Chapter 8

Question 1

Syllable that does not carry specific meaning; a nonsense syllable.

Answer 1

nonlexical syllable

Question 2

A jazz style that sets syllables without meaning (vocables) to an improvised vocal line

Answer 2

scat-singing

Question 3

A textless vocal melody, as in an exercise or concert piece.

Answer 3

vocalise

Question 4

A jazz style influenced by Latin American music, which includes various dance rhythms and traditional percussion instruments.

Answer 4

Latin jazz

Question 5

The common language spoken by the people as distinguished from the literary language, or language of the educated elite.

Answer 5

vernacular

Question 6

Nonreligious music; when there is text, it’s usually in the vernacular.

Answer 6

secular music

Question 7

A unit or verse of poetry; also a stanza.

Answer 7

strophe

Question 8

Text or music that is repeated within a larger form.

Answer 8

refrain

Question 9

Fairly large group of singers who perform together, usually with several on each part. Also a choral movement of a large-scale work. In jazz, a single statement of the melodic-harmonic pattern.

Answer 9

chorus

Question 10

Melodic style of one note set to each text syllable

Answer 10

syllabic

Question 11

Melodic style characterized by many notes sung to a single text syllable.

Answer 11

melismatic

Question 12

Musical pictorialization of words as an expressive device; a prominent feature of the Renaissance madrigal.

Answer 12

word-painting

Question 13

“Happy Birthday” is an example of a _______ text setting.

Answer 13

syllabic

Question 14

A song in which each syllable receives one note is called

Answer 14

syllabic

Question 15

A wordless melody on the vowel “ah” is an example of a technique called

Answer 15

vocalise.

Question 16

Which of the following does NOT describe words without specific meanings in songs?
nonlexical
scat-singing
vocalise
refrain

Answer 16

refrain

Question 17

Scat-singing is usually found in what style of music?

Answer 17

jazz

Question 18

Setting the word “falling” to a descending scale is an example of

Answer 18

word-painting.

Question 19

Sometimes a composer will collaborate with a ________ who writes the words of the song.

Answer 19

lyricist

Question 20

Which of the following describes words and music that recur after every stanza?
nonlexical
scat-singing
vocalise
refrain

Answer 20

refrain

Question 21

Which of the following describes the setting of many notes to a syllable?
syllabic
neumatic
melismatic

Answer 21

melismatic

Question 22

T/F: The word “song” refers to any piece of music.

Answer 22

False

Question 23

The word ________ means the language of the people.

Answer 23

vernacular

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
Sung translation never fits the musical line as well as the original words.
Songs in English translation fit the musical line as well as the original words.
Terms and concepts don’t translate perfectly from language to language.

Answer 24

Songs in English translation fit the musical line as well as the original words.

Question 25

Much of Western sacred music is in Latin, while ________ music is often in the vernacular.

Answer 25

secular

Question 26

What is another word for “refrain”?

Answer 26

chorus

Question 27

What is another word for “stanza”?

Answer 27

strophe

Question 28

When a melody pictorializes a word it is called

Answer 28

word-painting.

Question 29

Which of the following terms describes religious or spiritual music?
vernacular
strophic
secular
sacred

Answer 29

sacred

Question 30

Which of the following terms does NOT describe the number of notes given to each syllable of text?
strophic
syllabic
neumatic
melismatic

Answer 30

strophic

Question 31

_______ means a few notes set to each syllable of text.

Answer 31

Neumatic

Question 32

_________ was the language of learning at medieval and Renaissance universities.

Answer 32

Latin