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Fine Arts Unit 2 Flashcards

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Song that is written to capture the essence of a scene, paint a picture by sound, and help the listener create a visual image

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Art Song

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The liturgy of the Roman Catholic Eucharist. In music, mass is a choral setting of the mass that contains five sections: Kyrie,Gloria,Credo,Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

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Mass

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A composition in several moments for orchestra and chorus often with a sacred text, and utilizing recitatives, Arias, and choruses

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Cantata

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A polyphonic composition for choir based on a sacred Latin text and typically sung without accompaniment

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Motet

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A theatrical presentation with drama set to music

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Opera

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Also called Opera Seria grand in scale and tragic in tone. Highly stylized treatment of heroic subjects such as gods and heroes

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Grand opera

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Comic opera that usually does not have a spoken dialogue and typically uses satire to treat a serious topic with humor

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Opera Buffa

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A semi-dramatic work, without acting, scenery or costumes, often on a religious theme, for orchestra, choir, and soloist

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Oratorio

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An independent composition for orchestra in one movement typically on sonata form and from the romantic period

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Concert overture

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An extended composition for orchestra and one or more soloists, typically in three movement, fast-slow-fast.

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Concerto

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Music written for one musician

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Solo

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Music written for two musicians

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Duet

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Music written for three musicians

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Trio

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Music written for four musicians

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Quartet

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Music written for five musicians

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Quintet

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Music written for six musicians

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Sextet

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Music written for seven musicians

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Septet

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Music written for eight musicians

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Octet

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Any arrangement of musicians usually more than four

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Ensemble

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A large instrumental ensemble divided into sections such as strings, woodwinds,brass, and percussion. In theatre, the section of seats on the ground floor of the auditorium directly in front of the stage .

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Orchestra

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An instrumental piece, usually in 3 or 4 movements and usually for one or two players

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Sonata

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An instrumental composition, typically in 2 parts arising from Baroque period and comprising a set of dance-inspired movements written in the same key but in different in tempo, meter, and character

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Suite

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An extended musical composition for orchestra usually consisting of 3 or 4 movements

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Symphony

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A polyphonic composition in which a theme or themes are stated successively in all voices

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Fugue

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Th dominant idea of a work of art,music,film,dance,and literature. In music, a principal melodic phrase in composition

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Theme

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Vibrations that travel through the atmosphere and causes the eardrum to vibrate

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Sound

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The highness or Lowness of the sound. Short wavelengths create a. Higher pitch, whereas, long wavelengths creates lower ones

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Pitch

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The loudest of sounds. Pianissimo-very soft: piano-soft:mezzo-piano-moderately softL mezzo-forte-moderately loud:forte-loud ;fortissimo-Very loud!

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Dynamics

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The timbre of a voice or instrument

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Tone color

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The quality of a tone that distinguishes it from other tones of the same pitch

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Timbre

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How many beats or notes being held

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Duration

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Equal parts into which the measure is divided

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Beat

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On written music a measure is the distance between to bar lines

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Measure

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On written music, a vertical that lies perpendicular to the staff or grand staff

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Bar line

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5 horizontal ,parallel lines

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Staff

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Two sets of 5 horizontal,parallel lines, connect by a grande bar line with the upper staffs usually being treble clef and the bottom staf being bass clef.

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Grand staff

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The regular succession of rhythmical impulses or beats

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Meter

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The relationship, either of time and space, between recurring, elements of a composition

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Rhythm

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The slowness and fastness of rhythm

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Tempo

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