LAS/MAS/MUS 337 Final Exam Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

elements of music - timbre, pitch, rhythm, texture, dynamics, form timbre - tone or aural color ex: bright or muted, short or long degradation, clear or fuzzy pitch - frequency of the tone rhythm - duration of sounds and silences and organization of such texture - phonic structure or relationships between sounds dynamics - volume and articulation of sounds form - underlying organizational structure of the sounds organology - type of instruments used (sachs-hornbostel system) sachs-hornbostel system - aerophones, chordophones, idiophones, membranophones, electrophones aerophones - flutes, reeds, trumpets chordophones - lutes, zithers, lyres, harps (plucked, bowed, struck, and fretted) idiophones - pitched/non-pitched, plucked, struck, shakenmembranophones - struck with hand, stick, or other device rubbed or singing membranes electrophones - sound produce by electronic means, sound enhanced by electronic means the bandas de viento (wind bands) developed in Oaxaca, and in mexico in general - true