Chapter 8 Flashcards
Syllable that does not carry specific meaning; a nonsense syllable.
nonlexical syllable
A jazz style that sets syllables without meaning (vocables) to an improvised vocal line
scat-singing
A textless vocal melody, as in an exercise or concert piece.
vocalise
A jazz style influenced by Latin American music, which includes various dance rhythms and traditional percussion instruments.
Latin jazz
The common language spoken by the people as distinguished from the literary language, or language of the educated elite.
vernacular
Nonreligious music; when there is text, it’s usually in the vernacular.
secular music
A unit or verse of poetry; also a stanza.
strophe
Text or music that is repeated within a larger form.
refrain
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.
chorus
Melodic style of one note set to each text syllable
syllabic
Melodic style characterized by many notes sung to a single text syllable.
melismatic
Musical pictorialization of words as an expressive device; a prominent feature of the Renaissance madrigal.
word-painting
“Happy Birthday” is an example of a _______ text setting.
syllabic
A song in which each syllable receives one note is called
syllabic
A wordless melody on the vowel “ah” is an example of a technique called
vocalise.
Which of the following does NOT describe words without specific meanings in songs? nonlexical scat-singing vocalise refrain
refrain
Scat-singing is usually found in what style of music?
jazz
Setting the word “falling” to a descending scale is an example of
word-painting.
Sometimes a composer will collaborate with a ________ who writes the words of the song.
lyricist
Which of the following describes words and music that recur after every stanza? nonlexical scat-singing vocalise refrain
refrain
Which of the following describes the setting of many notes to a syllable?
syllabic
neumatic
melismatic
melismatic
T/F: The word “song” refers to any piece of music.
False
The word ________ means the language of the people.
vernacular
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.
Songs in English translation fit the musical line as well as the original words.
Much of Western sacred music is in Latin, while ________ music is often in the vernacular.
secular
What is another word for “refrain”?
chorus
What is another word for “stanza”?
strophe
When a melody pictorializes a word it is called
word-painting.
Which of the following terms describes religious or spiritual music? vernacular strophic secular sacred
sacred
Which of the following terms does NOT describe the number of notes given to each syllable of text? strophic syllabic neumatic melismatic
strophic
_______ means a few notes set to each syllable of text.
Neumatic
_________ was the language of learning at medieval and Renaissance universities.
Latin
