MUS 112 Test 1 Ch 1

The simultaneous use of contrasting rhythms is known as

• a and c only

• junk 1

• junk 2

• junk 3

When a trombone uses a slide to glide seamlessly from one note to another, it is known as

• junk 1

• a glissando.

• junk 2

• junk 3

On some instruments, timbre can be varied by using

• junk 1

• junk 2

• mutes

• junk 3

The major scale contains

• junk 1

• junk 2

• junk3

• a and c only

The chromatic scale is made up of ____ notes.

• 12

• junk 1

• junk 2

• junk 3

In addition to playing the roots to the harmonies, the string bass also

• junk 1

• provides an underlying rhythmic foundation

• junk 2

• junk 3

Timbre is(are)

• junk 1

• junk 2

• the sound quality or “tone color” of an instrument.

• junk 3

Blowing intensely into a saxophone to produce a cluster of pitches is known as

• junk 1

• junk 2

• junk 3

• multiphonics

Each chord is named after its bottom note, also known as the

• root

• junk 1

• junk 2

• junk 3

A dissonance is

• junk 1

• unstable harmony that demands resolution toward a consonance

• junk 2

• junk 3