Chapter 3 Flashcards

1
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Science of sound

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Acoustics

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2
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Loud and soft

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Dynamics

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3
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Grouping of beat

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Meter

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4
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Speed of meter

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Tempo

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5
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Device to measure tempo

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Metronome

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6
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Fast

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Allegro

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7
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Walking speed

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Andante

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8
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Slow

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Adagio

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9
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Families of instruments

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Timbre

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10
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Series of sounds with rhythmic organization

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Melody

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11
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The melody coming to a place of rest

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Cadence

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12
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2 or more notes played together

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Harmony

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13
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Organized harmony

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Tonality

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14
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Major and minor

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Scales

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15
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One primary melody with everything else accompaniment

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Homophony

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16
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Two or more melodies, more than 1 melodic line

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Polyphony

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17
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The Greek modes permanently impacted a mood of a person

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Doctrine of Ethos

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18
Q
  • in Latin
  • no rhythm
  • monophonic
  • voices only
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Chant

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19
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Voices only

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A cappella

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20
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New art 1300

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Ars Nova

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21
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Sacred song in Latin, polyphonic, a cappella, non-liturgical

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Mother

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22
Q

Music closely follows the text

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Word painting

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23
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Using 1 melody and repeating through the voices

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Imitation

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24
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Protestant sacred song

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Hymn

25
Q

Series of dances preformed together as a unit

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Dance suite

26
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Use of instruments in sacred music

St. marks in Venice

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Polychoral motet

27
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Specifically composing for an instrument or voice tempo/type

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Idiomatic writing

28
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Specialists performers on an instrument

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Virtuoso

29
Q

Low voice

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Basso continuoso

30
Q

Multi-movement piece for solo instrument and orchestral accompaniment

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Concerto

31
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Open form complex and difficult, a composer favorite

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Fugue

32
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Commonly a multi movement piece for solo instrument and continuous accompaniment

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Sonata

33
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A sung theatrical performance, by no staging, costumes or set

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Oratorio

34
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ABACADAE

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Ritornello form

35
Q

Multi-movement piece for orchestra

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Symphony

36
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Multi-movement piece for 2 violins, viola, cello

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String quartet

37
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ABACABA

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Rondo form

38
Q

A melody is repeated with slight changes each time

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Theme and variation

39
Q

Same them heard in all 4 movements, unites entire symphony

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Cyclic

40
Q

The “art song” using German poetry

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Lied

41
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Fixed idea

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Idee fixe

42
Q

Day of wrath

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Dies irae

43
Q

One movement program music for orchestra invented by Liszt

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Symphonic poem

44
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In opposition to the ideas and sound of German romantic orchestral music

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Impressionism

45
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Speech voice

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Sprechstimme

46
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Regularly repeating rhythmic pattern

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Ostinato

47
Q

Focuses on the human form in time and space

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Dance

48
Q

Person who come up with the dance routines, the director or composer of the dance

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Choreographer

49
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Spectacle, what is seen on stage

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Mise-en-scene

50
Q

Body movement of people or animals

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Mime

51
Q

Acting out dramatic action with no words

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Pantimime

52
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Dance duets

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Pas de deux

53
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Secular dance featuring a basic rhythm repeated “ad nausem”

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Estampie

54
Q

Diversions between opera acts for diversity

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Divertissements

55
Q

Families of Timbre

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  • brass
  • wood winds
  • strings
  • percussion
  • voices
  • electronics
56
Q

Genres of timbre

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  • orchestra
  • band
  • choir
  • choralle
  • ensemble
57
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Types of texture

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  • monophony
  • homophony
  • polyphony
58
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2 types of form

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  • open-no recurring pattern

- closed-recurring pattern