Chapter 2 Exploring Music

What is music written for small musical ensembles during the Classical Period?

• Chamber Music

• Classical Music

• Orchestra Music

• Traditional Music

A scholar who studies the music of different cultural groups is called a(n)...

• ethnomusicologist

• musicologist

• ecologist

• anthropologist

Instruments that produce sound by a vibrating column of air are categorized as...

• aerophone

• idiophone

• vibraphone

• telephone

A Balinese music ensemble is called a...

• gamelan

• band

• bali band

• chamber music

Motown, one of the most successful and influential music recording and publishing empires, was located in...

• Detroit, Michigan

• Atlanta, Georgia

• New York, New York

• Gary, Indiana

Mexican music was influenced by which cultures?

• Spain and Africa

• Africa and Scotland

• Thailand and Russia

• Africa and North America

All music shares the common elements of...

• melody, rhythm, timbre, pitch

• melody, beat, rhythm, tone

• rhythm, melody, texture, beat

• tone, timbre, color, beat

Simple, solid instruments that produce sound by being struck, scraped, or shaken are categorized as...

• idiophone

• aerophone

• electrophone

• membranophone

There are many cultures throughout the world with unwritten musical traditions.

• True

• False

Music traditions are best viewed outside the context in which they originate.

• True

• False