BM Appendix AE / AF

Question 1

ensembles

(instrumental)

Answer 1

An instrumental ensemble is a small group of instruments with one player to a part.

1. String quartet
2. Other classical ensembles.

Question 2

consort

Answer 2

An old English name for a group of instruments playing together.

Whole consort - same types. ex: all strings / all winds

Broken consort - mixed instruments

Question 3

dance orchestras and combos

Answer 3

May be either functional or the concert type.

Any size ranging from 3 instruments to a large orchestra → rhythm section.

1. full dance orchestra
2. “stock” dance orchestra
3. small tenor band
4. the Dixieland band

Question 4

fife, drum, and bugle corps

Answer 4

An organization for the performance of field music, marches, fanfares, military music.

Question 5

instrumental media

Answer 5

instrumental solos

ensembles

orchestra

band

dance orchestras and combos

Question 6

instrumental solos

Answer 6

one instrument alone

solo insturment with keyboard accomp.

solo instrument with orchestra accomp.

solo instrument with band accomp.

Question 7

band

Answer 7

1. Originally, a group of musicians performing together, including vocalists.
2. A dance orchestra.
3. Organization of instramentalists for the performance of music, excluding strings.

miliary band

brass band

concert/symphonic band

Question 8

solo voice

Answer 8

Single unaccompanied individual voice.

ex: intonation of liturgical chants
ex: informal singing of familiar songs

Question 9

other media

Answer 9

consort

fanfare

fife, drum, and bugle corps

Question 10

fanfare

Answer 10

1. A short, lively, loud piece for trumpets or brass.
2. In French usage, the word refers to a brass band.

Question 11

vocal media

Answer 11

solo voice

accompanied solo voice

ensembles

choruses and choirs

Question 12

ictus

Answer 12

The exact place of execution

Question 13

Up beat

Answer 13

or last bar of a measure.

Moving from the upper right portion of the square down a slight slant to a spot about 1/3 of the way down the center-line, then changing direction upward to where the movement for the down beat begins.

Question 14

left hand uses

Answer 14

1. To reinforce the right hand when making preparatory beats.
2. Changes in tempo.
3. Holds or cuts.
4. Changes in dynamics.
5. Style or character.
6. Cueing performers

Question 15

release or cutoff

Answer 15

Made with an outward curving motion

Question 16

hold or pause

Answer 16

made with an inward curving motion

Question 17

preparatory beat

Answer 17

Used primarily to give the performer an idea of the tempo to follow.

Question 18

adding subdivision to a beat pattern

Answer 18

Add another beat in the same direction as the beat to be subdivided.

Question 19

2 types of 6 beat pattern

Answer 19

fast and slow

Question 20

fast 6 beat pattern

Answer 20

exactly the same as 2

Question 21

what is the area normally used for time beating?

Answer 21

An imaginary square with the top about eye level and the bottom about even with the waist and equidistant to the left and right.

Question 22

down beat

Answer 22

A vertical movement, directly in front of the body, going from teh upper to the lower part of the square then reversing direction to form the ictus.