour of the amplifier
the timbre of the guitar
18
When we combine several seperate pitches together we can create
instrument families
different rhythms
chords/harmony
moderate tempo
19
We notate music on the
board
table
staff/stave
20
A genre of music is defined by
how many instruments are used
how the musical elements are used
how popular it is
how loud it is played

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