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World Music 1

Ch 1-5 world music test

QuestionAnswer
The rate at which the beat passes Tempo
The choice of instruments that play a certain piece Instrumentation
Arrange the pitches of mode in either ascending or descending order Scale
The perceived amount of time a piece lasts for Psychological Time
One sound. Single melody. men and women sing together in parallel octaves Monophony
Used in instruments with a mouth piece. air is pushed through causing vibration between the mouth piece and this object Single Reed
Gradual slow down of tempo Ritardando
Aerophones in which a stream of air is focused on a sharp edge Flute
The home base ptich Tonic
An organization of beats, division of beats, and grouping of beats in distinct levels of passage of time Meter
A piece of music that uses 5 pitches of the 12 available Pentatonic
Feeling that a melody revolves around this pitch Tonality
All similar instrumentation Homogenous
Gradual decrease in loudness Decrescendo
The regular division of time Beat
The method by which musicians decide which frequencies will be represented on instruments or in a musical system Tuning System
A song that repeats a group of melodic phrases over and over but with different words Strophic
Abstract, a general direction or shape of a melody over time Melodic Contour
Classical music, created by professionals, but selling to large audiences is less important than the depth of expression which can be very complex and sophisticated Art Music
Temporary change of key or mode with transposition of music Temporary change of key or mode without transposition Modulation
Music with a perceived beat Pulsatile
A single melody accompanied by supporting harmony. Singer singing with guitar Homophony
Each individual drum has a line of its own Drum Polyphony
A sequence of pitches in rhythm as the most important element of music Melody
David Byrne. "world music" ghettoizes music. Exotic = unnecessary I Hate World Music
When men and women sing together Parallel octaves
Long, constant pitch played throughout all or part of a composition heard more as a background noise Drone
Music without a perceived beat Non-Pulsatile
Created by professionals for mass audiences usually with the intent of selling it as a commodity Popular music
Wind instruments. A column of air within the instrument makes the sound Areophones
A meter in which the beat is DIVIDED into two Simple (Meter)
Where the melody lies in relation to the possible range of the singer or instrument. Tessitura
Several different simultaneous melodies. Singing in a round. (row row row your boat) Polyphony
Created by armatures for their own community's enjoyment Folk Music
Analyze composition and musical systems Music Theorist
Meter in which beats are GROUPED in twos Duple (Meter)
A shared identity in clothing, food, beliefs, values, customs, music ect Culutre
Simultaneous variations. Not common in western music Heterophony
A meter in which the beat is DIVIDED into three Compound (Meter)
All different instrumentation Heterogeneous
Study of the history of music Musicologist
Gradual increase in loudness Cresecendo
Musical characteristic that describe the relative roles and distribution of various melodies Texture
The interval between pitches. 2:1 Octave
Rhythm in which the metrical stress of a note is displaced in the meter so that the emphasis occurs on normally unstressed beats Syncopation
The entire instrument vibrates to make the sound Idiophone
The art of combining the instruments in different ways for musical effect Orchestration
Used to lift the string up over the body of the instrument so that it vibrates freely Bridge
A gradual speed up of tempo Accelorando
Playing different pitches simultaneously Harmony
Drums. A membrane (skin) stretched over a resonator or frame makes the sound Membranophone
The number of sound waves per second. Frequency
The major or minor scale around which a piece of music revolves Key
The factual amount of time a piece lasts for Clock time
Study of music as a part of people's way of life Ethnomusicologist
The air being pushed and pulled by the first string and the air slightly pushes and pulls the second string Sympathetic vibration
String instruments. A vibrating string, whether plucked, bowed, or struck makes the sound Chordophone
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