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What is “a capella”?

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Unaccompanied vocal music e.g. a choir

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What do you call unaccompanied vocal music?

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A Capella

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What is “A minor”?

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A Minor is the relative minor of C Major.
• No key signature
• Contains a G sharp (look for the # in the music, not at the start)

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What is the relative major of A Minor?

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C Major

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What is the relative minor of C Major?

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A Minor

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What is “adagio”?

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Adagio is a leisurely tempo.

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What do you call a leisurely tempo?

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Adagio

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What is “allegro”?

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Allegro is a fast tempo.

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What do you call a fast tempo?

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Allegro

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What is “alto”?

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Alto is the lowest female singing voice.

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What is the lowest female singing voice?

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Alto

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What is “andante”?

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Andante is a walking pace tempo.

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What do you call a walking pace tempo?

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Andante

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What is “arco”?

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Arco is a string technique; a bow is used.

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What do you call it when a bow is used? (string technique)

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Arco

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What is an “aria”?

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An aria is a solo song sung in an opera.
• One singer
• Tells a story
• Usually accompanied

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What do you call a solo song sung in opera?

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An Aria

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What is “Baroque”?

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Baroque is a musical period between 1600 and 1750. Listen for;-
• Harpsichord
• Strings (cello)
• Recorder

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What musical period is 1600 - 1750?

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Baroque

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What is “bass”?

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Bass is the lowest male singing voice.

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What is the lowest male singing voice?

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Bass

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What is a “bothy ballad”?

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A Bothy Ballad is a Scottish folk song with lots of verses.
• Tells a story
• Unaccompanied
• Solo
• In dialect
• Sung by a man
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Which Scottish music concept means a folk song with lots of verses that’s usually unaccompanied and sung by a man?

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A Bothy Ballad

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What is “C major”?

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C Major is the relative major of A Minor.

• No key signature

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What is “celtic rock”?

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Celtic Rock is Traditional Folk Music mixed with Rock or Pop. Listen for;-
• Electric guitars
• Drum Kit
• Bagpipes
• Accordion
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Which Scottish music concept means Traditional Folk Music mixed with Rock or Pop?

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Celtic Rock

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What is “chamber music”?

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Chamber Music is music which has been written to be played in fancy houses by amateur musicians. The music is written for a small instrument ensemble, usually around 8 players.

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What music is written to be played in fancy houses by a small ensemble of amateur musicians?

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Chamber Music

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What is a “choir”?

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A Choir is a group of singers who perform together.

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What do you call a group of singers who perform together?

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A Choir

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What is a “concerto”?

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A Concerto is work for a solo instrument and an orchestra, usually in 3 movements.

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What do you call a work for a solo instrument and an orchestra that’s usually in 3 movements?

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A Concerto

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What is “descant”?

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Descant is a Soprano counter melody which accompanies & is sung above the main melody.

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What do you call a soprano counter melody which accompanies & is sung above the main melody?

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Descant

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How do you identify an F Major?

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F Major has a B Flat in the key sig.

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What is a “flute”?

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A Flute is a woodwind instrument made of metal.

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How do you identify a G Major?

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G Major has an F Sharp in the key sig.

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What is a “gaelic psalm”?

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A Gaelic Psalm is a hymn sung in Gaelic unaccompanied.

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What do you call a hymn sung in Gaelic unaccompanied?

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A Gaelic Psalm

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What is “gospel”?

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Gospel is a genre of music that features religious lyrics that are often in praise or thanksgiving to God.

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Which genre of music features religious lyrics that are often in praise or thanksgiving to God?

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Gospel

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What is a “jig”?

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A Jig is a Scottish dance that is in 6 8 compound time. It can be identified by saying “jiggety-jiggety” along to the beat.

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43
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Which Scottish dance is in 6 8 compound time?

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A Jig

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44
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What is “Latin American”?

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Latin American is a genre of music where percussion instruments provide lively off-beat dance rhythms.

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Which genre of music features percussion instruments that provide lively off-beat dance rhythms?

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Latin American

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What is “melismatic”?

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Melismatic is when several notes are sung in one syllable.

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What is the term for several notes sung in one syllable?

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Melismatic

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What is “minimalism”?

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Minimalism is when simple rhythmic and melodic figures are constantly repeated with very slight additions/changes each time.

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What is the term for when simple rhythmic and melodic figures are constantly repeated with very slight additions/changes each time?

