If You Are Asked Flashcards
If you are asked to describe the BASS LINE, your options are:
Walking Bass – Jazz Music
Ground Bass – Baroque Music
Alberti Bass – Classical Music
If you are asked to describe the PLAYING TECHNIQUE (ITALIAN TERM), your options are:
Con Sordino (muted)– Brass instruments
Arco (bowing) – String instruments
Pizzicato (plucking) – String instruments
If you are asked to describe the KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT, your options are:
Piano
Harpsichord – Baroque Music
Synthesizer
Organ
If you are asked to identify the SCOTTISH INSTRUMENT, your options are:
Fiddle
Accordion
Bagpipes
Clarsach
Bodhran
If you are asked to describe the WORD SETTING, your options are:
Syllabic – one note per syllable
Melismatic – many notes per syllable
If you are asked to describe the DYNAMICS, your options are:
pp – very quiet
p – quiet
mp – a little quiet
mf – a little loud
f – loud
ff – very loud
crescendo – gradually getting louder
diminuendo – gradually getting quieter
Remember dynamic markings go directly under the first note of the music
If you are asked to describe the KEY SIGNATURE, your options are:
G major – F# in the key signature
F major – Bb in the key signature
C major – no sharps or flats in the key signature
A minor - no sharps or flats in the key signature, but G# throughout the music
Remember the key signature is found at the start of every line of music in the piece
If you are asked to identify the CADENCE, your options are:
Perfect – sounds finished
Imperfect – sounds unfinished
If you are asked to describe the TYPE OF VOICE, your options are:
Soprano – High Female
Mezzo Soprano – Middle Female
Alto - Low Female
Tenor – High Male
Baritone - Middle Male
Bass - Low Male
If you are asked to describe the TEXTURE, your options are:
Homophonic - a texture in which all the parts play a similar rhythm at the same time.
Polyphonic - a texture which consists of two or more independent melodic lines.
What are string instruments? (Orchestra)
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
What are the woodwind instruments? (Orchestra)
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
What are the brass instruments? (Orchestra)
Trumpet
French Horn
Trombone
Tuba
What are the tuned percussion instruments? (Orchestra)
Xylophone
Glockenspiel
Timpani
What are the untuned percussion instruments? (Orchestra)
Triangle
Bass Drum
Snare Drum
Tambourine
Cymbals
