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Tone Colour

Stage 6 Vocabulary for HSC Music 1: Tone Colour

TermDefinition
Which term would best describe a piccolo playing in it's high register: shrill or mellow? Shrill
How can you describe the sound of an oboe? Nasal
How can you describe the tone colour of a drum kit? hollow, metallic, rumbling, scratchy, strong
How can you describe the lower register of a piano? Rumbling, muddy, dark
What mnemonic is used for Tone Colour? PIES: Physical quality, Instrumentation, Ensemble, Sound Sources
What 6 physical qualities of instruments are there? wood• metal• string• skin• electronic• vocal
Name five different ways sound can be produced on instruments hitting• blowing• shaking• scraping• plucking
Name a high register brass instruments that sounds piecing Trumpet
Name a low register string instrument that rumbles and uses scraping to produce sound Double Bass
Which 3 different types of sound sources can you have? acoustic, electronic and synthesised
What is the name of the ensemble that has strings, brass, percussion and woodwind? Orchestra
Name the ensemble that has woodwind, brass and percussion Concert band or Wind Symphony
Which woodwind and brass instruments play in a jazz big band? Saxophone, trombone and trumpet
What is the device called that put into brass instruments bells to make a metallic or harsh sound? Mutes
What are the four World Music categories of instruments? membranophone, chordophone, aerophone, idiophone
What are the four main types of singer voices? Soprano, alto, tenor, bass
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