Concepts

Question 1

Moderato/Andante

Answer 1

Moderate tempo

Question 2

Allegro

Answer 2

Fast tempo

Question 3

Perfect Cadence

Answer 3

Sounds finished

Question 4

Imperfect Cadence

Answer 4

Sounds unfinished

Question 5

What are the 3 types of tone?

Answer 5

Major
Minor
Atonal-no set key

Question 6

What are the instrument groups?

Answer 6

Woodwind
Brass
Strings
Percussion

Question 7

Accelerando

Answer 7

Getting faster

Question 8

Rallentando

Answer 8

Getting slower

Question 9

Binary Form

Answer 9

AB

Question 10

Ternary Form

Answer 10

ABA

Question 11

Rondo

Answer 11

ABACAD

Question 12

Pibroch

Answer 12

Solo bagpipes

Question 13

Modulation

Answer 13

Change in key

Question 14

Strophic

Answer 14

Same music for verses

Question 15

Contrary Motion

Answer 15

Moving in opposite directions

Question 16

Name the 5 scales

Answer 16

Chromatic
Major
Minor
Pentatonic-5notes
Whole tone scale-sounds dream like

Question 17

Arco

Answer 17

To play a string instrument normally using the bow

Question 18

Canon

Answer 18

Starts with one group, then another joins in with the same thing later

Question 19

Adagio

Answer 19

Slow tempo

Question 20

A Cappella

Answer 20

Unaccompanied singing. No instruments

Question 21

Descant

Answer 21

A counter melody which is sung above the main melody

Question 22

Aria

Answer 22

A solo song sung in an operatic style, in an opera, with orchestral accompaniment

Question 23

Syllabic

Answer 23

Each syllable is given one note only

Question 24

Melismatic

Answer 24

Several notes sung to one syllable

Question 25

Strophic

Answer 25

A song which has the same music repeated for verses/choruses, therefore the music will be heard repeating throughout the song

Question 26

Ostinato

Answer 26

Repeated pattern of notes

Question 27

Anacrusis

Answer 27

Tune starts before the first beat of the bar

Question 28

Major

Answer 28

Happy, bright sounding

Question 29

Minor

Answer 29

Sad, scary, tense sounding

Question 30

Atonal

Answer 30

No set key

Question 31

Alberti bass

Answer 31

Broken chords played by the left hand on the piano. Low-high-middle-high

Question 32

Broken chord

Answer 32

Notes of the chord played separately

Question 33

Vamp

Answer 33

Bass note then chord

Question 34

Pedal

Answer 34

LOW note held on/repeated while other parts change

Question 35

Inverted Pedal

Answer 35

HIGH note held on/repeated while other parts change

Question 36

Piano

Answer 36

Quiet

Question 37

Forte

Answer 37

Loud

Question 38

Crescendo

Answer 38

Gradually getting louder

Question 39

Diminuendo

Answer 39

Gradually getting quieter

Question 40

Pizzicato

Answer 40

Plucking a string instrument

Question 41

Rubato

Answer 41

Speeding up and then slowing down

Question 42

Homophonic

Answer 42

All parts move together

Question 43

Polyphonic/Contrapuntal

Answer 43

2 or more melodies move independently of each other

Question 44

Concerto

Answer 44

Piece of music for a soloist and orchestra

Question 45

Symphony

Answer 45

Piece for an orchestra

Question 46

Cadenza

Answer 46

Passage for soloist to show off in a concerto

Question 47

Ground Bass

Answer 47

A theme in the bass which is repeated many times while the higher parts change

Question 48

Countermelody

Answer 48

A melody being played against the main melody

Question 49

Drone

Answer 49

Played by bagpipes

Question 50

Pentatonic Scale

Answer 50

5 note scale. Found in scottish music

Question 51

Syncopation

Answer 51

Accented off the beat

Question 52

Cross rhythms

Answer 52

Contrasting rhythms being played together

Question 53

Discord

Answer 53

Notes which clash with each other