Level 8 Terms and History Flashcards
(55 cards)
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cédez
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Yield; hold the tempo back (French)
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léger
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Light, lightly (French)
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lentement
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Slowly (French)
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modéré
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At a moderate tempo (French)
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movement
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Tempo, motion (French)
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vite
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Fast (French)
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bewegt
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Moving (German)
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langsam
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Slow, slowly (German)
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mässig
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moderate, moderately (German)
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mit Ausdruck
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With Expression (German)
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schnell
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Fast (German)
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sehr
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very
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Allargando
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Broadening, becoming slower
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largamente
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Broadly
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l’istesso tempo
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the same tempo
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ritenuto
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suddenly slower, held back
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stringendo
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pressing, becoming faster
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attacca
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proceed without a break
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calando
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becoming slower and softer
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comodo
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at a comfortable, easy tempo
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con sordino
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with mute
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pizzicato
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on a bowed string instrument, pluck the string instead of bowing
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arco
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on a bowed string instrument, resume bowing after a pizzicato passage
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A single line of unaccompanied melody
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Monophonic texture
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- A sacred genre representing the earliest form of notated western art music
- consists of a monophonic modal melody with unmeasured rhythm and Latin text
plainchant
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- scale patterns with distinct relationships between whole steps and half steps
- served as the source of melody and harmony in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
modes
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Ionian
Major scale tonic to tonic
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Dorian
Supertonic to supertonic
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Phrygian
Mediant to mediant
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Lydian
Subdominant to subdominant
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Mixolydian
Dominant to dominant
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Aeolian
Submediant to submediant
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Locrian
Leading tone to leading tone
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The combination of two or more independent lines
Also known as contrapuntal texture
Polyphonic texture
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Old English word for a “round”
Strict imitation is created through successive entries of a melody in several voices
Rota
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Ostinato
A recurring rhythmic or melodic pattern
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Medieval era
ca476-1450
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Renaissance era
ca1450-1600
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A popular secular polyphonic vocal genre developed in Italy in the late 15th century
Based on playful poems and lighthearted word painting
Frottola
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Musical pictorialization
The music mirrors the meaning of the words through melody, harmony, and rhythm
Word painting
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Literally means “for the chapel,” but refers to vocal music without instrumental accompaniment
This style was typical of Renaissance vocal music
a cappella
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All voices have the same rhythmic pattern, creating blocked chordal style
Text is very clear and easy to follow as a result
homorhythmic texture
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A traditional Javanese instrumental ensemble
Features metallophones, gongs, xylophones (instruments with wooden bars,) drums and voices
Gamelan
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Instruments featuring metal bars of different sizes that are struck with a variety of mallets
Produce a shimmering bell-like sound
Metallophones
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Literally means “colour” or “atmosphere”; provides melodic structure of a composition or performance
A pattern of pitches defined by the number of notes it contains as well as the pattern of intervals
Used as basis of extended improvisation
raga
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A multi-stringed plucked instrument with movable frets; similar to a lite or guitar
Five strings are used to play melodies, while two strings are used for drone and percussive effects
sitar
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Literally means “clap”; provides rhythmic structure for a composition or performance
A metric cycle or regularly repeating rhythmic phrase that can include from three to over one hundred rhythmic units
Often expressed by percussion instruments such as the tabla (a pair of drums)
tala
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Composer of “Ordo Virtutum (Play of virtues)
Hildegard von Bingen
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13th century vocal work about summer
Sumer is icumen in (summer is coming)
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Name two vocal works from the Medieval era (476-1450)
Ordo virtutum (Play of Virtues)
Sumer Is Icumen In (Summer is coming)
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Name one important Renaissance composer
Josquin des Prez
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What song of Josquin des Prez’ does this unit refer to
El grillo (The Cricket)
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Name one instrumental ensemble associated with the music of java
Gamelan Prawa
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Name one instrument associated with the music of India
Sitar
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Renaissance Era
ca450-1600
