schmoosic Flashcards

1
Q

Impressionism?

A
  • 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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3
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Minimalism?

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

A
  • random order
  • music with an element of chance
  • chord cluster
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5
Q

fusion?

A
  • combination of classical and rock instruments
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6
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presto

A

very fast

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7
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allegro

A

fast

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8
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adagio

A

leisurely

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9
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monophonic

A

one instrument

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10
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polyphonic

A

many instruments (play different stuff)

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11
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homophonic

A

few instruments playing the same

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12
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melysmatic

A

more than one note in a syllable

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13
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ostinato

A

repeated idea

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14
Q

pedal

A

repeated note, continuous

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15
Q

canon

A

tune starts then starts higher

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16
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unison

A

all same notes

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17
Q

cerdd dant

A

combining poetry and music

18
Q

art song

A

posh song, classical sounding

19
Q

modal

A

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

20
Q

tremolando

A

trembling fastly with the bow

21
Q

toute chord

A

everyone plays chord

22
Q

polyrhythm

A

more than one rhythm played at same time

23
Q

brass band

A

cornets, euphoniums, tenor horns

24
Q

military band

A

woodwind, percussion and brass

25
Q

modal renaissance

A

before major and minor (like pentatonic)

26
Q

wind band

A

wind

27
Q

folk band

A

banjo, acoustic guitar, bas dwbl, fiddle

28
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full orchestra

A

everyone

29
Q

string orchestra

A

string and percussion

30
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string quartet

A

violin 1 and 2, viola and cello

31
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1 sharp?

A

G major, f#, minor equivalent is E minor

32
Q

2 sharps?

A

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

33
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3 sharps?

A

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

34
Q

4 sharps?

A

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

35
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5 sharps?

A

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

36
Q

Rhyme for sharps?

A

Father charles goes down and ends battle

37
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Rhyme for flats?

A

Battle ends and down goes Charles’ father

38
Q

1 flat?

A

Bb, F major, D minor

39
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2 flats?

A

Bb Eb, Bb major/ G minor

40
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3 flats?

A

Bb, Eb and Ab, Eb major or C minor

41
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4 flats?

A

Bb, Eb, Ab and Db,

Ab major/F minor

42
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5 flats?

A

Bb, Eb, Ab, Db and Gb

Db major/Bb minor