Exam 1 Flashcards
Crescendo
Gradually gets louder
Decrescendo
Gradually gets softer
Forte
Loud
Piano
Soft
Mezzo
Medium
Dynamics
Degrees of soft and loud
Chord
Several sounds played at once
Triad
Three notes
Melody
Prominent sound heard
Harmony
Background sound heard
Dissonance
Musical tension
Consonance
Musical resolution
Rhythm
Internal beat of music
Allegro
Fast
Adagio
Slow
Andante
Walking tempo
Presto
Very fast
Major
Pleasant
Minor
Not so pleasant
List the strings
Violin, Viola, Cello, String Bass
Violin is
High
Viola is
Middle
Cello is
Low
String Bass is
Lowest
Name the double reeds
Obe (highest)
English Horn (middle)
Bassoon (low)
Name the single reeds
E flat Clarinet (high)
Clarinet (middle)
Bass Clarinet (low)
Other Woodwinds (Brass)
Piccolo (highest) Flute (high) Trumpet (high) Horn (middle) Trombone (low) Tuba (lowest)
Other Woodwinds (Percussion)
Timpani Bass Drum Xylophone Harp Cymbals Snare Drum Triangle Tambourine
Who composed the funeral March which was dedicated to Richard?
Edvard Grieg
Which brass instrument has been relatively unchanged since 1511?
Trombone
Name one of the two movement by Lincoln Posy
Ruffled Park Poachers
As a general role, which instruments are sounding the most to least?
Strings
Woodwinds
Brass
Percussion
Name one of the two movements in Orchestra with Voices
Lacrimosa
What was composed by Nicolas Rimsky Korsakov?
Scheherazade
6 Elements of Music
Melody Harmony Rhythm Form Texture Expression
What is a phrase and a cadence?
Just as a sentence can be divided into its component units or phrases, so can a melody.
A phrase in music, as in language, denotes a unit of meaning within a larger structure. The phrase ends in a resting place, or cadence, which produces a sentence.
The cadence is where a singer or instrumental pauses to draw a breath.
What is style?
Style.may be defined as the characteristic way an artwork is presented. Style is made up of pitch, time, timbre, and expression, creating a sound that each culture recognizes as its own.
