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Matching: Match each term with its definition; then consult the answer key:
| a.cadence | 1. shifting from one key to another within a musical composition |
| b.chord | 2. tone color; quality of sound |
| c.consonance | 3. stable combination of tones; points of rest |
| d. dissonance | 4. degrees of loudness and softness in music; intensity of sound |
| e. dominant | 5. series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole; musical sentence |
| f. dynamics | 6. distance in pitch between any two tones |
| g. harmony | 7. chord built on the first step of the scale; central key around which a musical composition is organized |
| h. interval | 8. progression of chords leading to a feeling of repose at the end of a phrase; musical punctuation mark |
| i. melody | 9. repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch |
| j. meter | 10. relative highness or lowness of sound; frequency of vibrations |
| k. modulation | 1 1. part of a melody |
| l. phrase | 12. particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of music; ordered flow of music through time |
| m. pitch | 13. how chords are constructed and follow each other |
| n. rhythm | 14. combination of three or more tones sounded at the same time |
| o.sequence | 15. placing an accent in music where it would not normally be expected |
| p. syncopation | 16. organization of beats into regular groupings; time signature |
| q. tempo | 17. speed of a beat |
| r. theme | 18. triad built on the fifth step of the scale |
| s. timbre | 19. melody that serves as the starting point for a more extended piece of music |
| t. tonic | 20. unstable combination of tones; tension demanding onward motion |
Matching: Match each instrument with its family grouping:
| a. strings | 21. trumpet |
| b. woodwinds | 22. saxophone |
| c. brass | 23. cello |
| d. percussion | 24. english horn |
| 25. vibraphone | |
| 26. trombone | |
| 27. violin | |
| 28. oboe | |
| 29. timpani | |
| 30. bassoon |
Matching: Match each term with its definition:
| a. allegro | 31. short, detached style of playing or singing a melody |
| b. andante | 32. tempo marking for fast |
| c. arpeggio | 33. plucking the strings of a string instrument instead of using a bow |
| d. crescendo | 34. gradual increase in loudness |
| e. homophonic | 35. sounding the individual tones of a chord one after another, instead of together; broken chord |
| f. legato | 36. smooth, connected style of playing or singing a melody |
| g. monophonic | 37. texture in which two or more melodies of equal interest are performed at the same time |
| h. pizzicato | 38. texture in which one main melody predominates over a subordinate chordal accompaniment |
| i. polyphonic | 39. texture of a single melodic line without accompaniment |
| j. staccato | 40. tempo marking for moderately slow; a walking pace |
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS:
1-k; 2-s; 3-c; 4-f; 5-i; 6-h; 7-t; 8-a; 9-o; 10-m; 11-l; 12-n; 13-g; 14-b; 15-p; 16-j; 17-q; 18-e; 19-r; 20-d; 21-c; 22-b; 23-a; 24-b; 25-d; 26-c; 27-a; 28-b; 29-d; 30-b; 31-j; 32-a; 33-h; 34-d; 35-c; 36-f; 37-i; 38-e; 39-g; 40-b.