Music Elements and Definitions

All music elements of sound of time.

All music must be pretty or beautiful.

Music can have a larger purpose than to sound pleasing.

A good definition for music includes subjective factors.

The physical characteristics of music involve physics, mathematics, and engineering.

The science of acoustics is typically not used with musical instrument construction.

Porous materials will bounce sound waves around a room.

Dense materials will absorb sound waves.

Music that lacks forward energy may seem static.

As opposed to highly structured art music, children's songs rarely communicate a wide range of feelings.

Music should never be used as purely functional.

Music can have attributes of both folk and classical music.

Generally, Western European music is the only style we consider art music.

Music from any culture is a reflection of the society that created it.

The existence of music among all peoples is a fairly recent event in history.

Musical languages, styles, and functions really differ very little among various cultures.

All cultures have music because of its power to stimulate emotional responses.

Aesthetic responses can be universal or culture-specific.

Music can evoke unpleasant associations.

Music therapists use music to alter people's feelings.

Background music promotes passive listening.

Public performers rarely need a motivating force.

Performing has its own creative element.

A performer's interpretation shouldn't add anything to a composer's notation.

Performing can be intended only for the performers themselves.

Many people will learn to read music notation.

The elements of music are pitch, duration, loudness, and melody.

Small, thin instruments are higher in pitch than big, wide instruments.

Placing accents on weak beats or parts of beats produces syncopation.

The loudness or softness of music is referred to as timbre.

Variety creates a sense of contrast.

Repetition creates a sense of contrast.

An unstable feeling will drive the music forward to a point of relative stability.

Many American popular and religious songs are written in verse-chorus form.

Twelve-bar blues is a form derived from a style of American folk song called jazz.

Much 20th century classical music emphasizes melody over rhythm and timbre.

Music is:

__________ can be used to create music.

The principles of acoustics can involve such terms as:

An audio enthusiast will want a speaker system with the __________ frequency response.

Acoustical engineers design auditoriums according to principles like:

The acoustics of a room are considered __________ when sound waves are absorbed.

To appreciate music it is important to ___________ what happened before, and __________ what is about to happen.

Music is an art and:

Regardless of its style, good music:

A great piece of music encourages repeated:

Musical stylistic differences among cultures come from:

Music can stimulate:

Music therapists can help people:

___________ in music is the use of written symbols to represent musical sounds.

Most creators usually create music that is:

Which of the following makes more use of improvisation?

When people perceive a single tone we call it:

The __________ the frequency, the higher the pitch; the __________ the frequency, the lower the pitch.

A sequence of pitches occurring one after another is perceived:

Instrumental melodies usually can have __________ than vocal melodies.

Tonality refers to:

Harmony is perceived:

The system of using chords in American music is known as:

We usually hear three or more simultaneous sounds as a:

Music moves through:

The variety of changes in the duration of pitches creates:

Pulse refers to the __________ of the music.

Strong, weak, strong, weak is an example of:

Strong, weak, weak, strong, weak, weak is an example of:

__________ music has no pulse, a weak pulse, or an irregular pulse.

__________ has a clear pulse, with strong beats occurring in different patterns.

__________ intensity generates a louder sound.

In Western classical music instruments are classified according to their:

Tension followed by a release of tension produces:

Texture in Western music can refer to:

Form is frequently depicted by:

32-bar song form is found in:

__________ give a feeling of temporarily stopping with the sense that the music will continue.

__________ convey a strong feeling of finality.

The science of sound and the physical basis of music.

The rate of speed of sound waves.

Helps music move forward.

Music for the masses.

Music for the elite.

The study of the emotional and expressive aspects of music.

Can improve our feelings when we're alone.

When music is notated.

Simultaneously created and performed.

Listening to music attentively.

The relative highness or lowness of sound.

How long a pitch lasts.

Determined by intensity or energy.

Determined by the shape of sound waves.

The entire range of frequencies sounding at once.

The absence of frequencies.

The shape of a melody.

A system of organizing pitches.

A complete musical thought.

The rate of speed.

The organizing of beats.

One group of beats.

The first beat of each bar.

Increased stress.

The distinctive tonal quality of an instrument or voice.