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Mid term Flashcards

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Interval

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Distance between 2 notes

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Pitch

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A note or tone
Frequency of a sound
Higher note = higher note and frequency

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Octave

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Interval 8 noted apart

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Dynamics

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Refers to the loudness and softness of music

Piano- soft
Forte- loud

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Voice types

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Soprano, alto, tenor, bass

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Soprano

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High pitched ladies

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Alto

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Low pitch ladies

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Tenor

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High pitched men

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Bass

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Low pitched men

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Woodwind

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Flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe, bassoon

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Brass

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Trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba

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Percussion

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Things you hit of Shake

Drums, xylophone, tambourine, Ect.

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Strings

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Guitar, violin, viola, cello, bass, mandolin

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Tempo

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Speed of the beat/pace of the music

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Melody

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A tune ( can be sang, hummed, whistled, played) main part of a song

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Harmony

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Different notes sang/ played With the melody

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Scale

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Series of notes played up and down (do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do)

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Monophonic

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Music one note/pitch at a time

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Staff

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5 parallel lines notes are written on

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19
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Treble clef

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Bass clef

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Marks lower, (bass) pitch notes

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Measure

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Short part of written music divided by measure lines

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Sharp

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Higher in pitch
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Flat

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b

Lower in pitch

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Middle Ages Music 450-1450

Not much _________ record.

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Middle Ages Music 450-1450

No method of ________/_____________ music.

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Writing/printing

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Middle Ages Music 450-1450

Most music controlled by the _______.

27
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Middle Ages Music 450-1450

Music was______, vocal, and _________.

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Monophonic

A Capella

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Middle Ages Music 450-1450

A Capella

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Means no instruments accompanying

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Middle Ages Music 450-1450
Important composers (2)
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Machaut & Palestrina

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Middle Ages Music 450-1450

No clear _______ to music.

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Middle Ages Music 450-1450

Women _______ to perform in public.

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Renaissance (1450-1600)

Music is moving slowly from churches to courts, or ___________.

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Renaissance (1450-1600)

Secular music grows- _____________ music.

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Non-religious

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Renaissance (1450-1600)

________ methods invented.

35
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Renaissance (1450-1600)

Music starts to focus on _______.

36
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Renaissance (1450-1600)

More _________ rhythm to the beat.

37
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Renaissance (1450-1600)

Harmony used more or less?

38
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Renaissance (1450-1600)

Instrumental music used more or less?

39
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Renaissance (1450-1600)

Orchestras grew to as many as ____ musicians

40
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Renaissance (1450-1600)

Women are restricted to performing in _______.

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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Composers and musicians are \_\_\_\_\_\_/\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
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Hired and commissioned

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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Music in churches, courts, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, & \_\_\_\_\_\_.
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Public performances, and opera

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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Music is _______.
One ________. Repeated _______ and ______.

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Focused
Mood
Rhythms and patterns

44
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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Terraced dynamics
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Sudden changes in volume

Da da dum da da dum – BAM – da da dum da da dum

45
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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Opera
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Musical play

46
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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Sonata
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Song for instruments

47
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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Cantata
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Church vocal composition, several movements

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Oratorio

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Large vocal composition, tells a story

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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Aria
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Vocal solo in an opera, cantata or oratorio

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Baroque Period (1600-1750)
Recitative
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Dialog in opera, sang to imitate speaking

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Classical Period (1750-1820) 
Music education more \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ by the middle class.
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Valued and accessible

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Classical Period (1750-1820) 
Some musicians worked \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ instead of patronage.
53
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Classical Period (1750-1820) 
Emotions, dynamics, and rhythm \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ within the music
54
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Classical Period (1750-1820) 
More \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ used in orchestra, size \_\_\_\_\_\_, sound \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
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Grew

Changed

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Classical Period (1750-1820) 
Symphony
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Large composition for orchestra, 3+ movements

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Classical Period (1750-1820) 
Concerto
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Composition for featured solo instrument with orchestra

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Classical Period (1750-1820) 
Fortepiano
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Wooden frame, ancestor to piano

58
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Classical Period (1750-1820) 
Composers
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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

59
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Romantic Period (1820-1900) 
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