Test 1 Review

What describes a pleasant combination of tones?

Which texture contains multiple simultaneous melodies sounding at once?

What type of meter contains beats evenly divisible by 2?

Which term describes the musical fabric of a piece of music, the combination of melody, harmony, and timbre?

Rhythm is measured in regularly occurring _______.

Which texture, present in most popular songs, contains a single melodic voice with subordinate accompaniment?

The deliberate shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat is called:

Which type of diatonic scale sounds "happy?"

Which instrument family contains the snare drum?

The _________ scales spans one octave, and contains 8 tones.

Which of the following describes the distance between the highest and lowest notes of a melody?

The stringed instruments belong to which group?

What types of instruments with reeds are found in the woodwind section?

What propels music forward in time?

The hierarchical organization of notes around one central tone is called:

Which texture contains a single, unaccompanied melody?

The tonic chord of a key uses which Roman numeral?

Which type of meter would most likely be used in a waltz?

What describes the distance between any two notes?

Which type of diatonic scale contains the "minor 3rd" interval, and sounds "sad?"

Beats are organized into measures, which are described as the space between two vertical bar lines.

The _________ scale uses all 12 tones, and is built entirely out of half-steps.

A phrase is a meaningful structure within a melody.

The dominant chord of a key uses which Roman numeral?

What is a melody?