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Level 8 Terms and History Flashcards

1
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cédez

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Yield; hold the tempo back (French)

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léger

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Light, lightly (French)

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3
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lentement

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Slowly (French)

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4
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modéré

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At a moderate tempo (French)

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5
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movement

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Tempo, motion (French)

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6
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vite

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Fast (French)

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7
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bewegt

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Moving (German)

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8
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langsam

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Slow, slowly (German)

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9
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mässig

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moderate, moderately (German)

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10
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mit Ausdruck

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With Expression (German)

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11
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schnell

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Fast (German)

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12
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sehr

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very

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13
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Allargando

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Broadening, becoming slower

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14
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largamente

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Broadly

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15
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l’istesso tempo

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the same tempo

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16
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ritenuto

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suddenly slower, held back

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17
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stringendo

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pressing, becoming faster

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18
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attacca

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proceed without a break

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19
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calando

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becoming slower and softer

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20
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comodo

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at a comfortable, easy tempo

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21
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con sordino

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with mute

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22
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pizzicato

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on a bowed string instrument, pluck the string instead of bowing

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23
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arco

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on a bowed string instrument, resume bowing after a pizzicato passage

24
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A single line of unaccompanied melody

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Monophonic texture

25
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  • A sacred genre representing the earliest form of notated western art music
  • consists of a monophonic modal melody with unmeasured rhythm and Latin text
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plainchant

26
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  • scale patterns with distinct relationships between whole steps and half steps
  • served as the source of melody and harmony in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
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modes

27
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Ionian

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Major scale tonic to tonic

28
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Dorian

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Supertonic to supertonic

29
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Phrygian

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Mediant to mediant

30
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Lydian

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Subdominant to subdominant

31
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Mixolydian

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Dominant to dominant

32
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Aeolian

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Submediant to submediant

33
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Locrian

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Leading tone to leading tone

34
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The combination of two or more independent lines

Also known as contrapuntal texture

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Polyphonic texture

35
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Old English word for a “round”

Strict imitation is created through successive entries of a melody in several voices

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Rota

36
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Ostinato

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A recurring rhythmic or melodic pattern

37
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Medieval era

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ca476-1450

38
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Renaissance era

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ca1450-1600

39
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A popular secular polyphonic vocal genre developed in Italy in the late 15th century

Based on playful poems and lighthearted word painting

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Frottola

40
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Musical pictorialization

The music mirrors the meaning of the words through melody, harmony, and rhythm

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Word painting

41
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Literally means “for the chapel,” but refers to vocal music without instrumental accompaniment

This style was typical of Renaissance vocal music

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a cappella

42
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All voices have the same rhythmic pattern, creating blocked chordal style

Text is very clear and easy to follow as a result

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homorhythmic texture

43
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A traditional Javanese instrumental ensemble

Features metallophones, gongs, xylophones (instruments with wooden bars,) drums and voices

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Gamelan

44
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Instruments featuring metal bars of different sizes that are struck with a variety of mallets

Produce a shimmering bell-like sound

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Metallophones

45
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Literally means “colour” or “atmosphere”; provides melodic structure of a composition or performance

A pattern of pitches defined by the number of notes it contains as well as the pattern of intervals

Used as basis of extended improvisation

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raga

46
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A multi-stringed plucked instrument with movable frets; similar to a lite or guitar

Five strings are used to play melodies, while two strings are used for drone and percussive effects

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sitar

47
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Literally means “clap”; provides rhythmic structure for a composition or performance

A metric cycle or regularly repeating rhythmic phrase that can include from three to over one hundred rhythmic units

Often expressed by percussion instruments such as the tabla (a pair of drums)

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tala

48
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Composer of “Ordo Virtutum (Play of virtues)

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Hildegard von Bingen

49
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13th century vocal work about summer

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Sumer is icumen in (summer is coming)

50
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Name two vocal works from the Medieval era (476-1450)

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Ordo virtutum (Play of Virtues)

Sumer Is Icumen In (Summer is coming)

51
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Name one important Renaissance composer

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Josquin des Prez

52
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What song of Josquin des Prez’ does this unit refer to

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El grillo (The Cricket)

53
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Name one instrumental ensemble associated with the music of java

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Gamelan Prawa

54
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Name one instrument associated with the music of India

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Sitar

55
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Renaissance Era

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ca450-1600

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