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schmoosic Flashcards

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Impressionism?

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  • Chromatic chords
  • whole tone scale
  • Debussy
  • pedal notes
  • vague rhythm quality
  • pentatonic scale
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Expressionism?

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  • Schoenberg’s 12 tone technique
  • extremes of instruments
  • atonal
  • no tunes
  • dischords
  • irregular rhythms
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Minimalism?

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  • repetative
  • no tune
  • strong pulse
  • music to create an atmosphere
  • unconventional instruments
  • limited melody
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Aleatoric?

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  • random order
  • music with an element of chance
  • chord cluster
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5
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fusion?

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  • combination of classical and rock instruments
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presto

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very fast

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allegro

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fast

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adagio

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leisurely

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monophonic

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one instrument

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polyphonic

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many instruments (play different stuff)

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homophonic

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few instruments playing the same

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12
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melysmatic

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more than one note in a syllable

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13
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ostinato

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repeated idea

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14
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pedal

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repeated note, continuous

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15
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canon

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tune starts then starts higher

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16
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unison

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all same notes

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17
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cerdd dant

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combining poetry and music

18
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art song

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posh song, classical sounding

19
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modal

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doesn’t necessarily have a key, no perfect cadence, no leading note

20
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tremolando

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trembling fastly with the bow

21
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toute chord

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everyone plays chord

22
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polyrhythm

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more than one rhythm played at same time

23
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brass band

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cornets, euphoniums, tenor horns

24
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military band

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woodwind, percussion and brass

25
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modal renaissance

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before major and minor (like pentatonic)

26
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wind band

27
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folk band

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banjo, acoustic guitar, bas dwbl, fiddle

28
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full orchestra

29
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string orchestra

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string and percussion

30
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string quartet

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violin 1 and 2, viola and cello

31
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1 sharp?

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G major, f#, minor equivalent is E minor

32
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2 sharps?

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D major, f# and c#, minor equivalent is B minor

33
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3 sharps?

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f#, c#, and g#, A major, equivalent minor is F# minor

34
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4 sharps?

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f#, c#, g# and d#, E major, equivalent minor is C# minor

35
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5 sharps?

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f#, c#, g#, d# and a# is B major, equivalent minor is G# minor

36
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Rhyme for sharps?

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Father charles goes down and ends battle

37
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Rhyme for flats?

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Battle ends and down goes Charles’ father

38
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1 flat?

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Bb, F major, D minor

39
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2 flats?

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Bb Eb, Bb major/ G minor

40
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3 flats?

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Bb, Eb and Ab, Eb major or C minor

41
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4 flats?

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Bb, Eb, Ab and Db,

Ab major/F minor

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5 flats?

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Bb, Eb, Ab, Db and Gb

Db major/Bb minor

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