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Peripetie Flashcards

1
Q

Tone colour melody

A

Klangfarbenmelodie

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2
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Fortissimo

A

Very loud

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3
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Pianissimo

A

Very quiet

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4
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ppp

A

As quiet as possible

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5
Q

fff

A

As loud as possible

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6
Q

hauptstimme

A

Principal part

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7
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nebenstimme

A

second most important part

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8
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Peripetie

A

Sudden reversal

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9
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expressionism

A

expression of feelings intensely

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10
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second Viennese school

A

Schoenberg, Berg and Webern

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11
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Year of composition

A

1909

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12
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How many players are in the orchestra?

A

90

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13
Q

How do you play the cymbal?

A

with a mallet or cello bow

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14
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What is tremolo?

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Trembling, used on a stringed instrument

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15
Q

Describe an unusual technique for double bass

A

Playing close to the bridge

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16
Q

Divisi

A

divide

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17
Q

a2 or a3

A

both or all 3 instruments to play

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18
Q

Pizzicato

A

Plucked

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19
Q

Arco

A

Bow the strings

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20
Q

bell up

A

instruction for brass. Creates a loud strident sound

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21
Q

1 solo

A

one instrumentalist

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22
Q

tutti

A

everyone

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23
Q

+

A

Hand stopped (French Horn)

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24
Q

Disjunct

A

large leaps

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25
Q

octave displacement

A

moving notes unexpectedly to a different octave

26
Q

augmentation

A

to make larger

27
Q

diminution

A

to make shorter

28
Q

sehr rasch

A

very fast

29
Q

hexachord

A

6 notes of the chromatic scale

30
Q

complement

A

the 6 notes of a chromatic scale not in the hexachord

31
Q

atonal

A

of no key

32
Q

what is imitation?

A

copying a melody in another part

33
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what is inversion

A

the intervals upside down

34
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what is retrograde?

A

backwards

35
Q

what is retrograde inversion

A

backwards and upside down

36
Q

canons

A

strict imitation (round)

37
Q

monophonic

A

one part

38
Q

homophonic

A

texture where parts move together

39
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polyphonic

A

independent parts

40
Q

What is the form?

A

free rondo form

41
Q

what is a piccolo?

A

small flute

42
Q

cor anglais

A

large oboe

43
Q

bass clarinet

A

large clarinet

44
Q

clarinet in D

A

piccolo clarinet

45
Q

contrabassoon

A

large bassoon

46
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tam-tam

A

large gong

47
Q

Which piece from 5 Orchestral Pieces is this?

A

4

48
Q

Name the composer

A

Arnold Schoenberg

49
Q

Chromaticism

A

literally colour. Use of notes outside the key

50
Q

timbre

A

tone colour (instrument or ensemble)

51
Q

Prime row

A

first ordering of the chromatic scale in a serial composition

52
Q

Serialism

A

compositional style that gives all 12 notes of the chromatic scale equal value

53
Q

ruhiger

A

quietly, calmly

54
Q

heftig

A

passionate

55
Q

etwas ruhiger

A

somewhat quieter, calmer

56
Q

motif

A

short melodic idea

57
Q

crescendo

A

gradually getting louder

58
Q

diminuendo

A

gradually getting softer

59
Q

Name 4 percussion instruments

A

tam-tam, bass drum, cymbals, xylophone

60
Q

octave

A

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