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54 Cards in this Set
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What is an instrument?
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A mechanism that generates musical vibrations and launches them into the air.
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What is a Soprano?
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The highest female singing voice.
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What is an Alto?
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The lowest female singing voice.
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What is a Tenor?
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The highest male singing voice.
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What is a Bass?
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The lowest male singing voice.
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Register is...
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A specific area in the range of an instrument or voice, such as low, middle, or high.
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Vibrato is...
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A throbbing effect.
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Aerophones are...
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Woodwind instruments that produce sound using air.
Ex: Flutes, Whistles, Accordions, Bagpipes, and Horns. |
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Chordophones are...
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Instruments that produce sound from a vibrating string stretched between two points.
Ex: Violin, Cello, Harp, Guitar, Dulcimer and Sitar. |
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Membranophones are...
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Drum-type instruments that are sounded from tightly stretched membranes. Can be struck, plucked, rubbed, or even sung into.
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Timbre/Tone Color is...
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Striking differences in the sound quality of instruments; the quality of sound.
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This bowed string family has four principal members: violin, viola, violincello and double bass, each strings are set vibrating by drawing a bow across them.
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Bowed
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What does a Double do?
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An instrument that reinforces another when it plays the same notes an octave higher or lower.
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What are Arpeggios?
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A technique where chords are frequently played in broken form. Tones are sounded one after another. It means "a broken chord" and is Italian for "Harp".
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This instrument is the soprano of the woodwind family that has cool and velvety tones in the expressive low register , and often brilliant in the upper parts of its range.
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Flute
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The family of instruments that have a single reed are..
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The Clarinet and Saxophone Families.
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String instruments are sounded by ____ and ____.
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Bowing; Plucking
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Instruments in included in the plucked string family are Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harp, Mandolin, and Banjo. True or False?
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True - Instruments in included in the plucked string family are Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harp, Mandolin, and Banjo.
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The bass instrument in the brass family is:
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The Tuba
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The instruments of the Western orchestra are categorized in four groups: Strings, Brass, Percussion, and ____.
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Flutes.
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What is double stopping?
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Playing on two strings at once.
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The term "A Cappella" refers to choral music performed:
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With out any accompaniment.
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The bugle has a wide range of pitches due to its valves. True or False?
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False - The bugle does not have a wide range what so ever.
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How do idiophones produce sound?
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By shaking, scraping, or striking the instrument itself.
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The family of instruments that have a double reed are..
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Bassoon and Oboe Families.
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Conical Instruments include Bassoon, Oboe, Tuba, Saxophone, and French Horns. True or False?
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True
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Cylindrical Instruments include Clarinets, Flute, Trumpets and Trombones.
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True
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What are Cylindrical Instruments?
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They are instruments with tubing that have the same bore (width) throughout.
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What are Conical Instruments?
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They are instruments that have tubing which starts with a small bore (width) and widens out to a larger bore (width).
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Pitched instruments include:
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Timpani, Kettle Drums, Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, Celesta, Chimes, and Tubular Bells.
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Non-Pitched Instruments include:
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Snare Drum, Tenor Drum, Bass Drum, Tom-Tom, Tambourine, Castanets, Triangle, Cymbals, Gong, Tam-Tam, and Gamelan.
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Keyboard instruments include:
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Piano, Harpsichord, and Organ.
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What is a "Mute"?
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A device that is fitted to an instrument to soften or otherwise alter its tone. This may be an object placed inside the bell of a brass instrument, or on the bridge of an orchestral string instrument.
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What is a Choir?
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A small group of singers that is often connects with a church or with the performance of sacred music.
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What is a Chorus?
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A fairly large body of singers who perform together; their music is usually sung in several voice parts.
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SATB is abbreviated for what?
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Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.
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Smaller, specialized vocal ensembles include these two groups.
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Madrigal Choir and Chamber Choir.
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What is Chamber Music?
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Ensemble music for a group to two to about a dozen players, with only one player to a part. It is known for its intimacy.
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What is an Orchestra?
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A performing body of diverse instruments.
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What is a Symphony?
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An ensemble of strings coupled with an assortment of woodwinds, brass and percussion instruments.
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What are Concert Bands?
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A band that is an ensemble of wind instruments that is an established institution in most secondary schools, colleges and universities.
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What are Marching Bands?
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An ensemble of wind instruments and percussion that originated from the military. They often entertain at parades or sporting events.
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This group generally includes a reed section made up of saxophones of various sizes and an occasional clarinet, a brass section of trumpets and trombones and a rhythm section of percussion, piano, double bass and electric guitar.
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Jazz Bands
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This group typically feature amplified guitars, percussion, and synthesizers.
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Rock Bands
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A conductor uses a thin stick to beat time in standard metric patterns to help the performers keep the same tempo. What is this called?
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Baton
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He/She serves as the group's leader in large ensembles, such as an orchestra, concert band, or chorus.
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Conductor
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String players, depend on this person to standardize their bowing strokes so the the musical emphasis, and therefor interpretation, is uniform.
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Concertmaster
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Genres are...
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Categories of music; the over all character of the work as well as its function.
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Form is...
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The structure of music.
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What is a Medium?
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Who plays the music.
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What is Style?
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How the music is played.
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What is Sacred Music?
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Music that is for religious functions.
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What is Secular Music?
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Music outside a religious context.
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Oral Transmission is...
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The preservation of music with out the aid of written notation.
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