Chapter 3 Color, texture, form, & style.

Question 1

Dynamics

Answer 1

louds and softs.

Question 2

Forte (FOUR-tay)

Answer 2

Loud

Question 3

Piano

Answer 3

Soft.

Question 4

Crescendo

Answer 4

A gradual increase in volume.

Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra

Question 5

decrescendo or diminuendo

Answer 5

A gradual decrease of volume.

Question 6

Color or Timbre (TAM-ber)

Answer 6

The tone quality of any sound produced by voice or instrument.

Question 7

Soprano & Alto

Answer 7

The two female vocal parts.

Question 8

Tenor & Bass

Answer 8

The two male vocal parts.

Question 9

mezzo-soprano

Answer 9

midway between the soprano and alto

Question 10

baritone

Answer 10

midway between tenor & bass.

Most male pop singers.

Question 11

The Strings

Answer 11

By Size : violin, viola, cello, double bass.

Higher————————————-Lower

Question 12

Vibrato

Answer 12

A controlled “wobble” in the pitch

Question 13

Pizzicato

Answer 13

Plucking the strings. It gives a sharp attack, but fades quickly.

Question 14

Tremolo

Answer 14

Repeating the same pitch with quick up & downstrokes of the bow

Question 15

Trill

Answer 15

Rapid alternation between pitches.

Question 16

Glissando

Answer 16

a rapid run up or down the strings.

Question 17

Arpeggio

Answer 17

When the notes of a triad are played in quick succession.

Question 18

Woodwinds

Answer 18

by size: piccolo, flute, clarinet, oboe, English horn, bassoon, contrabassoon.

Question 19

Brass

Answer 19

By size: trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba.

Question 20

Percussion

Answer 20

Can be pitched (timpani) or un-pitched (snare)

Question 21

The Harpsichord

Answer 21

ancestor of the piano. only one level of sound.

Question 22

Piano

Answer 22

Invented around 1700, can be loud or soft.

Question 23

Conductor

Answer 23

The traffic cop.

Question 24

Texture

Answer 24

How melody & harmony work.

density & arrangement of elements.

Question 25

Orchestral score

Answer 25

a composite of all parts

Question 26

Monophony

Answer 26

One sound

A single line of music with no harmony.

Question 27

Homophony

Answer 27

Same sounding

The voices, instruments, and lines all move together to a new pitch at the same time.

Question 28

Polyphony

Answer 28

Many Sounding

Two or more melodies.

Question 29

Counterpoint

Answer 29

The harmonious opposition

Question 30

Form

Answer 30

The arrangement of musical events.

Question 31

Strophic form

Answer 31

Same tune, different words on each stanza (folk music)

Question 32

Verse/Chorus

Answer 32

The same tune in each verse with new words. Same words and tune in chorus.

Glory Glory Hallelujah

Question 33

Statement

Answer 33

The presentation of am important musical idea.

Question 34

Repetition

Answer 34

Validates the statement by reiterating it.

Question 35

Contrast

Answer 35

Takes away from the familiar and into the unknown.

Question 36

Variation

Answer 36

Original melody returns but altered in some way.

Question 37

Theme and variations

Answer 37

one musical idea continually returns but varied in some fashion.

Mozart twinkle variations.

Question 38

Binary

Answer 38

if A is the tune, B is something different.

AB

Question 39

Ternary

Answer 39

AB and repeat A.

Dance of the Reed Pipes by Tchaikovsky

Question 40

Rondo

Answer 40

if A is tune rondo is ABACA

Question 41

Style

Answer 41

attributes that unite similar works of art.

Question 42

Middle Ages

Answer 42

476-1450

monophonic 476-1150
polyphonic 1150-1450

Question 43

Renaissance

Answer 43

1450-1600

Question 44

Baroque

Answer 44

1600-1750
opera 1600

Question 45

Classical

Answer 45

1750-1820

melodies and triads, homophonic

Question 46

Romantic

Answer 46

1820-1900

emotional, long music, clashes & tension.

Question 47

Impressionism

Answer 47

1880-1920

light. a revolt from romantic writing.

Question 48

Modern

Answer 48

1900-1985

different styles that reflect the violence of war. generally dissonant

Question 49

Post Moderns

Answer 49

1945 to today.