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Music may be defined as
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An art based on the organization of sounds in time.
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What are the four main properties of musical sounds?
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Pitch, dynamics, tone color (timbre), duration
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What is pitch?
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The relative highness or lowness of a sound.
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The pitch of a sound is decided by
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The frequency of its vibrations.
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Frequency of vibrations is measured in
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Cycles per second, or hertz.
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In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the
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Higher its pitch.
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A tone in music is a sound that
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Has a definte pitch
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The distance in pitch between any two tones is called
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An interval
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If a pitch vibrates at 880 cycles, the octave below would vibrate at
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440 cycles.
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When tones are separated by the interval of _______________, they sound very much alike.
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An octave.
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The distance between the lowest and highest tones a voice or instrument can produce is called
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Pitch range.
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Dynamics in music refers to
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Degrees of loudness and softness.
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The loudness of a sound is related to the ______________ of the vibration that produces the sound.
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Amplitude
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When a performer emphasizes a tone by playing it more loudly than the tones around it, it is called a
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Dynamic accent
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What language have composers traditionally used to indicate dynamics?
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Italian
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