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Random Key Points Flashcards

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What is a tessitura?

A

The range of notes in a vocal piece

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What is a cadenza?

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A passage for soloist within a concerto (usually very difficult)

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What does virtuosic mean?

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A technically demanding piece

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4
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What does idiomatic mean?

A

Music written well for an instrument

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5
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What chords make up an interrupted cadence?

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V - VI

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What chords make up an plagal cadence?

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IV - I

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What is rubato?

A

‘Robbed time‘ - flexible timing - (usually in Romantic piano music)

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8
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What plays the basso continuo (in Baroque period)?

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Keyboard instrument + other bass instrument

Sometimes bassoon - woodwind

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9
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What 3 things could you use to describe a typical harmony?

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  • mainly diatonic
  • occasional chromaticism
  • ends with chords V - I (perfect cadence)
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10
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What two percussion instruments play the melody in jazz?

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  • piano

- vibraphone

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If a trumpet or french horn is heard in a piece of Baroque music, what instrument always accompanies?

A

Timpani

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12
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How many instruments play in a trio sonata?

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4 (2 instruments for basso continuo)

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13
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What is chest voice?

A

Lower range in singing

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14
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What is head voice?

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Upper range in singing

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15
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What does recitative mean?

A

Cross between singing and talking

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16
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What does sforzando (sfz/fz) mean?

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Forced

17
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What is the Alberti bass?

A

Broken chords (classical period)

18
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What is the name for a D/F# chord?

A

Inversion chord (slash chord)

19
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What genre are muted trumpets often used in?

A

Jazz

20
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What is the subdominant?

A

The 4th note of the scale

21
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What is a sonata?

A

Work for solo + piano (or solo piano)

22
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What command word does imitation come under?

A

Texture

23
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What instrument techniques are often used in jazz?

A

Trumpet - muted
Piano - tremelo
Double bass - pizz
Drum kit - brushes

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