Exam 2 Study Guide

Question 1

tempo

Answer 1

rate of speed of music

Question 2

dynamics

Answer 2

denote the volume (degree of loudness or softness) at which music is played

Question 3

vocalise

Answer 3

wordless melody (singing on a neutral vowel like “ah”)

Question 4

scat-singing

Answer 4

a vocal improvisation using wordless vocables, like “shoo-be-doo-be-doo-wop”

Question 5

nonlexical

Answer 5

(nonsensical) “na na na na na… hey jude” from Beatles’ Hey Jude

Question 6

secular

Answer 6

nonreligious; worldly music

Question 7

vernacular

Answer 7

the language of the people

What type of music is sung in this manner?

Question 8

sacred

Answer 8

religious

Question 9

latin

Answer 9

language of the roman catholic church; western religious music is in this language

Question 10

stanzas (strophe)

Answer 10

rhymed sections

Question 11

strophic form

Answer 11

same music is repeated for each stanzas

Question 12

chorus (refrain)

Answer 12

words and music that recur after each stanza

Question 13

syllabic

Answer 13

each syllable gets one note

Question 14

melismatic

Answer 14

a single syllable is elongated by many notes thereby giving a particular word more emphasis

Question 15

neumatic

Answer 15

with a few notes to each syllable

Question 16

word-painting

Answer 16

technique that draws out with long melisma and capturing a meaning

Question 17

timbre/tone color

Answer 17

properties of sound include pitch, duration, volume, and ________.

Question 18

instrument

Answer 18

produces sounds/ music through different techniques of motion (plucking, strum, etc.)

Question 19

soprano/ mezzo-soprano/ alto

Answer 19

highest to lowest voice types for females

Question 20

tenor/ baritone/ bass

Answer 20

highest to lowest voice types for males

Question 21

areophones

Answer 21

produce sound by using air

Question 22

chordophones

Answer 22

vibrating string between two points to create sound

Question 23

idiophones

Answer 23

produce sound from the substance itself

Question 24

membranophones

Answer 24

drum-type instruments that are sounded from tightly stretched membranes

Question 25

vibrato

Answer 25

h

Question 26

plucked/ bowed

Answer 26

h

Question 27

legato

Answer 27

h

Question 28

staccato

Answer 28

h

Question 29

pizzicato

Answer 29

h

Question 30

vibrato

Answer 30

h

Question 31

glissando

Answer 31

h

Question 32

tremolo

Answer 32

h

Question 33

trill

Answer 33

h

Question 34

double stopping

Answer 34

h

Question 35

triple/ quadruple stopping

Answer 35

h

Question 36

harmonics

Answer 36

h

Question 37

harp

Answer 37

h

Question 38

arpeggio

Answer 38

h

Question 39

STUDY INSTRUMENT TYPES IN TEXTBOOK (PG. 39-46)

Answer 39

STUDY INSTRUMENT TYPES IN TEXTBOOK (PG. 39-46)

Question 40

a cappella

Answer 40

singing with no accompaniment

Question 41

chamber music

Answer 41

h

Question 42

string quartets, piano trios, brass quintets

Answer 42

h

Question 43

orchestra

Answer 43

h

Question 44

bands

Answer 44

h

Question 45

jazz band, marching band, and wind band

Answer 45

h

Question 46

conductor

Answer 46

h

Question 47

SATB

Answer 47

h

Question 48

choir

Answer 48

h

Question 49

gamelan orchestras

Answer 49

h

Question 50

symphony orchestras

Answer 50

h

Question 51

rock bands

Answer 51

h

Question 52

baton

Answer 52

thin stick that conductors use to help performers keep at the same tempo because it is easy to see

Question 53

fugue

Answer 53

a polyphonic form popular in the Baroque era (1600-1750) based on purcell's theme

Question 54

concermaster

Answer 54

the first chair violinists to standardizes their bowing strokes so that he musical emphasis and interpretation is the same

Question 55

middle ages

Answer 55

400-1450 | kyrie (hildegard)

Question 56

early christian period

Answer 56

400-600

Question 57

gregorian chant

Answer 57

600-850

Question 58

development of polyphony

Answer 58

850-1150

Question 59

renaissance period

Answer 59

1450-1600 | Inviolata, integra et casta es maria (josquin)

Question 60

baroque period

Answer 60

1600-1750 | Minuet in D (bach, anan magdalena bach notebook); concerto in c major for two trumpets, 1 (vivaldi)

Question 61

classical period

Answer 61

1750-1825 | symphony no. 94 (surprise), II (Haydn)

Question 62

romantic period

Answer 62

1820-1900

Question 63

post romantic and impressionist period

Answer 63

1890-1915

Question 64

twentieth century and beyond

Answer 64

1915-now