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What is the term for the musical element of relative musical loudness or quietness?
Dynamics
What is an instrument whose sound is produced or modified by an electro-magnetic pick-up?
Electric instrument
What is an instrument whose sound is produced or modified by electronic means?
Electronic instrument
What is a group of musical performers called?
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What is NOT a type of instrument?
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What is the function of a metronome?
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What is a measure in music?
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What does the Italian prefix 'mezzo' mean?
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What type of group is described as playing during sports events?
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What type of instruments make up a brass band?
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What is the purpose of an Etude?
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What does a flat symbol do to a pitch?
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What type of instrument is a flute?
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What is filmmusic?
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What does the dynamic marking 'Forte' indicate?
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What is a glissando?
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What is instrumentation?
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What is a marching band?
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What does 'mezzo' mean in Italian?
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What is the dynamic marking 'mezzo-forte'?
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What is a microtone?
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What is a mode in music?
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What is the purpose of a mute in music?
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What is an orchestra?
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What is the dynamic marking for a very quiet sound?
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What does the dynamic marking 'P' represent?
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What is the term for a group of musical performers?
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What type of instrument group does نحاسية belong to?
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Study Notes
Dynamics
- Dynamics refers to the musical element of relative loudness or quietness
- Forte (F) is a loud dynamic marking
- Fortissimo (FF) is a very loud dynamic marking
- Piano (P) is a quiet dynamic marking
- Pianissimo (PP) is a very quiet dynamic marking
- Mezzo-forte (MF) is a medium loud dynamic marking
- Mezzo-piano (MP) is a medium quiet dynamic marking
Instruments
- Electric instrument: an instrument whose sound is produced or modified by an electro-magnetic pick-up
- Electronic instrument: an instrument whose sound is produced or modified by electronic means
- Flute: a metal tubular instrument that is the soprano instrument of the standard woodwind family
- French horn: a valved brass instrument of medium/medium-low range (alto to bass)
- Guitar: a six-stringed fretted instrument
Musical Concepts
- Etude: a "study" piece, designed to help a performer master a particular technique
- Ensemble: a group of musical performers
- Filmmusic: music that serves either as background or foreground material for a movie
- Glissando: a rapid slide between two distant pitches
- Improvisation: "on-the-spot" creation of music while it is being performed
- Instrumentation: the combination of instruments that a composition is written for
- Jazz: a style of American modern popular music combining African and western musical traits
- Legato: a smooth, connected manner of performing a melody
- Marching band: a large ensemble of woodwinds, brass, and percussion used for entertainment at sporting events and parades
- Metronome: a mechanical (or electric) device that precisely measures tempo
- Measure: a rhythmic grouping, set of notes in written music, separated by a vertical barline
- Microtone: a non-western musical interval that is smaller than a western half-step
- Mode: a scale or key used in a musical composition
- Mute: a device used to mute the tone and volume of the instrument
- Orchestra: a large instrumental ensemble comprised of strings, woodwinds, brasses, and percussion
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