Chapters 1 & 3

Question 1

MUSIC

Answer 1

Organized sound that is meaningful to people in a specific time or place

Question 2

QUALITY

Answer 2

Harmony, Tone Colour

Question 3

INTENSITY

Answer 3

Dynamics, Volume

Question 4

PITCH

Answer 4

High/Low notes produced by vibrations

Question 5

DURATION

Answer 5

Rhythm, Meter

Question 6

RHYTHM

Answer 6

Different note duration(s)

Question 7

BEAT

Answer 7

The pulse/heartbeat of a song (constant)

Question 8

METER

Answer 8

Recurring pattern of beats

Question 9

SYNCOPATION

Answer 9

Accents between the strong beats

Question 10

HARMONY

Answer 10

More than one pitch sounding at the same time

Question 11

CONSONANCE/DISSONANCE

Answer 11

At rest/tension

Question 12

TEXTURE

Answer 12

The blending of sounds

Question 13

MONOPHONY

Answer 13

One line of music; singing or playing in unison

Question 14

HOMOPHONY

Answer 14

Harmony, everyone moving at the same time

Question 14

POLYPHONY

Answer 14

Voices move at different times

Question 15

BIPHONY

Answer 15

Drone sounding line with melody on top

Question 16

MELODY

Answer 16

Organized series of pitches

Question 17

MOTIVE

Answer 17

Distinctive fragment of melody

Question 18

THEME

Answer 18

Subject matter of longer pieces of music

Question 19

FORM

Answer 19

Shape or organization of a piece of music

Question 20

GENRE

Answer 20

Different categories of music (Sonata, Concerto)

Question 21

STYLE

Answer 21

Combination of qualities that make a work distinctive (Baroque, Romantic)

Question 22

ETHOS

Answer 22

The power of music to impact a listener’s emotions

Question 23

POTLATCH

Answer 23

Celebration of life and death. Business also conduced. Gathering of different regions

Question 24

CHANT

Answer 24

Type of vocal expression. Proper precision of sacred text important!

Question 25

PSALMS

Answer 25

Songs of praise, mostly syllabic

Question 26

LITURGY

Answer 26

The specific elements that make up a religious service (texts, prayers, songs)

Question 27

SYLLABIC

Answer 27

One sylllable/word per tone (1:1)

Question 28

NEUMATIC

Answer 28

Multiple tones per syllable/word (2:6)

Question 29

MELISMATIC

Answer 29

Many tones per syllable/word (6<)

Question 30

ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION

Answer 30

Lasted approx. 1000 years

Question 31

SILK ROAD

Answer 31

(2OO BC - 900 AD) Network of roads extending east - west for trade. Instrument and music were shared here

Question 32

ROMAN EMPIRE

Answer 32

Fell in 476 AD. Traditions split when the empire fell

Question 33

NEUMES

Answer 33

A gesture (early notation). First referenced in 850 AD

Question 34

GREGORIAN CHANT

Answer 34

No meter or harmony. Modal, and sung in in 3 different styles. Melisma on important words. Used to unify/control people and reinforce faith

Question 35

MASS

Answer 35

The most important service of the Catholic Church

Question 36

MASS ORDINARY

Answer 36

Normal series of parts from mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Gredo, Sanctus, Angus Dei) words are always the same

Question 37

MASS PROPER

Answer 37

Extra chants and prayers during Easter or Christmas

Question 38

ST. YARED

Answer 38

(505 AD - 571 AD) Scholar, educator and composer. Developed notation before Europe. His chants contained percussion and different styles of singing

Question 39

POPE GREGORY I

Answer 39

(540 AD - 604 AD) Credited to the creation of Gregorian Chant. Not all plain chant is Gregorian Chant

Question 40

KASSIANI

Answer 40

(805 AD - 865 AD) Composer. Composed music for a covenant. Notable for attaching her name to her compositions

Question 41

GUIDO OF AREZZO

Answer 41

(11TH CENTURY) Monk who is credited for attaching letters to pitches. Considered the grandfather of modern music notation

Question 42

HILDEGAARD OF BINGEN

Answer 42

(1098 - 1179) Poet and composer. Started her own Monastery. Big on feminine imagery. Well-respected despite being a woman (textbooks words). Has more surviving work than any other composer in the middle ages

Question 43

MEDIEVAL PERIOD (MIDDLE AGES)

Answer 43

(1200 BC - 1400 AD) Notable items include chant, religion, notation and polyphony. Money and power was required to compose and notate music. NOTATION AND POLYPHONY were two of the biggest changes in musical history, developed around the middle of this period

Question 44

RESPONSORIAL

Answer 44

Response from others

Question 45

ANTIPHONAL

Answer 45

Alternating parts (mostly short sentences)

Question 46

DIRECT

Answer 46

Everyone sings

Question 47

TROPE

Answer 47

Expanding, adding words & melisma (to chants)

Question 48

SEQUENCE

Answer 48

Freestanding chants sung after the alleluia

Question 49

RENAISSANCE

Answer 49

(1400 - 1600)

Question 50

BAROQUE

Answer 50

(1600 - 1750)

Question 51

CLASSICAL

Answer 51

(1750 - 1830)

Question 52

ROMANTIC

Answer 52

(1830 - 1900)