1. When two different notes are sounded, the ear can readily feel one of them is higher or lower than the other. This difference is called the difference of pitch. 2. The pitch of sound is indicated by the first seven letters of the alphabet. 3. An interval is defined as the difference in pitch between two sounds. 4. The pitch of a note is shown by its position on the staff. This consists of five parallel lines or in the spaces between them. The higher the position of the note on the stave, the higher its pitch.
20. Put the following sentences into the Passive voice:
1. The Netherlands masters and their pupils held the best musical posts in France and Italy. 2. Rymsky-Korsakov and Glasunov completed a historic opera “Prince Igor” which Borodin left unfinished. 3. They also edited and orchestrated Mussorgsky’s “Khovanshchina”. 4. The Venecian Catterino Cavos produced operas on Russian subjects both fantastic and historical. 5. Rachmaninov wrote his second Piano Concerto, and dedicated it to the physician who cured him.
21. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple, Active or Passive:
1.Josquin Despres (to be born) in 1440. He (to be) the greatest of the composers of the early Netherland School. 2. The Netherlands masters (to invite) to exercise their talent abroad. 3. Popular carols and hymns (to invent) by the people themselves and (to tolerate) by church authorities. 4. In England music (to make) little advance during the 15-th century. 5. Both Mussorgsky and Borodin (to be) amateur musicians – Mussorgsky, a guards officer, who never wholly (to master) the craftsmanship of music, Borodin, a distinguished chemist, who (to compose) in spare time. 6. The teacher (to arouse) the boy’s love for music and (to awaken) his ambition. 7. During the First World War Rachmaninov (to serve) in the French Army and when he (to return) from the battle front after the war, he (to buy) a villa in Monfortl’ Amanry, where he (to live) up to the end of his life.