TEST 1

Question 1

Music…

Answer 1

..occurs in real-time.

Question 2

Pitch refers to-

Answer 2

specific sound, number of vibrations per second

Question 3

Troubadours

Answer 3

Poet musicians from the Age of Chivalry

Question 4

Rhythm

Answer 4

duration of musical sound (all sounds on or in between beats)

Question 5

Popular Art

Answer 5

the art that was developed for a growing middle class for mass consumption. It is easily digestible and catchy with an intended audience of all. It is made to sell and depends on commercial success.

Question 6

Pitch

Answer 6

the number of vibrations per second, or the (specific) frequency of a sound

Question 7

Folk Art

Answer 7

the art that has an aural and oral tradition. Deals with political and social issues, does not need to be popular and it deals with reality.

Question 8

Ars Antiqua

Answer 8

the old technique of polyphonic music centered at the Norte Dame School

Question 9

Ars Nova

Answer 9

the new technique of polyphonic music

Question 10

Tempo

Answer 10

Speed (how fast or slow)

Question 11

Mode

Answer 11

Major/minor

Question 12

Melody

Answer 12

Horizontal alignment of pitches; pitches one after another (singable in one breath)

Question 13

Phrase

Answer 13

Sentence in music, there is a stopping place

Question 14

Polyphonic

Answer 14

More than one melody (line) at the same time.

Question 15

Functional harmony

Answer 15

chords have specific interrelation and function (taking you somewhere, driving it forward)

Question 16

Harmony

Answer 16

Vertical alignment of pitches, pitches on top of another

Question 17

Tonality

Answer 17

a feeling of centrality of one note to a passage of music (within the key)

Question 18

Monophony

Answer 18

one line (melody)

Question 19

Style (give examples and define)

Answer 19

combination of qualities that make it distinctive (something or someone unique)
ex: composer, time period, art in general

Question 20

Isorhythm

Answer 20

identical rhythms on different pitches that differentiate Ars (associated with Ars Nova)

Question 21

Motet

Answer 21

A religious vocal composition (like mass, wiggle room for lyric changes).

Question 22

Plainchant

Answer 22

unaccompanied monophonic music (earliest fine art music)

Question 23

Key

Answer 23

one pitch more important than the other (pitch name)

Question 24

Cadence

Answer 24

ending place in a phrase, punctuation in music

Question 25

Form

Answer 25

the structure of the music; beginning, middle, and end.

Question 26

Homophony

Answer 26

Melody with accompaniment

Question 27

Meter

Answer 27

recurring pattern of strong and weak beats

Question 28

Secular

Answer 28

non-religious music such as dances or madrigals

Question 29

Motive

Answer 29

the shortest part of the melody that is easily identifiable

Question 30

Dynamics

Answer 30

how loud or soft (volume)

Question 31

Sonority

Answer 31

the richness of tone color and becomes increasingly important during the Renaissance

Question 32

Organum

Answer 32

the earliest genre of polyphonic music

Question 33

Fine Art

Answer 33

the art that has cultivated European tradition. It is not based on reality and is written down, it is made to challenge the listeners and the instrument players.

Question 34

Overtone Series

Answer 34

Occurs in nature, a collection of pitches that occurs at the same time only hearing the primary pitch

Question 35

Renaissance artists...

Answer 35

...strove to make their work accessible/relatable to the average person or manhood instead of God.

Question 36

Duality of the Baroque period-

Answer 36

Extravagance and control

Question 37

Tone Color

Answer 37

Timbre: the unique sound of an instrument

Question 38

Galliard, Pavane, Jig

Answer 38

Secular dancing

Question 39

Vertical

Answer 39

Harmony

Question 40

Horizontal

Answer 40

Melody

Question 41

Motet, Mass

Answer 41

Religious music

Question 42

Madrigal

Answer 42

Secular music

Question 43

Melodic Material, in steps

Answer 43

Motive, Phrase, Theme, Theme Group

Question 44

Polyphony Norte Dame School Monophony Iso Rhythm Ars Antiqua Organum Troubadours/Trouvere Plainchant Ars Nova Age of Chivalry

Answer 44

Polyphony/Organum Ars Nova/Iso Rhythm Monophony/Plainchant Troubadours/Trouvere//Age of Chivalry Ars Antiqua/Notre Dame School