Music Appreciation Final EMCC| 100 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

The 4 main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and? correct answer: Duration. The relative highness and lowness of a sound is called? correct answer: Pitch. The ____ of a sound is decided by the frequency of its vibrations. correct answer: Pitch. In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the ____ its pitch: correct answer: Higher. The distance in pitch between any 2 tones is called? correct answer: An Interval. Dynamics in music refers to? correct answer: Degrees of loudness and softness. A gradual increase in loudness is known as a? correct answer: Crescendo Timbre is synonymous with ____? correct answer: Tone Color. Symphonic bands differ from symphonic orchestras in that they? correct answer: Do not contain a string section. A thin piece of cane, used singly or in pairs by woodwind players, is called a? correct answer: Reed. Which of the following is NOT a brass instrument? correct answer: English Horn. The vibrations of brass instruments come from? correct answer: The musician's lips. The ____ are the only orchestral drums of definite pitch: correct answer: Timpani. The ____ is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time. correct answer: Beat. The element of music defined as the ordered flow of music through time, or more specifically, the particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music is? correct answer: Rhythm. The organization of beats into regular groups is called? correct answer: Meter. The first, or stressed, beat of measure is known as the? correct answer: Downbeat. In musical notation, pitchers are written on a set of 5 horizontal lines called a? correct answer: Staff.