Exam 1 Review

A repeated rhythmic pattern in music.

The main tune of the piece.

What instrument cateogory would be best to describe a trumpet?

Oral tradition.

A capella means to

What classification is this instrument?

What is the name of the blue boxed region?

Which region was greatly effected by the Trail of Tears?

A xylophone would fit into which instrument classifciation?

Which is NOT a component of a music-culture?

When we listen for the grouping of strong and weak beats into Duple and Triple, we are listening for the

Emphasis on Homophonic Texture.

What is the organization of sound and silence?

The best definition for the distance between two sounds.

Words with no dictionary meaning.

If I have a choir singing in unision, what would the texture be?

I hear a pianist playing by themsleves with multiple pitches at the same time. What is my texture?

Who was not involved in the Battle of Little Bighorn?

What is the region with the black square?

I have one person singing and a piano playing harmony. What is the texture?

What is the best word to describe how loud or soft the sound is?

The pulsating effect to add warmth and emotion to the singer, wind, or string player.

Which scale would have only 8 notes?

What words best describes how fast the music is going?

A group of pitches sung to one syllable of text.

If one sound is higher than another, we desribe it as having a higher____

The steady pulse of the music is its

An octave is a(n)___

What texture would have mulitple, independent melodies at the same time?

What classifcation would this instrument be?

Which of the the following is not a musical point of comparison when looking at the regions?