1. Perceptive listening is listening to and appreciating a musical work for its…
full range of technical and expressive qualities

2. What word refers to hearing-related experiences, such as listening?
Aural

3. A __________ is a sequence of tones arranged in rising pitches.
scale

4. The ______________ is a Japanese vertical bamboo flute with five holes
Shakuhachi

5. Another name for a musical group is
ensemble

6. A mariachi plays a style of ensemble music from…
Mexico

7. The way sounds are woven together
texture

8. True or false…
Music often functions as a form of group expression and social communication.
true

9. _____________ listening is being aware that there, is music playing, perhaps enjoying what you are hearing
casual

10. Composer Libby Larsen called the ________ the most important musical instrument of the past 50 years.
Electric guitar

11. The distance between two pitches is called…
Interval

12. Do music critics have much influence on public opinion?
yes

13. Sensuous listening could be described as…
a strong emotional response
Caught up in the music

14. ______________ characterizes a heightened sensitivity to the content, form, or emotional impact of an artistic work.
aesthetic

15. A word meaning in unison with everyone sounding the same pitch or octave at the same time.
monophonic

16. Name a famous operatic tenor we talked about in this chapter.
Luciano Pavarotti

17. For most guitarists, which hand is used to strum the guitar?
right

18. A sequence of eight pitches built on a pattern of two whole steps, one half step, three whole steps, and one half step is called…
Major scale

19. ______________ is a musical group with several violins, two trumpets, large bass guitar and special five- and six-string guitars.
mariachi

20. A melodic instrument used most widely by Native Americans is the …
flute

21. Call and response is a question and answer pattern in which the ____________ responds to a __________.
Group/ leader

22. True of false…
A listener can decide how much attention to give to music.
true

23. A ______________ is a performer with a brilliant, flawless technique.
virtuoso

24. ______________ wrote the “Washington Post March.”
John Philip Sousa

25. List a few reasons why people listen to music when they are alone.
Private, pleasurable, can be moving, match a mood, or change a mood

26. When listening to music, volume must be carefully controlled so as not to suffer from…
noise induced hearing loss

27. True or false…
When experiencing music in the company of other people, our reaction and participation are dependent on the situation and type of music.
true

28. Perceptive listening is listening to and
appreciating a musical work for its…
full range of technical and expressive qualities

29. Name at least three criteria that we use to evaluate a musical performance.
Timbre, expressiveness, technique, presentation, impact