Pitch Revision

What is the definition of pitch?

• The short and long sounds in a piece of music

• To throw a ball across the playground

• The high and low sounds in a piece of music

• The volume of sound

The elements of pitch include tonality, melody, harmony, contour, direction, range and register

• True

• False

Tonality means you need to describe the piece as:

• Major or minor

• Short or long

• High or low

• Up or down

Who has the melody in this excerpt?

Who is providing the harmony in this excerpt?

• Female vocals

• Guitar

The contour of the melody played by the electric guitar is moving in...

• Steps only

• Leaps only

• A combination of steps and leaps

The vocal melody is moving in both an ascending and descending direction

• True

• False

The range of the vocals is:

• Narrow

• Wide

• Medium

The register the vocalist is singing in is:

• His high register

• His low register

• Both his low and high register

• Both his medium and high register

The rate of harmonic change (how often the chords change) is:

• Once per bar

• Twice per bar

• Once every two bars

• Wait a minute... the chords change?