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Instruments that produce sound from a vibrating string are called:

Music for a horror movie might reasonably include a great deal of:

The principle of organization whereby we hear a piece of music in relation to a central tone is called:

Which of the following is the proper chronological order of musical style periods?

The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played is its:

The term a cappella refers to choral music performed:

Which term describes a melody that moves by small intervals?

In what language are tempo markings generally given?

The element that describes the musical fabric, or the relationship of musical lines within a work, is called:

For most of its history, the Roman Catholic Church conducted services in which language?

The basic structural concepts in the element of form are:

The style of a historical period is defined by:

A texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices are subordinate is:

Instruments that produce sound by using air as the vibrating means are called:

The standard ranges of the human voice from highest to lowest are:

Active listening is

The distance between the highest and lowest tones of a melody is called the:

The preservation of music without the help of written notation is called?

A twelve-tone scale, including all the semitones of the octave, is called:

What general term suggests something of the overall character of a work as well as its function?

A melody added to, or played against, another melody is called a

The distance between any two pitches is called a(n)

A combination of three or more tones that constitutes a single block of harmony is called a(n):

A string quartet consists of:

The depiction of the meaning of a text in music is called:

The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized in four groups: strings, woodwinds, percussion, and:

At a symphony concert, you should applaud:

Music is propelled forward in time by:

A succession of single tones or pitches perceived as a unit is called:

The quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another is: