Music 1 QUIZ 1 Vocab Flashcards

1
Q

canon

A

a round, imitating a part exactly, before the first part is finished.

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2
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falsetto

A

false voice, male singing in unusually high voice

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3
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ascending

A

going up

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4
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descending

A

going down

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5
Q

wide range

A

melody notes that compass more than one octave

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6
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triadic

A

using notes of the triad 1,3,5 etc

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7
Q

contour

A

shape and direction of the melody

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8
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call and response

A

solo answered by a group (rock, jazz term)

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9
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countermelody

A

two independent melodies played simultaneously

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10
Q

blue notes

A

flattened notes, by a semitone. Usually 3rd, 5th 7th

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11
Q

glissando

A

slide between notes

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12
Q

melisma

A

many notes for one syllable

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13
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improvisation

A

making it up as you go.

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14
Q

imitation

A

one part echoes another

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15
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change of register

A

change of octave, higher or lower

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16
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chalumeau register (clarinet)

A

low register

17
Q

atonal

A

without a key or sense of tonality

18
Q

bends

A

to slightly vary the pitch of a note

19
Q

modal

A

music written in one of seven modes

20
Q

ostinato

A

repeated pattern can be rhythmic or meodic

21
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pentatonic

A

5 note scale (1,2,3,5,6 of major scale)

22
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trill

A

rapid alternation of 2 notes (ornamentation)

23
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theme

A

the main melodic idea

24
Q

inversion

A

to turn upsidedown

25
Q

pitch

A

high or low

26
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timbre

A

the sound quality of a sound source

27
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syncopation

A

accents that occur off the beat

28
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sequence

A

repetition of a phrase at a higher or lower note.

29
Q

binary

A

two sections A, B

30
Q

syllabic

A

one note per syllable

31
Q

tempo

A

the speed of a piece

32
Q

scat singing

A

singing using nonsense syllables eg doo wop etc

33
Q

chromatic

A

a scale of semitones