Music CH10

chorodphones (string instruments)

Answer explanation

special effects legato:smoothly,connected staccato:notes short, detached vibrato: rapid wrist and finger movement, slightly alters pitch glissando: left hand slides along the string tremolo: rapid repitition of a tone trill: rapid alternation of two adjacent on tones double stops: playing two strings at once, creates harmony mute: attachment over the bridge, muffles the sound harmonics:lightly touching the string, high pitch tones

harp

Answer explanation

one of the oldest instruments pitches changed by pedals

arpeggios

Answer explanation

chords in broken form

guitar

Answer explanation

dates back to Middle ages

acoustic

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-wood fretted fingerboard, nylon strings

woodwind instruments

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-not always made of wood

embouchure

Answer explanation

-oral mechanism of lips, lower facial muscles, and jaw

piano

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-string struck with hammers

organ

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-wind instrument -airflow to pipes controlled by keyboards and a pedal board

harpsichord

Answer explanation

quills pluck metal strings