Final Flashcards
Becoming gradually slower and more stately
Allargando
Imposingly deep and full
Sonorous
Heavily
Pesante
Play or sing the same pitch
Unison
When the voice or instrument is made to imitate the sound of a bell
Bell tones
A piece of music that is usually slow in tempo, smooth, connected, song-like, and sustained.
Ballad
More motion
Piu Mosso
Manner of preformance that shows what you think and feel
Expressive
Gradually getting slower
Ritardando
Return to original tempo
A tempo
Little
Poco
Limited or controlled, made less extreme
Tempered
Hands Across the Sea was written in the year
1899
Hands Across the Sea was composed by
John Philip Sousa
What was the order of the form in a sousa march?
Intro, First strain, second strain, Trio, Break strain, Last
The two building blocks of music are_______ and _____
notes and rythyms
accurate preformance of pitch
Intonation
characteristic sound of the instrument
Timbre
Speed/speeds of the music
Tempo
manner in which each note is performed
Articulation
volume that is produced by various sections of an ensamble
Balance
how the characteristic sounds of the voices/instruments sound together
Blend
manner of performance that shows what you think or feel
Expression
heritage, customs, tastes, and beliefs as it pertains to the music’s history
Cultural context
distinct manner of performance; a way of expressing music that is characteristic of a particular person, group of people, or period
Style
the ability to recognize musical characteristics and describe them
Perceptive listening
the ability to perform the music as per the composer’s intent
Interpretation
volume; louds and softs
dynamics
musical sentence that has a beginning, middle, and end, and is a succession of notes forming a distinctive unit.
phrasing
sections of the ensemble that are not aligned with the tempo or each other
phasing
