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Higher Music Renaissance and Baroque Test Flashcards

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What is a Mass?

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A large scale, sacred work sung in Latin for solo singers, chorus and orchestra. The five main sections are Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei.

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What is a Mordent?

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An ornament consisting of the main note, the note above, the main note.

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What is a String Quartet?

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Two violins, a viola and a cello.

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What is a Concerto grosso?

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A small group of soloists (concertino) contrasts with a larger group of instrumentalists (ripieno). The concerto grosso developed in the Baroque period.

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What is a Trill?

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Moving quickly and repeatedly between adjacent notes.

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What is a Concertino?

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The small group of solo instrumentalists in a concerto grosso.

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What is Plainsong?

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Unaccompanied church music sung in unison in medieval modes and in free rhythm

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What is Basso Continuo?

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In the Baroque period, the basso continuo consists of a single bass line (for example, a cello) with a keyboard part (for example, a harpsichord) filling in the harmonies The basso continuo supports one or more melody lines.

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What is Arco?

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Using the bow on a string instrument.

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What is Homophonic?

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Texture where you hear a melody with accompaniment, or, where all the parts play a similar rhythm at the same time.

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What is Polyphonic?

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A texture which consists of two or more independent melodic lines.

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Voice Types

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SATB, mezzo soprano, baritone and counter tenor.

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What is Tierce de Picardie?

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The final chord of a piece in a minor key is changed to major.

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What is Recitative?

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A type of vocal writing where the music follows the rhythm of speech. A recitative is often followed by an aria.

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What is Passacaglia?

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Variations over a ground bass.

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What is Mode?

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Usually this refers to any of the early scales e.g. Dorian mode (white notes D to D on a keyboard).

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What is a Ground Bass?

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

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What is Renaissance?

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Renaissance music is music written in Europe between 1400 and 1600.

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What is Ritornello?

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Ritornello means a theme which returns frequently throughout a piece.

In a concerto grosso, the ritornello is the main, recurring theme played by the ripieno. The ritornello may return frequently throughout the movement.

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What is Imitation?

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The melody is immediately copied in another part.

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What is Melisma?

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Vocal music where several notes are sung to each syllable.

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What is an Acciacctatura?

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An ornament which sounds like a crushed note played very quickly on the beat or just before it.

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What is a Triplet.

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A triplet is a group of three notes played in the time of two.

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What is Obbligato?

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A prominent solo instrument part in a piece of vocal music.

In this example a trumpet is playing the obbligato.

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What is a Perfect Cadence?

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Chords V I at the end of a phrase.

It sounds finished.

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What is Suspension?

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Creating tension by prolonging a consonant note while the underlying harmony changes, normally on a strong beat

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What is Augmentation?

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An increase in the length of notes. The music will sound slower when imitated.

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What is Da capo Aria?

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An aria in Ternary Form (ABA) used in opera an oratorio in the 17th and 18th centuries. The third section is not written out but the instruction Da Capo from the beginning is given instead.

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What is Diminution?

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A decrease in the length of notes. The music will sound faster when imitated or repeated.

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What is an Oratorio?

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A story from the Bible set to music for soloists, chorus and orchestra. It may include recitatives , arias, duets and chorus. It is performed on stage without acting, costumes or stage design.

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What is Plainchant?

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The earliest music known consists of a single melodic line.

Sung unaccompanied (a capella)

Modal

No regular time signature or metre.

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What is Ripieno?

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The mass group of instruments in a Concerto Grosso.

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