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(M) L1.2: Elements of Art (Auditory) Flashcards

1
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Considered to be the least tangible of the arts

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Music

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2
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An arrangement of sounds to create a continuous and unified composition

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Music

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3
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Classical or Popular Music?
- Use of electronic instruments

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Popular

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4
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Classical or Popular Music?
- involves lyrics

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Popular

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Classical or Popular Music?
- associated with the performer/singer

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Popular

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Classical or Popular Music?
- tend to involve repetition hence it is memorable

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Popular

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Classical or Popular Music?
- are usually short

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Popular

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Classical or Popular Music?
- usually has a strong beat which is why we can move along to it

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Popular

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Classical or Popular Music?
- usually instrumental in nature but operas are an exception

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Classical

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10
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Classical or Popular Music?
- expression of meaning involves the use of pure sound

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Classical

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Classical or Popular Music?
- has a duration of around 30-40 minutes

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Classical

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12
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Classical or Popular Music?
- there is more variation

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Classical

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13
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Classical or Popular Music?
- originally produced from a written score

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Classical

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14
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T or F: Classical sheet music can be played in a variety of ways and interpretations

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False (one acceptable way of interpretation)

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Classical or Popular Music?
- the beat is not generally obvious

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Classical

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16
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Classical or Popular Music?
- we associate it with the composer, not the performer

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Classical

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17
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T or F: Classical music has a reputation of belonging to the middle class

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False (upper class)

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18
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Most people, especially the _____ would find classical music, difficult to understand

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Youth

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T or F: The preference for popular music may be linked to a person’s obsession with anything that is material and can be seen

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True

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20
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T or F: The preference for popular music is linked to how our contemporary society is a highly visual civilization

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True (a person’s obsession with tangible things)

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21
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This refers to a form of media wherein the music is marketed through the performers

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Music Videos

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22
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T or F: Popular music commonly dwells in using polyphony and discursive genres like sonatas and symphonies

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False (avoids)

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23
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People reject classical music due to the urge for ________

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Immediacy

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24
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T or F: Listening to classical music requires engaging our minds through time

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True

25
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Classical or Popular?
- transcends what is physical and material and dwells in the intellectual and spiritual

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Classical

26
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T or F: Tackling a musical score objectively has something to do with the hidden meanings of the composition

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False (nothing to do)

27
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Refers to patterns in time

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Rhythm

28
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Described how fast or slow a musical piece is; usually marked by a metronome symbol at the start of the piece

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Tempo

29
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Refers to a unit of time made up of a group of notes/beats/pulses within a measure

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Metro

30
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Refers to the succession of consecutive notes or tones that change in pitch or duration

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Melody

31
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T or F: Harmony is known to carry the overall theme of the music

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False (melody)

32
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This is usually inseparable with rhythm

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Melody

33
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Refers to a combination of different tones or pitches played or sung together; can also involve playing them successively

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Harmony

34
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Notes played or sung together is also known as a _______

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Chord

35
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Refers to the relationship between melody and harmony, has three forms:
- monophonic
- homophonic
- polyphonic

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Texture

36
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This type of texture has only one melodic line, and it involves singing or playing along to the music

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Monophonic

37
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This type of texture refers to playing the melody and accompanying chords at the same time

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Homophonic

38
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This type of texture is usually the most complex as it has more melodic lines that seem independent from one another

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Polyphonic

39
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Refers to the degree of softness or loudness in a musical piece; also refers to the changing from soft to loud and vice versa

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Dynamics

40
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> Also known as tone color
Refers to the quality of sound generated by an instrument or voice

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Timbre

41
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T or F: Timbre depends on the amplitude of overtones played by an instrument and which parts of it are vibrating

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True

42
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Refers to the arrangement of musical events or themes throughout a composition; a pattern

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Form

43
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Type of Form:
- has an AAAA pattern
- most popular music form; evident in hymns

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Strophic

44
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A stanza is also known as?

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Strophe

45
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Type of Form:
- has an AB pattern
- a new melody is played after one melody

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Binary

46
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Type of Form:
- has an ABA pattern
- the (A) melody is played right after a binary pattern is played (AB); it goes back to A

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Ternary

47
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Type of Form:
- the theme alternates with 2 or more different themes
- can have multiple patterns: ABACA, ABACABA, or ABACADA

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Rondo

48
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Type of Form:
- the melody is initially presented or played then it changes appearance after it is entirely played
- has a numerical pattern: A-A1-A2-A3-A4

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Theme and Variation

49
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Type of Form:
- a typically fast music form similar to ternary
- divided into 3 parts: exposition, development, and recapitulation

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Sonata-Allegro

50
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This part of a sonata-allegro presents the overall theme of the music (introduction)

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Exposition

51
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This part of a sonata-allegro involves the build up or expounding parts of a composition (the tension among characteristics)

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Development

52
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This part of a sonata-allegro reviews the themes in the initial structure (the resolution)

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Recapitulation

53
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The types of musical instruments are based on what classification?

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Hornbostel-Sachs

54
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Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Sound is produced when the body of an instrument vibrates

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Idiophones

55
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Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Sound is produced by membranes tightly stretched over a part of an instrument

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Membranophones

56
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Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Involves the use of stretched strings to produce sound

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Chordophones

57
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Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Sound is produced when air vibrates inside a column or when the reed vibrates by air flow

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Aerophones

58
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Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Sounds is generated through materials that produce electrical signals transmitted to a loud speaker

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Electrophones

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