Instrumental

Question 1

Idee fixe

Answer 1

fixed idea. Berlioz used this to represent a motive representing a person in Symphonie fantastique

Question 2

alberti bass

Answer 2

broken chord accompaniment, named for Domenico Alberti

Question 3

aulos

Answer 3

Greek reed instrument, common in pairs

Question 4

basso continuo

Answer 4

Baroque practice of writing bass lines for harpsichord, lute, or keyboard, harmony is improvised to complete chords

Question 5

Answer (fugue)

Answer 5

Second entry of the subject in the exposition of a fugue. Typically in dominant (if subject is tonic) or vice versa.

Question 6

vielle

Answer 6

medieval fiddle, the principal medieval bowed instrument and predecessor of the viol. Typically had five strings tuned in fourths and fifths.

Question 7

hurdy-gurdy

Answer 7

three stringed vielle with a rotating wheel inside the instrument creating a drone sound

Question 8

psaltery

Answer 8

early ancestor to the harpsichord that was played by lucking strings stretched over a soundboard.

Question 9

transverse flute

Answer 9

medieval flute made of ivory or wood and lacking keys

Question 10

shawm

Answer 10

a double reed ancestor to the oboe

Question 11

waltz, mazurka, polonaise

Answer 11

stylized dances that Chopin wrote as study pieces.

Question 12

nocturnes

Answer 12

short mood pieces with beautiful, embellished melodies above sonorous accompaniment - Chopin