music Flashcards

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“was probably first applied to music in 1918, especially to Schoenberg”, because like the painter Wassily Kandinsky he avoided “traditional forms of beauty” to convey powerful feelings in his music.

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expressionism

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what are the 4 characteristics of expressionistic music?

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simple meters, polyrhythm, polymeter, polytonality

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paremeters in which the beat divides into two, and then further subdivides into four.

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simple meters

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is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter.

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polyrhythm

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iswhere two sequences are played using different meters, but with the same tempo.

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polymeter

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is the musical use of more than one key simultaneously.

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polytonality

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is the arrangement of twelve chromatic pitches in series that provides the melodic and harmonic basis for a music composition.

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twelve-tone technique

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The notes are numbered by using the corresponding number of half-steps from the first note in the tone row. These numbers are called ?

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the pitch classes

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9
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what are the 4 twelve tone technique?

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prime, inversion, retrogade, retrogade inversion

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10
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is the original composition of the twelve-tone series.

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prime

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11
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is the inverted transposition from the given prime.

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inversion

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12
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is the backward transposition from the last note of the prime.

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retrogade

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13
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is the backward and upside down transposition from the note of the prime

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retrogade inversion

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14
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genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means (electroacoustic music).

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electronic music

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15
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is a music composition or way of performance, all determined by elements of chance or unpredictability.

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chance of music

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16
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Aleatoric music, from the Latin word alea which means “,” is the other term for chance music.

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dice

17
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This type of music is frequently found in some opera choruses. Concept of performance is sometimes left to the determination of its performer(s).

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chance music

18
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In 1947, a group of music technicians in a Paris radio station, led by “ “, started to experiment musique concrète.

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pierre schaefer

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It is a music made up of natural sounds and sound effects that were recorded and altered by changing the speed of the records. The cutting and splicing of sounds into new combinations were enabled through this evolution.

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magnetic tape recording

20
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was a device for combining sound generators and sound modifiers in one package.

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synthesizers

21
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was an analog programmable electronic music synthesizer, pioneered and created by the RCA Corporation in 1955. This can generate any imaginable sound or combined sounds.

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rca ( radio corporation of america )

22
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another analog synthesizer, was pioneered and commercially released in the mid-1960s. Musicians used this instrument in their performances, who include Pink Floyd and The Beatles, both famous rock bands.

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moog synthesizer