Sp20 Exam 1 Review

The distance in pitch from the lowest to the highest note refers to melodic (select all that apply)

• range

• contour

• direction

A tone possesses (select all that apply)

• duration

• frequency

• timbre

Sounds that have the potential to be music are

• any and all sounds.

• sounds of a certain pitch.

• sounds of a certain rhythm.

• sounds with a cultural meaning.

The two basic processes involved in determining what is and what is not music are

• sound and silence

• duration and frequency

• timbre and frequency

• intention and perception

A people defined by shared identification with a "homeland" where they themselves do not reside represent a

• diaspora

• society

• zaar

• nation-state

The process by which music moves from one person or community to another is referred to as

• compostion

• transmission

• transubstantiation

• musical syncretism

Music exists

• when sound is added to poetry.

• hen meaning is connected to sounds.

• at the intersection of sound and culture.

• at the intersection of the individual and a community.

If a society is defined mainly by its social institutions, then a culture is defined mainly by

• its music and arts.

• its political system.

• a collective worldview shared by its members.

• its economy.

The underlying pulse of music is known as the

• accent

• beat

• subdivision

• tempo

Which of the following categories were originally devised by Hornbostel and Sachs? (select all that apply)

• Membranophones

• Chordophones

• Idiophones

• Electronpohones