Music Appreciation Final EMCC

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