JWST 398 Quiz #1 Study Guide
This study guide is intended to assist you in preparing for the first quiz – Musical Elements.
Listed below are terms and concepts from your class notes. You may want to Google search any
definitions about which you are unclear, as our textbook does not cover these aspects of music.
1. Melody
2. Harmony
pitch
frequency
interval
scale
chords
triads
major
minor
tonality
consonance
dissonance
3. Rhythm
beat (same as pulse, count)
meter (duple, triple, quadruple)
measure
syncopation
4. Tone color/Instruments/Vocal ranges
timbre (means tone color)
instrument register (pitch range, from lowest to highest)
string instruments
woodwind instruments
brass instruments
percussion instruments
(you should know names of main instruments in each instrumental family and what its relative
range is – high or low. Example: piccolo is woodwind, very high range; tuba is brass, very low
range)
Vocal types, highest to lowest:: soprano, alto, tenor, bass