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Quick questions on Hearing texture and instruments explained: N(A)-Level Music
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What are the instrument families?Show answer
In Western music the orchestra has four families, each with a characteristic timbre: strings (violin, viola, cello, double bass, smooth and singing, bowed or plucked), woodwind (flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, breathy and reedy), brass (trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, bright and powerful), and percussion (drums, timpani, xylophone, struck). Voices are usually grouped as soprano and alto (higher) and tenor and bass (lower).
What is q1?Show answer
Name the three main types of texture. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Define timbre and give one describing word for a brass instrument. [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Explain the difference between a homophonic and a polyphonic texture. [3 marks]
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