Music Appreciation Quiz 1 Review

What is a general category of music which share similar characteristics?

What is the character of a musical work, performance, or historical period? (This is used to create Genres.)

What is the emotion that the music brings out of you?

What are the musical letters? In order, they are __, __, __, __, __, __, __, and then will cycle back to the beginning.

An example of a brass instrument is the

This type of instrument creates sound through a vibrating string

What is the quality of a sound? Sometimes called the “color” of a sound. This word is NOT pronounced like it is spelled.

What is a style of music that developed in America during the late 1800’s to early 1900’s, primarily in New Orleans?

This type of instrument creates sound through a vibrating wooden reed

What is a sequence of long or short sounds or silences?

What is the pace at which the music moves, basically, the speed?

What is created when something vibrates, creating vibrations in the air called “______ waves?”

This type of instrument creates sound by striking the instrument

What are blocks of different tones that sound simultaneously in support of a melody?

An example of a string instrument is the

There are how many basic types of instruments?

Music is a universal

What is a logical succession of musical tones? This was also called the “main idea” of the music.

This type of instrument creates sound by vibrating lips into a mouthpiece

What is how “high” or “low” a sound is, denoted in sheet music through letter names?