Test 1

Question 1

Time Signature

Answer 1

Numerical symbol indicating the meter placed at the beginning of the score

Question 2

Accent

Answer 2

emphasis placed on a musical tone or chord

Question 3

Syncopation

Answer 3

displaces the natural accent- gives an unexpected bounce

Question 4

melody

Answer 4

Series of notes forming a distinctive unit

Question 5

conjunct motion

Answer 5

step wise notes/ motion

Question 6

disjunct motion

Answer 6

leaping noes/ motion

Question 7

shape

Answer 7

a way to describe melodies (staircase, waves, arches, etc)

Question 8

range

Answer 8

distance between lowest and highest notes

Question 9

pitch

Answer 9

relative position of a musical sound on the scale

Question 10

high pitch =

Answer 10

high frequency

Question 11

loud=

Answer 11

high amplitude

Question 12

octave

Answer 12

duplication of a pitch at a higher or lower level

Question 13

scale

Answer 13

sequential arrangement of pitches

Question 14

mode

Answer 14

major or minor

Question 15

key

Answer 15

the tonic note

Question 16

tonality

Answer 16

music organized around a central tone (tonic)

Question 17

dominant note

Answer 17

second most important note (note before tonic)

Question 18

diatonic scale

Answer 18

notes that make major and minor notes (7 whole steps)

Question 19

chromatic scale

Answer 19

more common- divides into twelve half steps

Question 20

phrases

Answer 20

a section of a song- melodies are organized into phrases

Question 21

cadance

Answer 21

concluding part of a phrase

Question 22

antecedent

Answer 22

ends on a note other than the tonic (incomplete)

Question 23

consequent

Answer 23

ends on the tonic (complete)

Question 24

harmony

Answer 24

multiple pitches that sound simultaneously- supports the melody- vertical

Question 25

triad

Answer 25

three pitches in an arrangement playing at the same time

Question 26

interval

Answer 26

distance between pitches

Question 27

arpeggio

Answer 27

broken or staggered triad

Question 28

chord progression

Answer 28

purposeful movement of chords

Question 29

consonance

Answer 29

harmonies that sound agreeable and stable

Question 30

dissonance

Answer 30

harmonies that sound disordanant, tense

Question 31

tonic triad

Answer 31

built on the first degree of scale- sense of rest

Question 32

dominant triad

Answer 32

fifth degree of scale- tends to move to the tonic

Question 33

subdominant triad

Answer 33

fourth degree of scale- moves toward dominant

Question 34

voicing

Answer 34

varying varying the arrangement of notes in chords (making a song)

Question 35

monophonic texture

Answer 35

single melody and nothing else

Question 36

homophonic

Answer 36

independent melody but there's more fabric underneath (instruments)

Question 37

polyphonic

Answer 37

multiple melodies

Question 38

biphonic

Answer 38

drone with melody

Question 39

heterophony

Answer 39

two or more voices performing variations of the same melody

Question 40

dynamics

Answer 40

volume of the sound in the song

Question 41

loud

Answer 41

forte, fortissimo

Question 42

suddenly loud

Answer 42

forzando

Question 43

soft

Answer 43

piano, pianissimo

Question 44

growing louder

Answer 44

crescendo

Question 45

growing softer

Answer 45

decrescendo

Question 46

timbre (tone color)

Answer 46

quality of sound produces by a voice or instrument

Question 47

overtone

Answer 47

faintly heard pitches created by vibrations of the instrument/ voice

Question 48

syllabic

Answer 48

one pitch per syllable

Question 49

melisma

Answer 49

multiple pitches per syllable

Question 50

composers of oraganum

Answer 50

leonin and perotin

Question 51

troubadores

Answer 51

southern france

Question 52

trouvers

Answer 52

northern france

Question 53

isorythm

Answer 53

pitches and rhythm of a line are seperate

Question 54

haut (medieval)

Answer 54

loud instrument for dance music

Question 55

bas (medieval)

Answer 55

soft instruments

Question 56

Imitation mass

Answer 56

melodies are borrowed from secular music

Question 57

Renaissance motet

Answer 57

clearly understand words (sacred)

Question 58

medieval motet

Answer 58

secular and less formal

Question 59

Gutanburg

Answer 59

first printing press 1460

Question 60

parody motet

Answer 60

imitation of other words learned from printed collections

Question 61

Reformation

Answer 61

led by Martin luther

Question 62

counter reformation

Answer 62

church of Rome's reaction to protestant reformation- reexamined their traditions

Question 63

Joaquin desprez

Answer 63

greatest composer of the renaissance

Question 64

ballette

Answer 64

refrain of nonsense words

Question 65

madrigal

Answer 65

four to five parts men and women