Mid term Flashcards

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Interval

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Distance between 2 notes

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Pitch

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A note or tone
Frequency of a sound
Higher note = higher note and frequency

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Octave

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Interval 8 noted apart

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Dynamics

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Refers to the loudness and softness of music

Piano- soft
Forte- loud

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Voice types

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Soprano, alto, tenor, bass

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Soprano

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High pitched ladies

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Alto

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Low pitch ladies

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Tenor

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High pitched men

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Bass

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Low pitched men

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Woodwind

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Flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon

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Brass

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Trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba

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Percussion

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Things you hit of Shake

Drums, xylophone, tambourine, Ect.

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Strings

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Guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass, mandolin

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Tempo

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Speed of the beat/pace of the music

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Melody

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A tune ( can be sang, hummed, whistled, played) main part of a song

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Harmony

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Different notes sang/ played With the melody

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Scale

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Series of notes played up and down (do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do)

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Monophonic

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Music one note/pitch at a time

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Staff

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5 parallel lines notes are written on

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Treble clef

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Bass clef

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Marks lower, (bass) pitch notes

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Measure

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Short part of written music divided by measure lines

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Sharp

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Higher in pitch
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Flat

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b

Lower in pitch

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Middle Ages Music 450-1450 | Not much _________ record.
Written
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Middle Ages Music 450-1450 | No method of ________/_____________ music.
Writing/printing
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Middle Ages Music 450-1450 | Most music controlled by the _______.
Church
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Middle Ages Music 450-1450 | Music was______, vocal, and _________.
Monophonic | A Capella
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Middle Ages Music 450-1450 | A Capella
Means no instruments accompanying
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``` Middle Ages Music 450-1450 Important composers (2) ```
Machaut & Palestrina
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Middle Ages Music 450-1450 | No clear _______ to music.
Rhythm
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Middle Ages Music 450-1450 | Women _______ to perform in public.
Forbidden
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Renaissance (1450-1600) | Music is moving slowly from churches to courts, or ___________.
Leisure
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Renaissance (1450-1600) | Secular music grows- _____________ music.
Non-religious
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Renaissance (1450-1600) | ________ methods invented.
Printing
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Renaissance (1450-1600) Music starts to focus on _______.
Emotion
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Renaissance (1450-1600) | More _________ rhythm to the beat.
Flowing
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Renaissance (1450-1600) | Harmony used more or less?
More
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Renaissance (1450-1600) | Instrumental music used more or less?
More
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Renaissance (1450-1600) | Orchestras grew to as many as ____ musicians
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Renaissance (1450-1600) | Women are restricted to performing in _______.
Convents
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``` Baroque Period (1600-1750) Composers and musicians are ______/__________. ```
Hired and commissioned
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``` Baroque Period (1600-1750) Music in churches, courts, _______ _________, & ______. ```
Public performances, and opera
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Baroque Period (1600-1750) Music is _______. One ________. Repeated _______ and ______.
Focused Mood Rhythms and patterns
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``` Baroque Period (1600-1750) Terraced dynamics ```
Sudden changes in volume Da da dum da da dum -- BAM -- da da dum da da dum
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``` Baroque Period (1600-1750) Opera ```
Musical play
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``` Baroque Period (1600-1750) Sonata ```
Song for instruments
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``` Baroque Period (1600-1750) Cantata ```
Church vocal composition, several movements
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Oratorio
Large vocal composition, tells a story
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``` Baroque Period (1600-1750) Aria ```
Vocal solo in an opera, cantata or oratorio
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``` Baroque Period (1600-1750) Recitative ```
Dialog in opera, sang to imitate speaking
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``` Classical Period (1750-1820) Music education more _______ and _______ by the middle class. ```
Valued and accessible
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``` Classical Period (1750-1820) Some musicians worked _______ instead of patronage. ```
Freelance
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``` Classical Period (1750-1820) Emotions, dynamics, and rhythm _______ within the music ```
Change
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``` Classical Period (1750-1820) More _______ used in orchestra, size ______, sound _______. ```
Grew | Changed
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``` Classical Period (1750-1820) Symphony ```
Large composition for orchestra, 3+ movements
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``` Classical Period (1750-1820) Concerto ```
Composition for featured solo instrument with orchestra
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``` Classical Period (1750-1820) Fortepiano ```
Wooden frame, ancestor to piano
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``` Classical Period (1750-1820) Composers ```
Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
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``` Romantic Period (1820-1900) FACE IN FEet ```
Fantasy