Exam 2: Pitch,Dynamics,and Tone Color

The bassoon has a comparable range to which of the following instruments?

Which of these instruments is capable of playing melodies?

The English horn is not really a horn but a type of:

Which of these instruments plays in the highest range in the violin family?

What is the musical term for "medium"?

Low pitches result from:

Which is a brass instrument?

Briefly explain overtones and their contribution to variety in the experience of music.

Briefly explain the acoustical property of frequency and give the corresponding musical term.

What is another term for tone color?

Name the five families of woodwind instruments.List two members of each family in order from higher range to lower range.

Name and describe the four members of the orchestral family of bowed instruments.

Sound is produced on a clarinet by:

What,in scientific terminology,is amplitude?

Define tone color.Use adjectives to describe some tone colors with which you are familiar.

Which instrument in the brass family plays in the highest range?

In which language are dynamics generally described?

What do all stringed instruments have in common?

Pitch is the quality of the:

Unlike pianos,harpsichords are limited in their ________ capability.