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Minimalism

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50
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What is “minor”?

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Minor is a musical scale which usually sounds sad/dark. There are intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.

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51
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What is the term for a musical scale which usually sounds sad/dark?

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Minor

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52
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What is “moderato”?

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Moderato is a medium tempo.

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53
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What is the term for a medium tempo?

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Moderato

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54
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What is “mouth music”?

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Mouth Music is unaccompanied songs with Gaelic or nonsense words that are normally sung at ceilidh dances.

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What is the term for unaccompanied songs with Gaelic or nonsense words that are normally sung at ceilidh dances?

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Mouth Music

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What is a “musical”?

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A Musical is a musical play which has speaking, singing, and dancing, and is performed on stage?

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57
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What is the term for a play which has speaking, singing, dancing, and is performed on stage?

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A Musical

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What is an “opera”?

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An Opera is a drama set to music with a soloist, acting, and an orchestral accompaniment.

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59
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What is the term for a drama set to music with a soloist, acting, and an orchestral accompaniment?

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An Opera

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What is “pizzicato”?

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Pizzicato (abbreviation “pizz”) is a string technique where the strings are plucked with the fingers.

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What is the string technique where the strings are plucked?

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Pizzicato (abbreviation “pizz”)

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What is “ragtime”?

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Ragtime is a genre of music which is especially played on piano, with a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment.

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What is the genre of music which is especially played on piano, with a syncopated melodic line and regularly accented accompaniment?

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Ragtime

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What is “rallentando”?

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Rallentando (abbreviation “rall”, “rit”) is a gradual decrease of tempo.

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65
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What is the term for a gradual decrease of tempo?

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Rallentando (abbreviation “rall”, “rit”)

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What is “rap”?

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Rap is a genre of music where words are recited rapidly and rhythmically.

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67
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What is the genre of music where are words recited rapidly and rhythmically?

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Rap

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68
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What is “rock”?

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Rock is a genre of music which evolved from Rock N’ Roll and Pop. Rock tends to be harsher and more serious than Rock N’ Roll and Pop. Listen for;-
• Electric guitars
• Bass guitars
• Drum kit

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69
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Which genre of music evolved from Rock N’ Roll and Pop and tends to be harsher and more serious?

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Rock

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What is a “saxophone”?

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A saxophone is a woodwind instrument made of metal. Saxophones are popular in Jazz music.

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What is “scat singing”?

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Scat Singing is improvised Jazz singing in which the voice is used in imitation of an instrument.

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What is the term for improvised Jazz singing where the voice is used in imitation of an instrument?

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Scat Singing

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73
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What is a “scots ballad”?

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A Scots Ballad is a Scottish song which tells a story.

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74
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What is “soprano”?

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Soprano is the highest female singing voice.

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75
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What is the highest female singing voice?

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Soprano

76
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What is a “strathspey”?

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A Strathspey is a Scottish dance with four beats in a bar, dotted rhythms, and usually features a Scotch Snap.

77
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Which Scottish dance has 4 beats in a bar, dotted rhythms, and usually features a Scotch Snap?

A

A Strathspey

78
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What is “strophic”?

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Strophic is a song which has the same music repeated for verses/choruses, therefor the music will be heard repeating throughout the song.

79
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What is the term for a song which has the same music repeated for verses/choruses?

A

Strophic

80
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What is “swing”?

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Swing is a Jazz style performed by a big band.
• Lots of instruments
• Usually in 4 4 time
• Major key
• Based on arpeggios
81
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What Jazz style is performed by a big band in Major key?

A

Swing

82
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What is “syllabic”?

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Syllabic is vocal music where each syllable is given one note only.

83
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What is the term for vocal music where each syllable is given one note only?

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Syllabic

84
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What is a “symphony”?

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A Symphony is an elaborate musical composition for a full orchestra that is usually in 4 movements (no soloists).

85
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What is the term for an elaborate musical composition for a full orchestra that is in 4 movements with no soloists?

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A Symphony

86
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What is “tenor”?

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Tenor is the highest male singing voice.

87
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What is the highest male singing voice?

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Tenor

88
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What is a “trumpet”?

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A trumpet is the smallest and highest pitched instrument of the brass family.

89
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Which instrument is the smallest and highest pitched instrument of the brass family?

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The trumpet

90
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What is “unison”?

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Unison is when all the singers/musicians are singing/playing the same notes are the same time.

