Musical Techniques / Terms

Question 1

Performance practice

Answer 1

How much was performed in the composer’s own day

Question 2

“authentic” / historical performance

Question 3

aural codes / semiotics / aural topics

Question 4

consort

Answer 4

Group of related instruments, mainly in England

Question 5

High Baroque Style

Question 6

concertato principle

Answer 6

contrasting different sounds or instruments in the orchestra

Question 7

tonal form

Answer 7

V-I the most important Form dictates tonality

Question 8

circle of fifths

Question 9

basso continuo

Question 10

clarino

Answer 10

high range of instrument when notes can make a scale

Question 11

“horn fifths”

Answer 11

the thing with the notes that sound like hunting horns - not necessarily fifths

Question 12

Fortspinnung

Answer 12

constant spinning out of a melody, not antecedent-consequent phrases

Question 13

F.O.P.

Answer 13

far out point, the furthest away from the tonal center a piece gets

Question 14

Galant

Answer 14

early part of the classical period, happy, cheerful and clear music. transition away from the baroque

Question 15

antecedent-consequent

Question 16

PTSK

Answer 16

primary theme, transition, secondary theme, closing theme in the Expo of a sonata

Question 17

Mannheim effects

Answer 17

Stamitz
the sign, the crescendo, the birds, rocket, grand pause

Question 18

“double return”

Answer 18

return to the primary material and the tonic key at the same time

Question 19

“Turkish” music

Answer 19

Janissary music, drums, triangle, cymbals and piccolo

Question 20

High Classic style

Answer 20

Mozart, everything is in balance, Galant, Sturm und Drang and Empfindsamkeit (sentimental music) all together

Question 21

retransition

Question 22

natural horn

Question 23

instrumentation vs. orchestration

Question 24

harmonic / overtone series

Question 25

obbligato

Question 26

modal mixture

Question 27

thematisch Arbeit

Answer 27

thematic work, using little material as possible to build your musical piece

Question 28

“Heroic” style

Question 29

thematic compression / integration

Question 30

cyclicism

Question 31

chromatic mediant

Question 32

common-tone progression

Question 33

bVI

Question 34

GR+6

Question 35

chain of major thirds

Question 36

chain of minor thirds

Question 37

reminiscence theme

Question 38

program vs. absolute music