Music 130 Final Terms

Music 130 final

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The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called
Pitch
In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a
Tone
The distance in pitch between any two tones is called
An interval
Which of the following is not a double reed instrument?oboe, clarinet, bassoon, english horn
Clarinet
Which of the following is not a brass instrument?cornet, french horn, euphonium, english horn
English horn
The ______ is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
Beat
The element of music defined as the ordered flow of music through time or more specifically, the particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music
Rhythm
The organization of beats into regular groups
Meter
When a accent occurs on an unexpected beat the effect is known as
Syncopation
In musical notation, silence is indicated by
Rests
In a musical time signature, the upper number tells
How many beats fall in a measure
Melody may be defined as
A series of single notes which add up to a recognizable whole
A consonance is a combination of tones that
Is considered stable and restful
A combination of tones that is considered unstable and tense is called a
Dissonance
The texture of a singles melodic line without accompaniment is
Monophonic