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music as an art is organized by? - Answer-Sounds and silence in time
tone color - Answer-the quality of sound that distinguishes voices and instruments one
from the other is called?
Dynamics - Answer-what is the name for the various levels of loudness and softness in
music?
interval - Answer-The distance between two tones
A vocal music guide - Answer-this best describes the relationship that exists between
music and words helping to explain the thought or story behind them.
Gradually louder; gradually softer - Answer-In music notation, the term crescendo
(cresc.) is used to mean "______" and the term diminuendo (dim.) is used to mean
"_______"
improvisation - Answer-The creation of music as it is being performed is
called__________?
what does variation in tone color often produce? - Answer-Expressive effects and
emotional impact
In a music performance, the emphasis of tone in relation to the other tones around it is
called __________? - Answer-Accent
tone - Answer-in music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called______?
dynamics - Answer-the sudden quiet and crescendos leading to important parts of the
piece are examples of changes in ____________?
the structures of a singer's lungs, oral cavity, vocal cords, throat, and nasal cavity all
effect the unique_______________________________? - Answer-vocal timbre, or tone
color of their voice.
what techniques are used to control pitch in one or more kinds of brass instruments? -
Answer-1. Using a siding time to change the length of tube through air vibrates
2. Varying lip tension while blowing in a mouthpiece
3. Using valves to change the length of tube through which air vibrates.
, Synthesizer - Answer-Many of the early audio manipulating process done on early
_______________ and tape are now done in modern, more powerful computers.
Brass, and Percussion - Answer-Which categories of instruments are commonly found
in BOTH orchestras and marching bands?
Conductor - Answer-Choruses, orchestras and bands usually have a _____________
who leads the group , keeping everybody together and helping to shape the musical
composition.
Which of the following are keyboard instruments? - Answer-Organ, Harpsichord, and
Piano
Which six categories or classifications of instruments are used in the western (or
European) music? - Answer-1. String
2. Brass
3.Keyboard
4.Electronic
5.Percussion
6. Woodwind
In which of the following keyboard instruments are tones produced when air blows
across or through openings in pipes? - Answer-Pipe Organ
Britten's The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is written as a theme and
variation, which presents what characteristics? - Answer-There is a main theme that is
varied in each repetition.
Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Alto - Answer-Which of the following are common female
voice types?
Ranges - Answer-Many instruments come in different sizes, which means they have
different __________?
Electronic instruments include: - Answer-amplified instruments, synthesizers, and
computers.
How is a percussion instrument that produces a tone or tones classified as? - Answer-
An instrument of definite pitch.
Which instruments use double reeds? - Answer-Obeo, English horn, Bassoon.
The Italian term used to describe the small pitch fluctuations that give a tone expressive
warmth is _______ - Answer-Vibrato
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