Test 1 Flashcards
(94 cards)
1
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You may earn ___ points of extra credit in this class.
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a.) 10
2
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Tests are worth ___% of grade.
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d.) 75
3
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Course contract must be turned in by 1st test…true or false?
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a.) true
4
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The ___ turned in w/ concert paper…
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c.) stamped concert program
5
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One of properties of sound controlled by a musician is…
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a.) how loud sound is, or dynamics
6
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Duration refers to how long sound lasts…true or false?
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a.) true
7
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The highness or lowness of sound refers to its _____.
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d.) pitch
8
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The distinctiveness of sound, or what makes each voice or instrument sound different is ____.
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c.) timbre
9
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60 db of volume is the level of:
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b.) an ordinary conversation
10
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Only a(n) ____ is likely larger than modern orchestra.
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d.) university marching band
11
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Panissimo is _____.
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d.) very soft
12
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Forte is ____.
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a.) very loud
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Mezzo-forte is _____.
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b.) medium loud
14
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Piano is ____.
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e.) soft
15
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Mezzo-piano is _____.
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c.) medium soft
16
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Musical instruments are usually in _____.
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d.) Italian
17
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Crescendo means to grow softer…true or false?
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b.) false
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Decrescendo means to grow softer…true or false?
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a.) true
19
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What 4 instruments does the woodwind family contain?
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a.) flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons
20
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The ______ family is perhaps most versatile & largest instrument family.
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c.) percussion
21
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Trumpets & trombones=definite pitch; Woodblocks & cowbells=indefinite pitch…true or false?
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a.) true
22
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Oldest playable instruments are _____ dating back over 3,000 years.
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b.) Chinese bone flutes
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Rhythm can be simple or complex, fast or slow, measured or unmeasured…true or false?
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a.) true
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Accents & syncopation can establish a steady beat…true or false
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a.) true
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Rhythm can also conflict w/ beat, creating regular, intermittent patterns totally random…true or false?
a.) true
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Tempo greatly affects the _____ of a composition.
b.) mood
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Lento means ______.
d.) very slow
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Vivace means ______.
e.) fast & lively
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Meter is the organization of beats into ______.
a.) groupings
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Bar lines divide beats into groupings in a musical score…true or false?
a.) true
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A ____ is the smallest movement to an adjacent pitch.
c.) step
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A _____ is any movement larger than a step.
b.) leap
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Scales are the "raw materials" for melodies…true or false?
a.) true
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Scales begin or end on a _____ keynote.
e.) tonic
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Notated pitches range from _____.
d.) a to g
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The piano has ____ keys.
e.) 88
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A phrase is a substantial, but incomplete ____ that is separated from adjacent phrases w/ clear musical punctuation.
c.) idea
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A ____ is a group of 3 or more pitches sounded together.
b.) chord
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The ____ chord= "home chord"
d.) tonic
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A chord progression is a series of chords that progresses towards a ____.
e.) goal
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A progression that ends decisively on the tonic chord functions like a ____.
c.) red light
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Cadences that do not end on the tonic function like a _____.
a.) yellow light
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_____ is described as thick or thin, dense or transparent.
c.) texture
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_____ is "one voice" in unison, no harmony.
c.) monophony
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_____ is many voices, texturally complicated, contrapuntal.
a.) polyphony
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_____ means "same or similar voice" melody & accompaniment moving together (between extremes).
b.) homophony
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In ____ form, the 1st and 2nd part ends w/ repetition of 1st part.
b.) binary
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_____ form, 2nd part ends w/ repetition of 1st part.
b.) rounded binary
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____ form is also known as theme & variations.
d.) variation
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In ___ form, music stays same for each verse.
b.) strophic
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Punk, soul, and grunge are ___.
a.) style labels
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Style labels include:
a.) Instrumentation, harmony, rhythm, texture, and form
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Style becomes a ____ between the creator and the audience.
a.) link
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Early manuscripts came from _____ scattered throughout Europe.
a.) Monasteries
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Opera is a fusion of music and ______.
c.) drama
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Music evolved from compositions almost exclusively for ________ to a broad array of styles and genres.
d.) the church
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New technologies made it possible to create a variety of _____ and to print musical compositions.
c.) instruments
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During medieval times musical texts were primarily in ______.
e.) latin
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Chansons are French __________ songs.
b.) secular
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Madrigals often featured contrapuntal textures and expressive text settings of highly regarded ______.
a.) poems
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____________ reintroduced congregational singing into worship services.
a.) Martin Luther
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The church songs of the Protestant Reformation were inspired by the ____________ songs of the day.
b.) secular and popular
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________ is monophonic, liturgical music.
c.) chant
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By the 15th century magnificent sacred works were being composed with four or more melodic parts woven together ______________.
d.) contrapuntally
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Songs with more than one part often had voices moving in similar or identical rhythm have ___________ texture.
e.) homophonic
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Heterotrophy is the musical texture in which two or more instruments play different versions of the melody. This is common in folk tradition…true or false?
a.) true
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Composers favored vocal music through the 16th century…true or false?
a.) true
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A concerto is a multi-movement work composed for an orchestra of mainly strings and keyboard…true or false?
a.) true
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Earliest composers were __________ and composing was part of their work.
a.) servants
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Musicians guilds had standards for members, attached to a church or court were still servants…true or false?
a.) true
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Musical life by the end of the 17th century resembled modern world…true or false?
a.) true
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Two major technological advances before the 17th century were relevant to music printing and instrument making…true or false?
a.) true
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A central fact of life during the Middle Ages was the ____.
b.) afterlife
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Clergy had social standing comparable to _________.
e.) nobility
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Periods of daily prayer that start at sunrise and end at sunset are ________.
a.) divine office
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Scribes worked in scriptoriums and monastery libraries and have been our main source of chant and medieval sacred _____.
c.) chant
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________________ was promised to the church by her parents then became the prioress.
d.) Hildegard of Bingen
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________ chant text settings have one note per syllable.
a.) syllabic
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_________ chant generally has two or four notes per syllable.
b.) neumatic
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___________ chant is the most elaborate from of text setting with singly syllable sustained over many notes.
c.) melismatic
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Ionian and Aeolian modes developed into modern ________ and minor scales.
a.) major
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A vast gulf separated the sacred and secular in the Middle Ages…true or false?
a.) true
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Guillaume de Machaut was the first singer songwriter during the 14th century…true or false?
a.) true
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______________ was a code of behavior exceptive of the noble class.
b.) chivalry
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Marriages among the __________ were arranged and had more to do with power than love.
a.) nobility
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___________ were musicians most responsible for new secular song and dance.
c.) minstrels
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___________ were poets who sang about idealized love.
b.) troubadours
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______________ notation was developed in the mid 13th century that indicated specific rhythmic relationships.
a.) mensural
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Earliest records show that the ____________ was first dance popular in france and Italy.
d.) estampie
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Video of perpetuum jazz elite "Rain in Africa"
timbre of human voice
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Michael Jackson video "Thriller"
example of good beat
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Video of Danny boy
example of lasting melody (enduring)
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Cadences
musical punctuations, some conclusive, others not
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Amazing Grace by Celtic Woman
c.) strophic form
