Music Flashcards

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musical form where we combine the earlier style of writing music with the modern techniques

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Neo-classicism

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2
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most of maurice ravel’s musical compositions deal with water in its flowing or stormy moods as well as with human characterizations and it is called in ________

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Impressionism

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3
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are sounds that mostly comes from surroundings whether its man-made or natural

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Chance music

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4
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is a process where sounds are grouped according to timbre and rhythm and it creates a whole new definition of sound

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Organized sound

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5
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one of the characteristics of avant garde is _____ where the musical scores were not necessarily followed as written

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Improvisation

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6
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the two proponents of impressionism are known for being

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opposites

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7
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why chance music sounds different at every performance

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Because of the random techniques of production

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8
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when you use materials from other cultures, specific countries, and ethnic groups in making music you call it

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Primitivism

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9
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focuses on mood rather than depicting the reality

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impressionism

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10
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Arnold Schoenberg was credited for his development of the ______

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Whole tone scale

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11
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is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation

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Electronic music

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12
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is a type of music composition that utilizes recorded sounds as raw materials

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Concrete music

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13
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he was among the 20th century musicians where he incorporated the nationalistic elements to his music

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Igor Stravinsky

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14
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is the primary exponent of expressionist music

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Arnold Schoenberg

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15
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bells, gongs, xylophones, and occasional vocal parts are used in

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gamelan

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16
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claude debussy was born on what year

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1862

17
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were the main proponents of impressionism music

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french composers

18
Q

expresses strong emotions such as anger, anxiety, depression, and alienation

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expressionism

19
Q

the theremin creates ______ that create sounds at different pitches when a musician moves his hand around it

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electromagnetic fields

20
Q

made use of the freer 7 diatonic scale

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neo-classicism