Q1 EXAM REVIEWER Flashcards
It is the most important of the 5 basic elements. (it measures movement)
Rhythm
Often referred to as “tune”
Melody
Most memorable of all the elements of music
Melody
Is the most simple concept to understand for beginners
Harmony
For serious music students, the study of this element may take years to master
Harmony
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Timber
Enables the listener to hear the differences between musical instruments
Timber
A combination of 2 chords simultaneously played together
Polychord
A rhythm that makes use of two or more different rhythms simultaneously
Polyrhythm
The simultaneous use of two or more tonalities
Polytonality
The Impressionism era lasted from ___ to ____
1870-1920
Known also as the five note scale or the five tone scale
Pentatonic Scale
Claude Debussy (years)
1862-1918
Claude Debussy (Compositions)
- Deux Arabesque
- Reflections in the water
- The Sunken Cathedral
- Claire De Lune (Moonlight)
Maurice Ravel (year)
1875-1937
Maurice Ravel (works)
- Daphnis et Chloé
- Boléro
- Rapsodie Espagnole
It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands
Djembe
is covered with goat skin
Djembe
A double headed drum
Bata drums
It is used to send messages to announce births
Talking drum
A 12 stringed instrument used extensively in west Africa. Which are played by plucking fingers
Kora
A set of plucked tines or keys mounted on a sound board.
Mbira
The leader would sing or play a musical phrase, and another singer would answer with another phrase
Call and Response
It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues, and often jazz
Soul
Popular music genre originating in the African-American Community during the 1950s - 1960s
Soul
Talks about oppression, depressing subjects such as loss of love.
Blues
Characterized genre by the use of call and response
Blues
Term used to describe the fusion of West African and Black American music
Afrobeat
A popular form of south African music featuring a lively variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance.
Jive
An opera ballet that focuses on the theatrical presentation of folk songs and stories.
Folkloric Ballet
It combines modern music and dance
Rock Opera Ballet
subcategory of opera ballet that was merged in the 1970s
Rock Opera Ballet
A kind of dance featuring a combination of songs and routines paired with comedy skits similar to a play
Vaudeville
considered as the first full-length opera by a Filipino composer.
Noli Me Tangere by Felipe Padilla De Leon
premiered in 1957
it was the first Filipino Tagalog language
Sandugong Panaginip by Ladislao Bonus
performed in Teatro Zorilla, August 2, 1902.
Born in Manila, famously known as Ryan Cayabyab or Mr. C of the Philippines.
Raymundo Cipriano Pujante Cayabyab
he played with the Pangkat Kawayan, a folk bamboo ensemble founded by his father, when he was young
Josefino “Chino” Toledo
He founded the Sambahan-Likhaan Foundation, which runs the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music.
Dr. Francisco Feliciano
he had won in different film festivals such as Filipino Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science (FAMAS), as Best Musical Director for several movies.
Ernani Cuenco
became the First Filipino Ethnomusicologist.
Jose Maceda
Famous Works
Lucio San Pedro
- Lulay
- Sa Mahal Kong Bayan
- Sa Ugoy ng Duyan (text written by Levi Celerio, another National Artist for Music.)
he was also a soldier and known conductor of military bands.
Col. Antonio Buenaventura
in 1912, he made his first musical composition entitled “Matinal”
Antonio Molina
when he was 5, his father taught him solfeggio and banduria.
Nicanor Abelardo
he wrote his first composition “Unang Buko” when he was 8.
Nicanor Abelardo
his compositional output ranges from small-scale solo piano works and Kundiman to large-scale works for the theater and films.
Francisco Buencamino Sr.
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