Midterm

Question 0

Distance between two notes

Answer 0

Interval

Question 1

The frequency of a sound

Answer 1

Pitch

Question 2

Interval 8 notes apart

Answer 2

Octave

Question 3

Loudness or softness of a sound

Answer 3

Dynamics

Question 4

What are the four voice types

Answer 4

SATB

Question 5

Class of instruments the have holes that open/ close by keys/fingers

Answer 5

Woodwinds

Question 6

Sound is produced by buzzing lips

Answer 6

Brass

Question 7

Things that you hit or shake

Answer 7

Percussion

Question 8

Strings that are plucked

Answer 8

Strings

Question 9

Speed of a sound

Answer 9

Tempo

Question 10

Main part of a song

Answer 10

Melody

Question 11

Different notes played/sang with melody

Answer 11

Harmony

Question 12

Series of notes played up and down

Answer 12

Scale

Question 13

Music one note at a time

Answer 13

Monophonic

Question 14

5 parallel lines that notes are written on

Answer 14

Staff

Question 15

Marks higher pitch notes

Answer 15

Treble clef

Question 16

Marks lower pitch notes

Answer 16

Bass clef

Question 17

Short part of written music that divided by measure lines

Answer 17

Measure

Question 18

Higher in pitch, shorter

Answer 18

Sharp

Question 19

Lower in pitch, longer

Answer 19

Flat

Question 20

Not much written record, no method of writing/ printing musi

Answer 20

Middle Ages

Question 21

Most music controlled by church

Answer 21

Middle Ages

Question 22

Music was monophonic, vocal, a Capella.

Answer 22

Middle Ages

Question 23

Important middle age composers

Answer 23

Machaut and Palestrina

Question 24

No clear rhythm to music

Answer 24

Middle Ages

Question 25

Women were forbidden to play music in public or church

Answer 25

Middle Ages

Question 26

Music moves from churches to courts, leisure

Answer 26

Renaissance

Question 27

Secular music grows

Answer 27

Renaissance

Question 28

Printing methods developed

Answer 28

Renaissance

Question 29

Music starts to focus on emotion

Answer 29

Renaissance

Question 30

More flowing rhythm to the beat

Answer 30

Renaissance

Question 31

Harmony used more

Answer 31

Renaissance

Question 32

More instrumental music appears

Answer 32

Renaissance

Question 33

Orchestras grew to as many as 60 people

Answer 33

Renaissance

Question 34

Women restricted to performing in convents

Answer 34

Renaissance

Question 35

Composers and musicians hired/comissioned

Answer 35

Boroque

Question 36

Music used in churches, courts, public performances, and opera

Answer 36

Baroque

Question 37

Music is focused with one mood and relating rhythms

Answer 37

Baroque

Question 38

Sudden changes in volume

Answer 38

Terraced dynamics

Question 39

Composers of baroque time

Answer 39

Bach Handel and Purcell

Question 40

A musical play

Answer 40

Opera

Question 41

Song for instruments

Answer 41

Sonata

Question 42

Church vocal composition

Answer 42

Cantata

Question 43

Large vocal composition that tells a story

Answer 43

Oratorio

Question 44

Vocal solo in an opera

Answer 44

Aria

Question 45

Dialog in an opera.. Could have been said but is sang

Answer 45

Recitative

Question 46

Bachs death led to a..

Answer 46

New era

Question 47

Music education more valued and accessible to middle class

Answer 47

Classical period

Question 48

Musicians work freelance instead of patronage

Answer 48

Classical

Question 49

Emotions, dynamics, and rhythms change during song

Answer 49

Classical

Question 50

More and more instruments.. Size grew.. Sound changed

Answer 50

Classical

Question 51

Large composition for orchestra, 3 or more movements

Answer 51

Symphony

Question 52

Composition for featured solo instrument with orchestra

Answer 52

Concerto

Question 53

Wooden frame, ancestor to piano

Answer 53

Fortepiano

Question 54

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven

Answer 54

Producers of classical period