Elements of Music Review (Dr. Vanderkooy)

Question 1

Pitch Range is the distance between the _______ and ______ tones of a voice or instrument.

Accepted Answer

lowest and highest

Question 2

The degree of loudness and softness in music is called _______.

Accepted Answer

Dynamics

Question 3

Sharp or flat signs after the clef sign, and at the beginning of the staff are called the _____.

Accepted Answer

key signature

Question 4

True or False: The distance in pitch between any two tones is called an INTERVAL.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

_________ is the organization of musical ideas in time.

Accepted Answer

form

Question 6

The four main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone colour, and

Accepted Answer

duration.

Question 7

TRUE or FALSE: The organization of beats into regular groups is called tempo.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Use Italian dynamic markings to say “Very soft, soft, and very loud”.

Accepted Answer

pianissimo, piano, fortissimo.

Question 9

True or False: The vibrations of brass instruments come from a double reed.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Music can be defined as

Accepted Answer

an art based on the organization of sounds in time.

Question 11

What music term best describes the speed of the beat?

Accepted Answer

tempo

Question 12

_______ is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time.

Accepted Answer

beat.

Question 13

True or false: Ternary form is represented as A B C.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The relative highness or lowness that we hear in sound is the definition for the term ______

Accepted Answer

pitch

Question 15

Silence is notated by using a symbol called a ______.

Accepted Answer

rests

Question 16

What kind of melody will serve as the starting point for a more extended piece of music?

Accepted Answer

theme

Question 17

The typical way of using melody, rhythm, tone colour, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form is called

Accepted Answer

style

Question 18

A composition that alternates between soft and loud dynamics can be said to be high in contrast

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

In a time signature, the upper number tells __________.

Accepted Answer

how many beats fall in a measure.

Question 20

Which is the slowest tempo indication?

Accepted Answer

Adagio

Question 21

When we notate music, pitches are written on a set of five horizontal lines called a ______.

Accepted Answer

staff.

Question 22

True or False: Western music uses the first seven letters of the alphabet to indicate pitch.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

True or false: In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a TONE.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

The central tone around which a musical composition is organized is referred to as ____?

Accepted Answer

Tonic

Question 25

_________ refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other.

Accepted Answer

harmony

Question 26

What apparatus produces a ticking sound or flashing light at any desired musical speed or tempo

Accepted Answer

metronome

Question 27

What does crescendo mean?

Accepted Answer

gradually louder

Question 28

The word tone colour is synonymous with the word _____ ?

Accepted Answer

timbre

Question 29

What is the simplest, most basic chord used in western music?

Accepted Answer

triad

Question 30

True or False: Rocking the left hand of the violin while pressing the string down is called "pizzicato".

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

The particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music, is _______.

Accepted Answer

rhythm.

Elements of Music Review (Dr. Vanderkooy)

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