Music Terms Flashcards

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Song that is written to capture the essence of a scene, paint a picture by sound, and help the listener create a visual image

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Art song

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A choral setting of the mass that contains 5 sections: kyrie, Gloria, credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei

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Mass

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Composition in several movements for orchestra and chorus often with a sacred text and utilizing recitatives, arias, and choruses

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Cantata

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A polyphonic composition for choir based on a sacred Latin text and typically sung without accompaniment

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Motet

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A theatrical presentation with drama set to music

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Opera

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Grand in scale and tragic in tone. Highly stylized treatment of heroic subjects such as gods and heros

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Grand opera

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Comic opera that usually does not have spoken dialogue and typically uses satire to treat a serious topic with humor

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Opera buffa

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A slime-dramatic work, without acting, scenery or costumes, often on a religious theme, for orchestra, choir and soloist

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Oratorio

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An independent composition foe orchestra in one movement typically in a sonata form and from the romantic period

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Concert overture

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An extended composition foe orchestra and one or more soloist typically in three movements s fast-slow-fast

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Concerto

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11
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Music written for one musician with or without accompaniment

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Solo

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Music written for two musicians with or without accompaniment

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Duet

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Music written for three musicians with or without accompaniment

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Trio

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Music written for 4 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Quartet

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Music written for 5 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Quintet

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Music written for 6 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Sextet

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Music written for 7 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Septet

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18
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Music written for 8 musicians with or without accompaniment

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Octet

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Any arrangement of musicians usually more than 4

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Ensemble

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20
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A large instrumental ensemble divided into sections such as strings wood winds brass and percussion. The section of seats on the ground floor of the auditorium directly in front of the stage

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Orchestra

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21
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An instrumental piece usually in three or four movements and usually for one or two players

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Sonata

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22
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An instrumental composition typically in two parts arising form the Baroque period and comprising a set of dance-inspired movements written in the same key but differing in tempo meter and chapter

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Suite

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23
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An extended musical composition for orchestra usually consisting of three of four movements

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Symphony

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24
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A polyphonic composition in which a theme or themes are stated successfully in all voices

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Fugue

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25
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The dominant ide of a work of art, music, dance, and literature. In music a principle melodic phrase in a composition

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Theme

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26
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Vibrations that travel through the atmosphere and cause the eardrum to vibrat

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Sound

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27
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The highness or lowness of the sound. Short wavelengths create a higher pitch whereas long wavelengths creat lower ones

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Pitch

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The loudness of the sound

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Dynamics

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The timbre of a voice or instrument

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Tone color

30
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The quality of a tone that distinguishes it from other tones of the same pitch

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Timbre

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How many beats the pitch or note is being held

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Duration

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Equal parts into which the measure is divided

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Beat

33
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On written music a measure is the distance between two bar lines

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Measure

34
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On written musica vertical line that lines perpendicular to the staff or grand staff

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Bar line

35
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Five horizontal lines

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Staff

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Two sets of 5 horizontal parallel lines connected by a grand bar Line with the upper staff usually being treble clef and the bottom staff being bass clef

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Grand staff

37
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The regular succession of a rhythmical impulse or beat

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Meter

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The relationship either of time or space between recurring elements of a composition the regular or ordered repetition of dominant and subordinate elements or units with a design or composition

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Rhythm

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The slowness or fastness of the rhythm

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Tempo

40
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The succession of recognizable tones that create a whole

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Melody

41
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The arrangements and progression of chords

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Harmony

42
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The melodic and harmonic characteristic of a composition

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Texture

43
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The scientific study of music including aspects of physics of sound chord progressions and note development

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Theory

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The sudsy of the overall development if a piece of music identifying which phrases repeat and which phrases are new and all combinations within the piece of music

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Form and analysis

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A diverse artistic style taking place from the late 16th century to the early 18th century that adhered to classical standards but had no known classical antecedents

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Baroque

46
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Adhering to traditional standards but had no known classical antecedents

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Classical

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A philosophy as well as a style in all arts and literature dating to the late 18th through19th centuries sought to reflect great diversity

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Romantic

48
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Music that reflects the style of the day

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Contemporary

49
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Music that has a definite 2-beat feel and was first written for military purposes

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March

50
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A Caribbean island feel that reflects the laid-back lifestyle those residents bobby farin

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Reggae

51
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Elvis Presley, king of rock and roll- a strong heavy drum beat that establishes the rhythmic feel with a heavy guitar and piano providing the melody and harmony

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Rock

52
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Written to fully express the restrained emotion of the slaves and former slave developing in the Mississippi delta

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Rhythm and blues

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A highly vocalized automatonic rhythmic beat that expresses the artists emotion usually of hatred and violence

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Rap

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A sacred style of music that developed by African-Americans and was a spin-off of rhythm and blues

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Gospel

55
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Similar to an opera but includes folk-music or music specifically written to carry the story

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Musical

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The primary female singer in an opera

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Prima Donna

57
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classical or formal tradition resting heavily on a set of prescribed movements, actions, and positions

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Ballet-A

58
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The primary female dancer in a ballet

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Prima ballerina

59
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Form of concert dance relying on emotional use of the body, as opposed to formalized or conventional movement such as ballet, and stressing human emotion and the human condition

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Modern dance

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A group of dances that perform some religious, moral, or ethical purpose in a society

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Ritual dance

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A body or group of dances performed to traditional music that is stylistically identifiable with a specific culture, for which it serves as a necessary or informative part

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Folk dance

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Jazz Dance a form arising partly from African dance customs, and with a strong improvisational nature, that developed into American social and entertainment dances

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Jazz dance

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series of dances that have a prescribed style and set of steps that must be followed closely to express the customs of particular country Many ballroom dances have derived from a Latin American country

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Ballroom dance

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When dancers stand in a straight line and perform high kicks and alternate moves to follow a domino pattern

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Line

65
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When a series of motions are repeated to reiterate or capture a particular expression or mood

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Form

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Reiteration of elements in a work so as to create a sense of unity

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Repetition