Music Quiz #1

small collection of notes played over and over

the variation of loudness between notes and phrases

body of singers with more than one voice to a part

soprano, alto tenor, bass

what are the four groups of orchestral music?

shows all the parts of a large work, with each part on separate staves in vertical alignment

instrumental music played by a small ensemble, with one player to a part, the most important form being the string quartet

organization of sound in time

regularly reoccurring sound

the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played

gradually increasing the tempo of a piece of music

gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music

duple, triple, quadruple

regularly recurring patterns and accents such as bars and beats

a single unit of time referring to a specific number of beats

a vertical line that divides one bar from another

the first note that is heard in the beginning of a piece of music

determines where the measure begins

indicates how many beats are in each measure

lyrics or notes that comes before the first full measure of music

notes are split into two

notes are split into three

linear succession of musical notes that listener perceives

a sound of two or more notes heard simultaneously

the perceived sound quality of a musical note, sound, or tone

the position of a single sound in the complete range of a sound

major, minor, chromatic

the first and last note

the fifth note

the seventh note (note right before the last note that completes the chord)

any harmonic set of pitches/frequencies consisting of multiple notes

central pitch around which a piece of music gravitates

temporary change of tonality

single musical voice without accompaniment

identical pitch between two notes and sounds

two or more voices singing different pitches

2 or more voices singing different pitches moving roughly together in the same rhythm