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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.

  1. rhythm
  2. beat
  3. the first beat of a three beat pattern
  4. syncopation
  5. phrase
  6. Is heard as the strongest pitch, serves as a keynote around which others revolve, is called the tonic and forms the key.
  7. consonant
  8. dissonance
  9. texture
  10. tempo
  11. Italian
  12. getting faster
  13. dynamics
  14. the color of a tone
  15. a. pianissimo
  16. soprano, alto, tenor, bass
  17. they were all at one time made of wood
  18. the speed at which an object is vibrating
  19. a.  all tunes are melodies
  20. sequence
  21. counterpoint
  22. tempo
  23. major and minor scales
  24. compound meter
  25. metronome
  26. an emphasis given to a particular sound
  27. a ritard
  28. monophonic texture
  29. homophonic texture
  30. copy each other at different times
  31. ternary form
  32. rondo form
  33. true
  34. false (harmony is the simultaneous sound of two or more pitches)
  35. 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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