20 Terms
Contributors in General music
General music
Tenor drum
Music; General music
Percussion instrument, larger than the snare drum, with a wooden shell.
Disco
Music; General music
Commercial dance music popular in the 1970s, characterised by strong percussion in a quadruple meter.
Prepared piano
Music; General music
Piano whose sound is altered by the insertion of various materials (metal, rubber, leather and paper) between the strings; invented by John Cage.
Bass clarinet
Music; General music
Woodwind instrument of the clarinet family with the lowest range.
Major scale
Music; General music
A collection of seven different pitches ordered in a specific pattern of whole and half steps, as shown below: 1 -(whole_)- 2 -(whole_)- 3 -(half)- 4 -(whole)- 5 -(whole)- 6 -(whole)- 7 -(half)- 8
Ternary form
Music; General music
Three-part (A-B-A) form based on a statement (A), contrast or departure (B), and repetition (A). Also three-part form.
Bass drum
Music; General music
The bass drum is a large membranophone of indefinite pitch that is played with a soft-headed stick; it produces a low, heavy sound that is heard prominently in this march.