91
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What is the term for when all singers/musicians are singing/playing the same notes at the same time?

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Unison

92
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What is a “waltz”?

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A Waltz is a dance with three beats in a bar in simple time.

93
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Which dance has three beats in a bar in simple time?

A

A Waltz

94
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What is a “waulking song”?

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A Waulking Song is a Scottish song sung in Gaelic by women, often lead by a soloist with question and answer. Cloth was often banged on a table as a beat.

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What is the term for a Scottish song sung in Gaelic by women, often lead by a soloist with question and answer?

A

Waulking Song

96
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What is AB form?

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Music in two sections; A then B

97
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What do you call music in two sections; A then B?

A

AB form

98
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What is an “accidental”?

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An accidental is a note with a sharp or flat added

99
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What do you call a note with a sharp or a flat added?

A

An accidental

100
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What is an “alberti bass”?

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An alberti bass is broken chords that are played with the left hand, in the order of low - high - middle - high

101
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What do you call broken chords played with the left hand, in the order of low - high - middle - high?

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Alberti Bass

102
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What is “atonal”

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No key, lacks a “nice” melody and accompaniment

103
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What do you call a piece of music with no key?

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Atonal

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What is a “baritone”?

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A baritone is a male singing voice that lies between the range of a bass and a tenor

105
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What do you call the male singing voice that lies between the range of a bass and a tenor?

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A baritone

106
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What is “binary form”?

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Binary is a form of music made up of two different sections - A then B

107
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What form is a piece of music that is made up of two different sections - A then B?

A

Binary

108
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What is a “bodhran”?

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A bodhran is an Irish wooden drum, used in folk music

109
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What do you call an irish drum?

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A bodhran

110
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What is “cadence”?

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Cadence is the end of a musical phrase - it can be perfect and imperfect

111
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What is a “chorus”?

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A chorus is a group of singers with several people to each part

112
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What do you call a group of singers with several people to each part?

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A chorus

113
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What is “chromatic”?

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Notes which move by the interval of a semitone - all white and black keys

114
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What do you call notes which move by the interval of a semitone - all white and black keys?

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Chromatic

115
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What is a “clarsach”?

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A clarsach is a small Scottish harp used in folk music

116
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What do you call a small Scottish harp used in folk music?

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A clarsach

117
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Between what years was the Classical period?

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1750 and 1810

118
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Which musical period was between 1750 and 1810?

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Classical

119
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What is a cluster?

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A cluster is a group of notes which clash when played together

120
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What do you call a group of notes which clash when played together?

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A cluster

121
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What is a “coda”?

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A coda is a passage at the end of a piece of music which rounds it off effectively.

122
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What do you call a passage at the end of a piece of music that rounds it off?

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A coda.

123
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What is “con sordino”?

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Con Sordino is when a mute is used with a brass instrument.

124
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What is the name of the technique when a brass instrument is played with a mute?

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Con Sordino.

125
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What is “contrapuntal”?

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Contrapuntal is two or more parts that have an independent melody - similar to polyphonic.

126
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What is the name for a piece of music that has two or more parts that have an independent melody?

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Contrapuntal.

127
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What is “contrary motion”?

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Contrary Motion is two parts that move in opposite directions - one part ascends as the other descends.

128
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What is the name of the technique when two parts move in opposite directions?

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Contrary Motion.

129
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What is a “counter melody”?

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A counter melody is a melody that is played against the main melody.

130
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What is the name of the technique for a melody that is played against the main melody?

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Counter Melody.

131
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What is a “cross rhythm”?

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A cross rhythm is two notes being played against three.

132
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What is the name of the technique when two notes are being played against three?

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Cross Rhythm.

133
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What is an “episode”?

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An episode is a passage of music linking two musical themes, such as in Rondo form.

134
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What do you call a passage of music that links two musical themes?

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An Episode.

135
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What is “flutter tonguing”?

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Flutter Tonguing is rolling your “r”s while playing a brass or woodwind instrument.

136
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What is the name of the technique for when you roll your “r”s while playing a brass or woodwind instrument?

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Flutter Tonguing.

137
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What is “fortissimo”?

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Fortissimo (ff) is very loud volume.

138
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What do you call very loud in volume?

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Fortissimo (ff).

139
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What is a “glissando”?

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Glissando is sliding from one note to another, taking in all notes in between where possible.

140
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What do you call a slide from one note to another?

