the highness or lowness of a sound ✔️Ans - pitch
the loudness or softness of a sound ✔️Ans - dynamics
most musical terms are in what language? ✔️Ans - Italian
what term indicates gradually getting louder? ✔️Ans - crescendo
which dynamic level is softer, piano or pianissimo? ✔️Ans - pianissimo
besides adagio, what is another Italian term for slow? ✔️Ans - lento
which tempo is faster, andante or allegro ✔️Ans - allegro
what acoustic property makes all different instruments and voices sound
unique? ✔️Ans - timbre
music with strong beats on every third beat is said to be in a ✔️Ans - triple
meter
how is the sound produced in a brass instrument? ✔️Ans - when the lips of
the player vibrate against the mouthpiece
list three instruments that use double reeds ✔️Ans - bassoon, oboe, english
horn
Name the only drum that is truly tunable ✔️Ans - timpani
Name three woodwind instruments ✔️Ans - clarinet, oboe, flute
Name three string instruments ✔️Ans - violin, cello, bass
what family of instruments uses a divided air column to produce sound?
✔️Ans - the woodwind family
Name three brass instruments ✔️Ans - trumpet, trombone, horn
, name two mallet percussion instruments ✔️Ans - marimba, xylophone
which woodwind consort uses no reeds? ✔️Ans - flute
Christianity was made the religion of the Roman empire around the year
✔️Ans - 313 ad
examples of the first form of polyphony remain from approximately the year
✔️Ans - 900 ad, the organium
two other names for plainsongs ✔️Ans - plainchant, gregorian chant
explain the difference between the terms sacred and secular ✔️Ans - sacred
is of the church, secular is not
pope gregory assembled the traditional church forms around the year ✔️Ans -
590ad
which term refers to one melodic line ✔️Ans - monophony
which term refers to two or more melodic lines ✔️Ans - polyphonic
music with two or more melodic lines and different texts is called ✔️Ans -
polytextual
list the characteristics of a gregorian chant that deals with instruments ✔️Ans
- in latin, all male, no meter, monophonic, no recorded composers, acapella
the renaissance lasted from ✔️Ans - 1450-1600
the term homophonic means ✔️Ans - one primary melodic line with
instruments
what composer composed most of the music for the counter reformation
✔️Ans - giovanni pierluigi da palestrina
martin luther led the ✔️Ans - protestant reformation