Study Guide: Chapters 8-11

Chapters 8-11 Worksheet

TEST THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

1.     What is musical timbre (tone color)?

2.     What are the properties of sound? (4)

3.     What influences the timbre of an instrument? (3)

4.     What are two ways to produce music?

5.     What is the most natural of all musical instruments and the most widely used?

6.     What is the highest female vocal range?

7.     What is the lowest male vocal range?

8.     What is the mid-ranged female vocal range

9.     What is the highest male vocal range?

10.  What is the mid-ranged male vocal range?

11.  What is the lowest female vocal range?

12.  What are the four categories of instruments and how is sound produce from each?

13.  What is EMBOUCHURE?

14.  What two families of instruments use EMBOUCHURE?

15.  What is a CHORUS?

16.  What voice parts are normally used in a chorus?

17.  What does a capella mean?

18.  What is CHAMBER MUSIC? 

19.  What is the trait of chamber music?

20.  What are the two definitions for the word SYMPHONY?
21. What are the families of instruments?  

22.  The ___________ family is the heart of the symphony orchestra.

23.  Describe the following ensembles in detail:

       a.     Concert band

       b.     Jazz Band

       c.     Marching Band

       d.     Rock Band

24.  What is a conductor? 

25.  What are the duties of a conductor? 

26.  What is a composer? 

27.  What is a composition?

28.  What is form? 
29. What is medium?
30. What is genre?

31.  What is sacred music? 

32.  What is secular music?

33.  Preservation of music without the aid of written notation is called _________________________.

34.  What is style? 

35.  The individualized treatment of the _____________________________ makes one musical work sound similar to or different from another.

36.  What 5 influences can the shape of an artist?