terminology

Question 1

gigue:

Answer 1

lively dance from the baroque dance suit

Question 2

concertino:

Answer 2

short concerto

Question 3

ripieno:

Answer 3

the instruments accompanying the concertino

Question 4

continuo:

Answer 4

a bass line in many baroque orchestral, choral and chamber works

Question 5

figured bass:

Answer 5

symbolic information below a bass note to inform harmony

Question 6

imitation:

Answer 6

polyphonic musical texture in which a melodic idea is freely or strictly echoed by successive voices
call and response

Question 7

sequence:

Answer 7

melodic and harmonic pattern which is repeated at successively higher or lower pitch levels

Question 8

pedal notes:

Answer 8

held through changing harmonies

Question 9

conjunct:

Answer 9

a melody that moves in distinct steps or intervals, smoothly, and in a connected way
stepwise

Question 10

ornaments:

Answer 10

embellishment of a melody

Question 11

syllabic:

Answer 11

each syllable is matched to note

Question 12

melismatic:

Answer 12

when a single syllable has various notes

Question 13

trill:

Answer 13

rapid alternation between a note

Question 14

appoggiatura:

Answer 14

ornamental note that displaces

Question 15

colla voice:

Answer 15

follow the voice

Question 16

sf (sforzando):

Answer 16

played with stress and accent

Question 17

crossed note heads:

Answer 17

notes with rhythmic value but no pitch

Question 18

guitar with overdrive:

Answer 18

when you push guitar pass it’s amp

Question 19

tremolando:

Answer 19

rapid repeated note

Question 20

hi-hat:

Answer 20

two cymbals together on a drum kit

Question 21

ostinato:

Answer 21

short melodic message repeated throughout piece

Question 22

syncopation:

Answer 22

displacement of rhythm and accent

Question 23

rall:

Answer 23

slowing of tempo

Question 24

maestoso:

Answer 24

majestic

Question 25

polyphonic/contrapuntal:

Answer 25

2 or more melodies of similar importance

Question 26

homophonic:

Answer 26

multiple voices move in a chordal texture highlighting harmony

Question 27

melody dominated homophony:

Answer 27

one voice, often the highest, plays a distinct melody, and the accompanying voices work together to articulate an underlying harmony

Question 28

unison:

Answer 28

all parts playing same line at same time

Question 29

monophonic:

Answer 29

a single, unaccompanied line

Question 30

antiphonal:

Answer 30

texture 2 or more parts play alternate parts

Question 31

heterophonic:

Answer 31

playing different version of the same melody/ idea at the same time

Question 32

contrapuntal:

Answer 32

involves counterpoint, in which more than one musical line plays at the same time the lines are independent but related harmonically

Question 33

stretto:

Answer 33

concluding passage performed in a quicker tempo

Question 34

concerto grosso:

Answer 34

a baroque orchestral composition featuring a small group of solo instruments contrasting with the full orchestra

Question 35

acciaccatura:

Answer 35

a grace note melodically adjacent to principle note and played simultaneously

Question 36

mordent:

Answer 36

a note played with single raid alternation with note above or below

Question 37

broken chord:

Answer 37

a chord in which all notes appear in succession

Question 38

codetta:

Answer 38

brief conclusion with a cadence at the end

Question 39

dissonance:

Answer 39

discordant sounds or a lack of harmony in music

Question 40

grace note:

Answer 40

brief note (main note/ principal note) that functions as ornamentation for the note that follows it

Question 41

what are the voices in order from high to low?

Answer 41

bass baritone tenor countertenor alto mezzo-soprano soprano

Question 42

vibrato:

Answer 42

musical effect where a note changes pitch subtly and quickly

Question 43

glissando:

Answer 43

a way of gliding or flowing from one note to the next

Question 43

triad:

Answer 43

three notes stacked in consecutive thirds

Question 44

arpeggio:

Answer 44

notes of a chord played in succession rather than together the term broken chord is sometimes used

Question 45

disjunct:

Answer 45

opposite of conjunct = not stepwise

Question 46

drone:

Answer 46

extended sustaining or repeating note

Question 47

fanfare:

Answer 47

flourish for bass instruments for ceremonial or celebratory effect

Question 48

ground bass:

Answer 48

repeating phrase in the bass in some baroque pieces

Question 49

atonal:

Answer 49

absence of tonality or key

Question 50

modal:

Answer 50

tonality based on modes (precursors of modern scales - of several types each with a different series of tones and semitones)

Question 51

articulation:

Answer 51

the degree to which a note is separated from the note that follows it (legato and staccato)

Question 52

double stopping:

Answer 52

where two notes or more are played together and being stopped simultaneously

Question 53

solo concerto:

Answer 53

work for a soloist and orchestra in three movements

Question 54

concerto grosso:

Answer 54

baroque usually two soloists and orchestra

Question 55

flanger:

Answer 55

an effect that creates clanging which involves mixing together two identical signals, one of them delayed by a small, gradually changing amount