prelim

Question 1

acciaccatura

Answer 1

an ornament that sounds like a crushed note. played very quickly and has no value

Question 2

mordent

Answer 2

an ornament. note, note above or below, note

Question 3

added 6th chord

Answer 3

root,3rd,5th and 6th chord. frequently used in jazz and popular music HAPPY

Question 4

alberti bass

Answer 4

bass line that features an arpeggio. popular in classical period

Question 5

glissando

Answer 5

sliding from one note to another popular in trombone, hall and piano music

Question 6

basso continuo

Answer 6

single bass line like a cello with a harpsichord filling in harmonies

Question 7

coloratura

Answer 7

high, floral vocal singing involving scales, runs and ornaments

Question 8

harmonics

Answer 8

high eerie sound produced on stringed instruments

Question 9

harmonic minor scale

Answer 9

7th note is raise by a semitone

Question 10

lied

Answer 10

solo voice and piano in german . no orchestra. romantic period

Question 11

string quartet

Answer 11

ensemble with 4 string players. 2violins. 1 viola and 1 cello

Question 12

chamber music

Answer 12

music written for a small instrumental ensemble with one player to a part

Question 13

sonata

Answer 13

instrumental work for solo instrument and piano. appear alongside concerto symphony and aria

Question 14

jazz funk

Answer 14

jazz improvisation and amplified instruments and character of rock music

Question 15

soul music

Answer 15

combined elements of gospel, rhythm and blue and often jazz

Question 16

musique concerté

Answer 16

natural sounds, sounds are edited in some way

Question 17

plain chant

Answer 17

acappella male singing, latin text, modal tonality words of roman catholic church

Question 18

recitative

Answer 18

speech like sining, dry accompaniment

Question 19

oratorio

Answer 19

not acted out, musical setting of a biblical story

Question 20

mass

Answer 20

latin and polyphonic. key words are kyrie credo gloria sanctus agnusdei

Question 21

impressionist

Answer 21

whole tone scale, lack of beat, expressive

Question 22

diminished chord

Answer 22

sounds sinister, sound is crushed together HORROR CHORD

Question 23

dominant 7th

Answer 23

sounds bigger than added 6th, interval sounds latger Perfect cadence

Question 24

melodic minor scale

Answer 24

sounds dark

Question 25

interrupted cadence

Answer 25

surprise cadence, minor chord

Question 26

tiercé di picardie

Answer 26

minor piece and major last chord

Question 27

time changed

Answer 27

music changes time signature simple to compound

Question 28

irregular time changes

Answer 28

difficult to keep counting as pulse keeps changing

Question 29

ripieno

Answer 29

main group of instrumentalists smaller group is concertino

Question 30

tremolando

Answer 30

rapid up and down movement on stringed instrument

Question 31

concerto grosso

Answer 31

instrumental work in baroque period consisted of ripieno and concertino

Question 32

da capo aria

Answer 32

ternary from used in opera. secrion a/section b/a with ornaments

Question 33

perfect cadence

Answer 33

sounds finsihed (.)

Question 34

plagal cadence

Answer 34

sounds finsihed (amen chord)

Question 35

pedal

Answer 35

sustained note

Question 36

trill

Answer 36

moving quickly between 2 notes

Question 37

octave

Answer 37

8 notes

Question 38

ritardando

Answer 38

tempo slows down

Question 39

imperfect cadence

Answer 39

sounds almost finished (,)

Question 40

through composed

Answer 40

the music keeps changing, not repetitive