Music Exam: 1. Qualities of Sound & 2.

Pitch
Name and surname:

2 ___ N____

1. Find out the mistakes of the following statements and write them correctly (1.5 points):
a) Sound is produced when the vibration of my hair is transmitted as a sound wave up to our
ears.
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b) The ear picks up the sounds with a very thin membrane, the nose.
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c) The pitch of a sound depends on the wave duration, which is the vibration speed.
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d) The timbre allows us to distinguish between soft and loud sounds.
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e) The qualities of sound are: blue, yellow, red and purple.
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f) There is something called absolute silence, when we stop doing any kind of noise.
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2. Describe the processes that take place when we are singing. (0.5 points)

3. Write down the Do scale, the name of the notes in English and the distribution of tones and
semitones. (1 point)

4. Draw the keys of a piano and name all the notes/keys (both black and white) of the scale.
(1 point)

5. Translate these words into Spanish: (1 point)

To breath:
Recorder:
In order to:
Therefore:
To fade out:

Rests:
Root sounds:
Enharmonic note:
Persistence:
Keyboard:

6. Match the different waves with each type of sound: (1.5 points)
Sounds

Waves

SOLUTIONS

a)Lowest pitch

1.

A =____

b) Shortest duration

2.

B =____

c) Softest intensity

3.

C =____

d) Longest duration

4.

D =____

e) Highest pitch

5.

E =____

f) Loudest intensity

6.

F =____

7. What is the name of these symbols and what do we use them for? (1.5 point)

8. Find the description of the intervals: (1 point)

a) its an ascending interval, it is a 5th and it has 3 tones and 1 semitone
b) its an descending interval, it is a 4 th and it has only 2 tones
c) its an 8th, it is ascending and it has 5 tones and 1 semitone
d) its descending, it is a 2nd and it has only 1 tone

Interval

9. Describe the following intervals (1point):