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Vocabulary Check Flashcards

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Where the composer changes the usual stresses in a bar ?

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Syncopation

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1
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Where the rhythm is repeated using notes of a longer length?

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Orgmentaion

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2
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2 or more rhythms played together ?

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Polyrhythms

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3
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Pleasant sounding harmony

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Constant

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4
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Clashing sounding harmony

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Dissont

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5
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The word used instead of a drone for classical music ?

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Pedal

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6
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Chords is a perfect cadence

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V-I

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7
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Name of the cadence using IV- I?

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Plagal

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8
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Weaving parts created this texture

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Polyphony

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9
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In a melody notes move by step

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Conjunct

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10
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When a melodic phrase is repeated at a different pitch

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Sequence

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11
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What notes with dot above or below note heads?

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Staccato

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12
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Name 3 woodwind instruments

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Clarinet 
Saxophone 
Flute
Oboe
Bass clarinet 
Bassoon
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13
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The 3 main sections in sonata form

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Exposition, development and recapitulation

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14
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When the same music is used for different verses in the song

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Strophseic

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15
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Chord pattern in the 12 bar blues

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I I I I
IV IV I I
V IV I I

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16
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Music that has a main theme that is repeated many times

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Rondo

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17
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The sign indicating that the music is to get louder

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Crescendo

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18
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A scale consisting of 5 notes

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Pentatonic scale

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19
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A short rhythmic or melodic phrase that is repeated a number of times in succession

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Riff

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20
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Name 3 ornaments

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Trill, turn, acciacura

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21
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The names for the 4th and 6th note in a scale

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Subdominant submediant

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22
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Unaccompanied by singing

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Acapella

23
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The main voices in a mixed choir

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SATB

Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass

24
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If a tenor is singing really high at the top of its range then it is called ….

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Forseto

25
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What melodic device does a guitar use…

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Riff

26
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Soprano is

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Highest women’s voice

27
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What is an alto

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Low female

28
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Tenor is a

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high male signer

29
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Bass is a

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Low male voice

30
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Describe the melodic movement

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Conjunct
Disjunct 
Triadic
Broken chords 
Scalic 
Arpeggio
31
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Baroque composers

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Purcell
Js Bach
Handel
Vivaldi

32
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Texture

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Homophonic
Monophonic
Polyphonic

33
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Melody

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Conjunct

Rising arc melody

34
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Metre

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Time signature

35
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Tonality

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Major
Minor
Modal

36
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If a piece has a strings, percussion, wind and brass

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Orchestra

37
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Crowd of people singing

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Choir

38
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Crowd of women singing

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Female choir

39
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Crowd of men singing

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Male choir

40
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Crowd of men and women singing together

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Mixed choir

41
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antiphonal

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Religious/church music

42
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Canonic

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Canon

43
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Contrapuntal

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General movement of 2 melodic lines

44
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Cadenza

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Soloist part shows off

45
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Melesmatic

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Smooth

46
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Salabic

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Ridged

47
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2 people

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Duet

47
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3 people

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Trio

48
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4 people

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Quartet

50
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5 people

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Quintet

51
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6 people

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Sextet

52
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7 people

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Septet

53
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8 people

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Octet

54
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Nine people

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Nonet

55
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Baroque period

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1600-1750

56
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Sonata form sections

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Exposition
Development
Recapitulation

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