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World Music Quiz 1
Vocab from Music Quiz 1
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Music
Undergraduate 4
03/13/2011

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Term
timbre
Definition
French for "tone color," the distinguishing quality of a
musical instrument's sound
Term
instrumentation
Definition
musical instruments used in an ensemble
Term
orchestration
Definition
art of combining musical instruments in different ways
for musical affect
Term
heterogeneous instrumentation
Definition
ensemble of mixed types of musical instruments
Term
homogeneous instrumentation
Definition
ensemble of all same type of musical instruments
Term
resonator
Definition
part of a musical instrument that filters and amplifies sound waves in specific ways
Term
sympathetic vibration
Definition
the quieter musical sound caused by a prior louder
sound
Term
strings-winds-percussion
Definition
system of classifying musical instruments of the
symphony orchestra
Term
sach-hornbostel system
Definition
system of classifying musical instruments intended for
all humankind's music
Term
chordophones
Definition
musical sound comes from vibrating string
Term
aerophones
Definition
musical sound comes from vibrating air column
Term
membranophones
Definition
musical sound comes from vibrating membrane
Term
idiophones
Definition
musical sound comes from vibration of entire instrument electrophone musical sound comes
Term
electrophone
Definition
musical sound comes from vibrating loudspeaker
Term
bridge
Definition
part of musical instrument that lifts the string off the sound board and transmits the vibration to the resonator
Term
frets
Definition
an intermediate bridge where a string is pressed to change its vibrating length
Term
gliassando
Definition
sliding between pitches smoothly
Term
vibrato
Definition
small changes in pitch
Term
courses
Definition
used when more than one string is tuned to the same
pitch
Term
zithers
Definition
musical instruments in which strings are parallel to a resonator that extends their entire length
Term
lutes
Definition
musical instruments in which strings are parallel to the body that holds them and with a resonator at one end
Term
fingerboard
Definition
the "neck" of a lute that is a flat surface onto which
fingers press strings
Term
lyres
Definition
musical instruments in which strings are attached to a crossbar that is held up by two posts and with a resonator at the bottom
Term
harps
Definition
musical instruments in which strings are roughly perpendicular to the resonator
Term
flutes
Definition
musical instruments in which a stream of air is blown over a sharp edge
Term
reeds
Definition
musical instruments in which a stream of air is blown pieces of wood or other material that are fixed in a mouthpiece
Term
bore
Definition
the shape of the tubing of an aerophone (conical or cylindrical)
Term
transverse flute
Definition
held sideways to the player's mouth
Term
fipple
Definition
the sharp edge in a duct flute
Term
frame drum
Definition
a membranophone with a resonator of short length
Term
definite pitch
Definition
musical sound resulting from a simple, regular, and precise vibration
Term
indefinite pitch
Definition
musical sound made from a complex, irregular vibration
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