Music Appreciation Chapter One Review

Western music uses ___ letters of the alphabet to indicate pitch.

Historically, Western music was documented and passed on by _____

The organization of beats into regular groupings is called

___ is the relative highness or lowness of a sound.

The group of 5 horizontal lines used in Western music for notation is called a

Pitch is determined by the ____ at which an object vibrates.

What is the musical term for slow?

Non-Western societies do not share a ___ heritage.

People in our world practice many different

Notation is a system ____

The part of music that we tend to remember and sing is called

Sound always travels dramatically slower than

The duration of time contained in 2 half notes is equal to that in one ___ note.

The dynamic term "piano" refers to

One human undertaking that seems to be universal is

The pitches used in Western music can be traced back to the work of the Greek mathematician

What are eight-note groupings of pitches called?

Western music uses ____ letters of the alphabet to indicate pitch.

All sound is transmitted as

An Italian word that means "speed" in music is called

Western music, civilization, and culture are terms that refer to societies that were influenced

A quarter rest is equal to a

Repetition and ___ are used to make up musical form.

____ refers to music that is not used in worship.

The organization of "chunks" in music creates

In musical notation, silence is indicated by

Most music uses ___ sections.

Articulation is

Music in some societies supports text and the musical instruments in these societies.

Slower vibrations result in ___ sounds.