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THE ELEMENTS AND STRUCTURES OF MUSIC

 

Instruments

Match the following words with the correct equivalents:

a.     Woodwind                                                                  1. oboe                 a.

b    Brass                                                                             2. violin               c.

c.     Strings                                                                         3. trombone          b.

d.     Percussion                                                                   4. harpsichord      e.

e.     Keyboard                                                                    5. clarinet            a.

a-b. Plucked Strings                                                           6. saxophone        a.

                                                                                            7. flute                 a.

                                                                                            8. lute                   a-b

                                                                                            9. bassoon            a.

                                                                                            10. french horn     b.

                                                                                            11. viola              c.

                                                                                            12. trumpet           b.

                                                                                            13. guitar             a-b

                                                                                            14. cello              c

                                                                                            15. piano              e.

16. rhythm
17. beat
18. the first beat of a three beat pattern
19. syncopation
20. phrase
21. Is heard as the strongest pitch, serves as a keynote around which others revolve, is called the tonic and forms the key.
22. consonant
23. dissonance
24. texture
25. tempo
26. Italian
27. getting faster
28. dynamics
29. the color of a tone
30. a. pianissimo
31. soprano, alto, tenor, bass
32. they were all at one time made of wood
33. the speed at which an object is vibrating
34. a.  all tunes are melodies
35. sequence
36. counterpoint
37. tempo
38. major and minor scales
39. compound meter
40. metronome
41. an emphasis given to a particular sound
42. a ritard
43. monophonic texture
44. homophonic texture
45. copy each other at different times
46. ternary form
47. rondo form
48. true
49. false (harmony is the simultaneous sound of two or more pitches)
50. true

51.  a-c

52.  e

53.  a-e

54.  b

55.  d

56.  c-d

57.  b-c

58.  d-e

59.  a-b

60.  a.

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