Music Appreciation Final EMCC| 100 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 2023/2024

The four main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and - Correct Answer duration The relative highness or 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 two tones is called - Correct Answer an interval Dynamics in music refers to - Correct Answer degrees of loudness or 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 a measure is known as the - Correct Answer downbeat