Study Guide One

Question 1

“Again”; an audience request that the performer(s) repeat a piece or perform another.

Answer 1

Encore

Question 2

The quality of a sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another.

Answer 2

Tone Color (timbre)

Question 3

Distance and relationship between two pitches

Answer 3

Interval

Question 4

Smooth, connected melody that moves principally by small intervals

Answer 4

conjunct

Question 5

disjointed or disconnected melody with many leaps

Answer 5

disjunct

Question 6

musical unit; often component of a melody

Answer 6

phrase

Question 7

resting place in a musical phrase; music punctuation

Answer 7

cadence

Question 8

an accompanying melody sounded against the principal melody.

Answer 8

counter melody

Question 9

rhythmic group or metrical unit that contains a fixed number of beats, divided on the musical staff by bar lines

Answer 9

bar/ measure

Question 10

last beat of measure, a weak beat, which anticipates the down beat

Answer 10

up beat

Question 11

weak beat or any pulse between the bests in a measured rhythmic pattern

Answer 11

off beat

Question 12

the simultaneous use os several rhythmic patterns or meters, common in twentieth-century music and in certain african music

Answer 12

polyrhythm

Question 13

series of tones in ascending or descending order; may present the notes of a key

Answer 13

scale

Question 14

principle or organization around a tonic, or home, pitch, based on a major or minor scale

Answer 14

tonality

Question 15

the interval spanning eight notes of the scale. in western music, the octave is divided into twelve half steps, the smallest interval; two half steps make a whole step

Answer 15

octave

Question 16

music symbol (#) that indicates raising a pitch by a semitone

Answer 16

sharp

Question 17

music symbol (b) that indicates lowering a pitch by a semitone

Answer 17

flat

Question 18

interval consisting of two half steps, or semitones

Answer 18

whole steps

Question 19

the process of changing from one key to another

Answer 19

modulation

Question 20

single-line texture, or melody without accompaniment

Answer 20

monophony

Question 21

two or more melodic line combined into a multivoiced texture, as a distinct from monophonic

Answer 21

polyphony

Question 22

the art of combining in a single texture two or more melodic lines

Answer 22

counterpoint

Question 23

texture with principal melody and accompany harmony, as distinct from polyphony

Answer 23

homophony

Question 24

short melodic or rhythmic idea; the smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-harmonic-rhythmic unit

Answer 24

motive

Question 25

highest-range voiced, normally possessed by women or boys

Answer 25

soprano

Question 26

female voice of the middle range

Answer 26

mezzo-soprano

Question 27

lowest of the female voices. also contralto

Answer 27

alto

Question 28

lowest of the female voice. also alto.

Answer 28

contralto

Question 29

male voice of high range. also a part, often structural, in polyphony.

Answer 29

tenor

Question 30

male voice of the moderately low range

Answer 30

baritone

Question 31

lowest of the male voices

Answer 31

bass

Question 32

small fluctuations of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound

Answer 32

vibrato

Question 33

the first-chair violinist of a symphony orchestra

Answer 33

concertmaster

Question 34

listening example (tap/click on speaker icon)

Answer 34

hildegard of bingen: "alleluia, o vigra mediatrix"

Question 35

listening example (tap/click on speaker icon)

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anonymous: "summer is icumen in"

Question 36

listening example (tap/click on speaker icon)

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john farmer: "fair phyllis"

Question 37

listening example (tap/click on speaker icon)

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josquin: ave maria

Question 38

listening example (tap/click on speaker icon) -This audio is too long to attach-

Answer 38

giovanni pierluigi da palestrina: "pope marcellus mass: gloria"

Question 39

the renaissance period in music began in 1450 and lasted until \_\_\_\_\_. a) 1500 b) 1550 c) 1600 d) 1650

Answer 39

c) 1600

Question 40

tradition credits pope gregory te great with codifying the chants by the church into \_\_\_\_\_. a) ordinary b) gregorian chant c) motet d) madrigal

Answer 40

b) gregorian chant

Question 41

chant melodies fall into three main classes, according to the way they are set to the text. **one** note sung to each syllable of the text is ... a) syllabic b) neumatic c) melismatic d) gregorian

Answer 41

a) syllabic

Question 42

chant melodies fall into three main classes, according to the way they are set to the text. **many** notes sung to one syllable of the text is called... a) syllabic b) neumatic c) melismatic d) gregorian

Answer 42

c) melismatic

Question 43

chant melodies fall into three main classes, according to the way they are set to the text. **small group** of notes sung to one syllable of the text is called... a) syllabic b) neumatic c) melismatic d) gregorian

Answer 43

b) neumatic

Question 44

the most important secular genre of the Renaissance was the... a) plainchant b) mass c) symphony d) madrigal

Answer 44

d) madrigal

Question 45

the sixteenth century has come to be regaurded as the golden age of the a capella style, which is.... a) for voices alone b) for voices alone (same as a) c) for only four musicians d) for voices and instruments togther

Answer 45

a) for voices alone

Question 46

the composer that legend credits with saving polyphonic must in catholic worship was... a) josquin b) john farmer c) palestrina d) hildegard of bingen

Answer 46

c) palestrina

Question 47

the correct order of the ordinary of the mass is.. a) kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, agnus dei b) agnus dei, sancus, credo, gloria, kyrie c) kyrie, motet, sanctus, credo d) credo, sanctus, offertory, communion

Answer 47

a) kyrie, gloria, credo, sanctus, agnus dei "just remember its A"

Question 48

the trombone is a member of the .... family a) string b) woodwind c) brass d) percussion

Answer 48

c) brass

Question 49

the viola is a member of the .... family a) string b) woodwind c) brass d) percussion

Answer 49

a) string

Question 50

the saxophone is a member of the .... family a) string b) woodwind c) brass d) percussion

Answer 50

b) woodwind

Question 51

the french horn is a member of the .... family a) string b) woodwind c) brass d) percussion

Answer 51

c) brass

Question 52

the basson is a ... instrument a) single reed b) percussion c) double reed d) brass

Answer 52

c) double reed

Question 53

the clarinet is a ... instrument a) single reed b) percussion c) double reed d) brass

Answer 53

a) single reed