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83 Cards in this Set
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Woodwind
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Oboe, clarinet, saxophone, flute,bassoon,
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Brass
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Trombone, French horn, trumpet,
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String
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Violin, viola, cello
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Keyboard
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harpsichor, piano
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Plucked strings
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lute, guitar
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The movement of music through time and the aspect of time in music is called
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Rhythm
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A regular recurring time unit that represents the pulsation of the music is called
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beat
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In triple meter, the strongest pulse occurs on
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the first beat of a three beat pattern
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The shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat is called
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syncopation
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A complete musical idea or section within a larger melodic line is called
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phrase
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The first note of a scale is what?
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Is heard as the strongest pitch,serves as a keynote around which others revolve, is called the tonic and forms the key.
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What term describes a combination of tones that sound at rest, resolved and in agreement?
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consonant
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A combination of tones that sound tense, unstable and in need of resolution is called
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dissonance
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The aspect of music that reveals the relationship of the musical lines and how the blend to create the musical fabric is called
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texture
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The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played is its
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tempo
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In what language are tempo markings generally given?
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Italian
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Accelerando, is a term indicating that the speed of the music is
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getting faster
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The degree of loudness or softness at which music is played is called
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dynamics
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The term timbre refers to?
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the color of a tone
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Which of the follwing markings is the softest?
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a pianissimo
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The standard ranges of the human voice from top to bottom are
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soprano,alto, tenor, bass
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Woodwind instruments are so called because?
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They were all at one time made of wood
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The highness or lowness of a sound is determined by
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the speed at which an object is vibrating
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Which of the following is true?
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all tunes are melodies
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A melodic pattern of pitches repeated at a different pitch level is called a
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sequence
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Another word for polyphony is
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counterpoint
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Individual movements of music are often referred to by their
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tempo
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The two modes or scales that have survived through out the ages and are used for composing most music from 1600-1900 are
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major and minor scales
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A meter with some aspects of duple in the foreground and at the same time a triple in the back ground would be an example of
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compound meter
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The mechanical device that measures the number of beats per minute is known as a
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metronome
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an accent is
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an emphasis given to a particular sound
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A gradual slowing in a musical passage is known as
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a ritard
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One single melody played or sung without accompaniment is said to be in what texture?
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monophonic texture
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A melody with other supporting sounds markedly subsidiary is in what texture?
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homophonic texture
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In imitative counterpoint the voices do what?
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copy each other at different times
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The form that is diagramed ABA, and contains a departure and then a return of the first section is called
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ternary form
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The form that is diagramed ABACADA, and contains a periodic return of a central theme is called
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rendo form
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Tempo refers to the speed of a piece of music
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Harmony is the successive sound of individual pitches
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F (harmony is the simultaneous sound of two or more pitches)
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Consonant harmonies are more stable than dissonant harmonies
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Largo-very slow
adagio-slow piano-soft fast-allegro |
smderately slow, (at a walking pace)-andante
pp-verysoft mf-medium loud very fast-presto f-loud fortissimo(ff)-very loud |
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Nearly a thousand years of European history are spanned by the phrase Middle Ages
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Monks in monasteries held a virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages
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Music manuscripts duing the Middle Ages indicate the most medieval music was instrumental
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f, it was vocal
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Gregorian chant melodies tend to move by leaps over a wide raged of pitches
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f, Gregorian chant has a narrow range and is in conjunct motion
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Organum is a term applied to medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and an additional melodic line
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During the Renaissance, educated people were often trained in music, literature, theatre, and art.
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Texture of Renaissance music is primarily homophonic
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f: texture in Renaissance music was primarily polyphonic( ie. Mass and Madrigal).
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Much of the instrumental dance music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use
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F. instrumental music was performed outside the church or after a religious service
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Troubadours were Medieval poets and musicians
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The 1400's witnessed a decreased focus on secular music.
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f : the 1400's was teh beginning of the Renaissance and there was an increase in secular music
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Gregorian chant is homohonic in texture
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f: it is monophonic
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The Renaissance saw the growth of solo instrumental music, especiallly for lute.
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The text of a madrigal is religious and the textureis homophonic
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f: the text of a madrigal is non-religious and the texture is polyphonic
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the Renaissance madrigal was highly expressive through such devices as word painting
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The Renaissance Mass was a one movement work for voices and instruments.
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f: The Renaissance mass is a five movement work, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnes Dei
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The invention of the printing press in Western Europe was a Renaissance development
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Organum was freely composed and had no pre-conceived or pre determined basis
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f: Organum was built around Gregorian chant but also had an added embellished part.
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The earliest type of polyphonic compositions, dating from around 900 A.D. , are called
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Organum
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The few surviving medieval dances and the music that accompanied them are called
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Estampies
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Hildegard of Bingen is known as
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a nun, church composer, natural historian and poet
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Who is traditionally associated with collecting and codifying the chants of the church?
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Pope Gregory
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Single line melodies sung in unison from the early Christian Church are known as
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Gregorian Chant
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Which is not true of Gregorianchant
a. It is monophonic in texture b. It is accompanied with harmony C. it is generally non-metric d. It is generally in conjunct motion |
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Medieval entertainers who played instruments, danced and performed tricks were most likely to perform and play lwhich genre of the follwing?
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an estampie
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Wandering poets, singers and songwriters from southern France were known as
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troubadours
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Music during the Medieval period music underwent a change; developments in rhythm, meter, counterpoint and harmony took place. this became known as
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the High Middle Ages or the Ars Nova
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The fretted string instrument similar to the guitar but with a pear-shape and extremely popular during the Renaissances was the
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lute
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In the Renaissance mass, melodies move from voice to voice imitating each other, this texture is known as
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imitative polyphony
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A vocal work without instrumental accompaniement is said to be performed
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a cappella
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the expressive device used by Renaissance composers to musically pictorialize words from a sung text is called
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word painting
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Which of the following was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?
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Martin Luther
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What was the primary vocal genre of secular music in the Renaissance?
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The madrigal
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Which work best illutrates the technique of word painting?
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Thomas Weelkes Madrigal: "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending Descending"
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The polyphonic technique found in Medieval Motets, in which the melodies change while the rhythms are repeated is called
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isorhythm
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What was the most widespread of the Renaissance instrumental genres?
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dance music
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The pavance and galliard were
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a pair of Renaissance dances in the contrasting suple and triple meter.
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Which work was written by Bernard deVentadorn?
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Troubadour song "La dousa votz"
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Which work was written by Hildegard of Bingen?
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Plainchant "Columba aspexit"
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Which work was written by Guillaume de Machaut?
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Motet"Quant en moy"
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Which work was written by Leonin or Perotin?
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Organum "Alleluia"
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Which work was written by Josquin Desprez or Giovanni Palestrina?
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Mass "Pange Lingua"
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Which work was written by John Dowland?
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Lute solo "Fantasia No. 7"
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