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Glissando.

141
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What is a “grace note”?

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A grace note is a type of ornament played as a quick, crushed note before the main note of a melody - it appears as a smaller note when written in music.

142
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What is the ornament that is played as a quick, crushed note before the main note of a melody?

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A Grace Note.

143
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What is a “ground bass”?

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A Ground Bass is a theme in the bass which is repeated many times while the upper parts are varied.

144
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What do you call a theme in a bass line which is repeated while the upper parts are varied?

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Ground Bass.

145
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What is “homophonic”?

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Homophonic is when all parts play a similar rhythm at the same time.

146
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What is the name of the technique for when all parts play a similar rhythm at the same time?

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Homophonic.

147
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What is an “imperfect cadence”?

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An Imperfect Cadence is the last chord that creates an unfinished effect.

148
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What is the name for the last chord that creates an unfinished effect?

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Imperfect Cadence.

149
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What is an “inverted pedal”?

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An Inverted Pedal is a note that is held on or repeated continuously at a high pitch.

150
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What is the name for a note that is held on or repeated continuously at a high pitch?

A

Inverted Pedal.

151
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What is a “mezzo soprano”?

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A Mezzo Soprano is a female singer who’s vocal range lies between that of a soprano and an alto.

152
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What is the name for a female singer who’s vocal range lies between that of a soprano and an alto?

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A Mezzo Soprano.

153
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What is “modulation”?

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Modulation is a change of key.

154
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What is the name for a change of key?

A

Modulation.

155
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What is a “perfect cadence”?

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A Perfect Cadence is a chord that creates a finished feel.

156
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What is the name for a chord that creates a finished feel?

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A Perfect Cadence.

157
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What is “pianissimo”?

A

Pianissimo (pp) is very soft.

158
Q

What is the name for very soft in volume?

A

Pianissimo (pp).

159
Q

What is a “pibroch”?

A

A Pibroch is solo music for bagpipes.

160
Q

What is the name for solo music for bagpipes?

A

A Pibroch.

161
Q

What is a “pitch bend”?

A

A Pitch Bend is the changing of the pitch of a note, e.g. pushing a guitar string upwards.

162
Q

What is the name for changing the pitch of a note?

A

A Pitch Bend.

163
Q

What is “polyphonic”?

A

Polyphonic is two or more melodic lines that weave independently.

164
Q

What is the name for two or more melodic lines that weave independently?

A

Polyphonic.

165
Q

What is “reverb”?

A

Reverb gibes the impression of different hall acoustics/echo.

166
Q

What is the name of the technique that gives the impression of different hall acoustics?

A

Reverb.

167
Q

What is a “roll”?

A

A Roll is a very fast repetition of a note on a percussion instrument.

168
Q

What is the name for a very fast repetition of a note on a percussion instrument?

A

A Roll.

169
Q

What is “rondo”?

A

ABACA form.

170
Q

What is the name for ABACA form?

A

Rondo.

171
Q

What is “rubato”?

A

Rubato is music speeds up and slows down for expression - no strict tempo.

172
Q

What is the name for when music speeds up and slows down for expression?

A

Rubato.

173
Q

What is a “semitone”?

A

A Semitone is half a tone e.g. G to Ab

174
Q

What is the name for half a tone?

A

A Semitone.

175
Q

What is “sforzando”?

A

Sforzando is a note played with a forced sudden accent.

176
Q

What is the name for a note played with a forced sudden accent?

A

Sforzando.

177
Q

What is a “tabla”?

A

A Tabla is an Indian Drum.

178
Q

What is the name for an Indian drum?

A

Tabla.

179
Q

What is a “tone”?

A

Tone is the distance between two notes e.g. G to A

180
Q

What is the name for the distance between two notes?

A

A Tone.

181
Q

What is a “trill”?

A

A Trill is moving quickly between two notes which are a step apart e.g. C and D

182
Q

What is the name for moving quickly between two notes which are a step apart?

A

A Trill.

183
Q

What is a “walking bass”?

A

A Walking Bass is a bass line that walks up and down a pattern of notes.

184
Q

What is the name for a bass line that walks up and down a pattern of notes?

A

A Walking Bass.

185
Q

What is a “whole tone scale”?

A

A Whole Tone Scale is a scale containing no semitones but entirely whole notes.

186
Q

What is the name for a scale containing no semitones but entirely whole notes?

A

A Whole Tone Scale.

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