Final Flashcards

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Genre

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Type of Music

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Example of Music Hall

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Recital Hall, Symphony Center, Opera House, Chamber Hall

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Beethovens Struggle

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Deafness

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Also Sprach Zarathrusta is a

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Tone Poem

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Style is

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Distictive sound of Music

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Three levels of listening

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Sensual, Expressive, Musical

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Three Elements of Music

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Rhythm, Melody, Harmony

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2 or more pitches sounding at the same time

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Musical texture where voices mover roughly at the same time

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Monophony

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Single line of music, no harmony

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polyphony

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musical texture with free and independent lines

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Counterpoint

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harmonious opposition of 2 or more independent lines

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pizzicato

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string technique of plucking

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trill

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rapidly alternating between 2 pitches

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tremolo

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rapidly repeating the same pitch (strings)

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vibrato

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controlled wobble in the pitch

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arpaggio

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notes of a triad played separately up or down

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dynamics

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louds and softs in music

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chord

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2 or more pitches sounding at the same time

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triad

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chord constructed on 3 pitches in a very specific way

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genre of music in the Renaissance era are best exemplifies that music express the meaning of the text

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Madrigal

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sharp

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raises the pitch

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flat

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lowers the pitch

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tonality

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organization of music around the pitch

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modulation

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move from one tonality to another

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clef
shows the pitch range
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metre or time signature
how the beat of music are grouped to form a meter
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bar line
vertical line that separates measures
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tempo
speed at which the beat sounds
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meter
organizing beats into groups
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measure
group of beats
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rests
absense of sounds in music
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rhythm
the division of time into patterns of long and short sounds
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All- male choirs were most common in the renaissance
true
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three composers of the Renaissance Era
Desprez, Palestrina, Weelkes
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1460 invention
printing press
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choral music setting a vernacular poem
Madrigal
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Human voices from lowest to highest
Bass, Baritone, tenor, alto, mezzo soprano, soprano
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highest to lowest violin group
Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
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Six instruments of the woodwind family
flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, piccolo, contrabassoon
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Four of the trumpet family
trumpet, french horn, tuba, trombone
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Percussion instrument most commonly heard
timpani
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four keyboard instruments dating from middle ages through modern times
Harpsichord, pipe organ, piano, electric keyboard
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form
arrangement of musical events
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statement
presentation of an important musical idea
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repetition
reiterating statement
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contrast
takes us away from familiar into unknown
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variation
altered original melody
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Strophic form
same melody used in subsequent stanzas
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binary form
labeled AB
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Ternary Form
Labeled ABA
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Rondo form
refrain alternates with contrasting music (IE ABACA)
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theme and variation
one musical theme that returns continually altered