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Music Flashcards

1
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Order of jazz

A 
Blues
Ragtime
New Orleans
Boogie woogie
Bebop 
Cool
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Blues musicians

A

Bessie Smith

Big Joe Turner

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Blues features

A

12 bar blues
Blues scale
Walking bass
Call and response

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4
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Ragtime musicians

A

Scott Joplin

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5
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Features of ragtime

A

Piano only
Syncopation
Bass notes on Beats 1&3, chords on beats2&4

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New Orleans musicians

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Original Dixieland jazz band

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New Orleans features

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One instrument plays the main melody and everyone else improvises
Complex sound

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Boogie woogie important musicians

A

Jelly roll Morton

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9
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Boogie woogie features

A

Originally just piano but later for others
Quaver moving bass riff
Based on the 12 bar blues

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10
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Bebop important musicians

A

Charlie Parker

Dizzie Gillespie

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Bebop characteristics

A

Fast tempo
Virtuistic playing and improvising
Complex syncopation

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Cool musicians

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Dave Brubeck

Miles Davis

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13
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Cool characteristics

A

Relaxed laid back
Focus on melody
Unusual harmonies

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14
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Largo

A

Slow

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15
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Andante

A

Walking pace

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16
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Allegro

A

Fast

17
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Presto

A

Very fast

18
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issimo

A

Extremely

19
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Texture

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The number of parts at once

20
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Disconance

A

Notes which clash when together

21
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Consonance

A

Notes which sound good together

22
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Disjunct

A

A melody which contains large leaps

23
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Conjunct

A

Doesn’t contain many jumps

24
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Chromatic

A

Music which uses notes from outside the key signature

25
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Baroque dates

A

1600-1750

26
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Classical dates

A

1750-1820

27
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Romantic dates

A

1820-1900

28
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Impressionist dates

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Early 20th century

29
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Expressionism dates

A

Early 20th century

30
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Baroque composers

A

J.S Bach
Vivaldi
Handel

31
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Classical composers

A

Mozart

Hayden

32
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Romantic composers

A

Chopin
Schumann
Berlioz

33
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Impressionism composers

A

Debussy

Ravel

34
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Expressionism composers

A

Schoenberg

Berg

35
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Baroque characteristics

A 
Harpsichord 
Basso continuo 
Ornamentation 
Terraced dynamics 
Single mood
36
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Classical characteristics

A 
Balance question and answer
Clear melodic lines 
Melody and accompaniment texture
Alberti bass
Use of piano
Simple music 
string quartet
37
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Romantic characteristics

A

Freer structures
Large orchestra
Longer melodies to get emotion
Harmony thick with chromatic chords

38
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Impressionist characteristics

A

Whole tone scale
Cluster chords
Parallel motion
Use of pedal

39
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Expressionism characteristics

A

Sudden changes in mood, dynamics and texture
Disjointed melodies and rhythms
Very dramatic and emotional

2nd Yr (5 decks)

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