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Peripetie Flashcards

1
Q

The melody can be described as angular and disjunct. What does this mean?

A

The melody is fragmented and contains sudden, unexpected leaps. It does not have a smooth melody line.

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2
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What is a motif?

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A short melodic fragment

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3
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What is the name for the principle melody line?

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Hauptstimme

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4
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What does hauptstimme refer to?

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The principle melody line

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5
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What is the name for the secondary melody line?

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Nebenstimme

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6
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What does nebenstimme mean?

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The secondary melody line

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7
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What does Klangfarbenmelodie translate as?

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Tone colour melody

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8
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Schoenberg believed that the sound of the instrument playing the melody was as important as the melody line itself. What term did he use to describe this concept?

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Klangfarbenmelodie

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9
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What is the tonality of Peripetie?

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Atonal

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10
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What does atonal mean?

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No specific key is used

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11
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What is a hexachord?

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A chord made up of 6 different notes

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12
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Schoenberg doesn’t use a particular key signature, so what does he base the harmony on?

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Hexachords

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13
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What is the name for all the notes which are not part of the hexachord?

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Compliment

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14
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What is the compliment?

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The 6 notes which are not part of the hexachord

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15
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What family are the flute and clarinet in?

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Woodwind

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16
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What family are the oboe and cor anglais in?

17
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What family are the double bass and cello in?

18
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What family are the violin and viola in?

19
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What family are the bassoon and contrabassoon in?

20
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What family are the trumpet and trombone in?

21
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What family are the French horn and tuba in?

22
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What family are the cymbal and tam tam in?

A

Percussion

23
Q

What family are the xylophone and bass drum in?

A

Percussion

24
Q

What is the texture when block chords are used?

A

Homophonic

25
Q

What is the texture when there is only one melody line, with no accompaniment?

A

Monophonic

26
Q

What is the texture when there are several, intertwining melody lines?

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Polyphonic

27
Q

What structure does Rondo form use?

28
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What does Sehr Rasch mean?

29
Q

What does rit mean?

A

Slowing down

30
Q

What does etwas ruhiger mean?

A

Somewhat calmer

31
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What does ‘a tempo’ mean?

A

Back to the previous tempo

32
Q

What does ‘heftig’ mean?

A

Passionate

33
Q

Which three time signatures are used in this piece?

A

2 3 and 4

4 4 4

34
Q

What does ‘sf’ mean?

A

Suddenly loud/subito forte

35
Q

What does pizz/pizzicato mean?

36
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What does ‘arco’ mean?

37
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What does tremolo mean?

A

Repeating the note very quickly (it sounds like the note is trembling)

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