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The Language of Music 2

Learn the essential music vocabulary behind pitch, melody, harmony, and chords.

Activity

Answer the questions below and then check your answers in the dropdown below.


  1. Pitch is the way that musicians refer to the ____________.

    1. High or low quality of a sound.

    2. High or low quality of the musician.

    3. High or low quality of a recording.

    4. High or low quality of the song.


  2. There are an infinite number of pitches that we can use. Instead of figuring out which pitches we want to use, what helps us get started right away?

    1. There’s no help. You have to figure it out from scratch every single time.

    2. The keyboard

    3. Chicken nuggets

    4. The melody


  3. What’s one similarity between a melody and a bassline? 

    1. They both only have one note at a time.

    2. They both play high notes

    3. They both play low notes

    4. They both play notes that a singer would sing.


  4. Two notes played at the same time are called ______.

    1. A chord

    2. An interval

    3. A chinterval

    4. A chicken