Vocabulary Quiz

Homework Assignment

Video “The Drummer”

Vocabulary Quiz

On the answer document provided, write the letter of the word on the screen next to the definitions provided. If you

cannot read the screen as the instructor for a copy of the list.

1) Timbre 2) Pitch 3) Rhythm4) Dynamics 5) Organology 6) Aerophones7) Sachs-Hornbostel system 8) Chordophones 9) Scale10) Idiophones 11) Membranophones 12) Range 13) Eiectrophones 14) Tuning system 15) Forte 16) lndependent polyphony 17) Interval 18) Rhythm 19) Melodic contour 20) Ornamentation 21) Melody 22) Heterophony 23) Homophony 24) Monophony 25) Polyphony 26) Mezzo Piano 27) Piano 29) Mezzo Forte

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Homework AssignmentAnswer the following Questions as homework for the next class

 

1.Which four basic components of music do you believe will be the most helpful in identifying Asian music? Why?

2.Name at least three examples from each instrument category in the Sachs-Hornbostel system. In which subcategories do these examples belong?

3.How does pitch differ from tuning system?

4.How does tuning system differ from scale?

5.How does scale differ from range?

6.How does homophony differ from independent polyphony?

7.How does independent polyphony differ from heterophony?

Begin Video “The Drummer” (In Chinese with subtitles)

(113 minutes)