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1
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You may earn ___ points of extra credit in this class.

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a.) 10

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2
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Tests are worth ___% of grade.

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d.) 75

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Course contract must be turned in by 1st test…true or false?

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a.) true

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The ___ turned in w/ concert paper…

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c.) stamped concert program

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One of properties of sound controlled by a musician is…

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a.) how loud sound is, or dynamics

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Duration refers to how long sound lasts…true or false?

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a.) true

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The highness or lowness of sound refers to its _____.

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d.) pitch

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8
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The distinctiveness of sound, or what makes each voice or instrument sound different is ____.

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c.) timbre

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9
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60 db of volume is the level of:

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b.) an ordinary conversation

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10
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Only a(n) ____ is likely larger than modern orchestra.

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d.) university marching band

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11
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Panissimo is _____.

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d.) very soft

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12
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Forte is ____.

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a.) very loud

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13
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Mezzo-forte is _____.

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b.) medium loud

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14
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Piano is ____.

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e.) soft

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15
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Mezzo-piano is _____.

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c.) medium soft

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16
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Musical instruments are usually in _____.

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d.) Italian

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17
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Crescendo means to grow softer…true or false?

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b.) false

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Decrescendo means to grow softer…true or false?

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a.) true

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19
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What 4 instruments does the woodwind family contain?

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a.) flutes, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons

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20
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The ______ family is perhaps most versatile & largest instrument family.

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c.) percussion

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21
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Trumpets & trombones=definite pitch; Woodblocks & cowbells=indefinite pitch…true or false?

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a.) true

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Oldest playable instruments are _____ dating back over 3,000 years.

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b.) Chinese bone flutes

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23
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Rhythm can be simple or complex, fast or slow, measured or unmeasured…true or false?

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a.) true

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24
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Accents & syncopation can establish a steady beat…true or false

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a.) true

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25
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Rhythm can also conflict w/ beat, creating regular, intermittent patterns totally random…true or false?

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a.) true

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26
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Tempo greatly affects the _____ of a composition.

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b.) mood

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27
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Lento means ______.

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d.) very slow

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28
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Vivace means ______.

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e.) fast & lively

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29
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Meter is the organization of beats into ______.

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a.) groupings

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30
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Bar lines divide beats into groupings in a musical score…true or false?

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a.) true

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31
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A ____ is the smallest movement to an adjacent pitch.

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c.) step

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32
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A _____ is any movement larger than a step.

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b.) leap

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33
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Scales are the “raw materials” for melodies…true or false?

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a.) true

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34
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Scales begin or end on a _____ keynote.

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e.) tonic

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35
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Notated pitches range from _____.

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d.) a to g

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36
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The piano has ____ keys.

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e.) 88

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37
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A phrase is a substantial, but incomplete ____ that is separated from adjacent phrases w/ clear musical punctuation.

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c.) idea

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38
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A ____ is a group of 3 or more pitches sounded together.

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b.) chord

39
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The ____ chord= “home chord”

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d.) tonic

40
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A chord progression is a series of chords that progresses towards a ____.

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e.) goal

41
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A progression that ends decisively on the tonic chord functions like a ____.

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c.) red light

42
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Cadences that do not end on the tonic function like a _____.

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a.) yellow light

43
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_____ is described as thick or thin, dense or transparent.

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c.) texture

44
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_____ is “one voice” in unison, no harmony.

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c.) monophony

45
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_____ is many voices, texturally complicated, contrapuntal.

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a.) polyphony

46
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_____ means “same or similar voice” melody & accompaniment moving together (between extremes).

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b.) homophony

47
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In ____ form, the 1st and 2nd part ends w/ repetition of 1st part.

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b.) binary

48
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_____ form, 2nd part ends w/ repetition of 1st part.

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b.) rounded binary

49
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____ form is also known as theme & variations.

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d.) variation

50
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In ___ form, music stays same for each verse.

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b.) strophic

51
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Punk, soul, and grunge are ___.

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a.) style labels

52
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Style labels include:

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a.) Instrumentation, harmony, rhythm, texture, and form

53
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Style becomes a ____ between the creator and the audience.

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a.) link

54
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Early manuscripts came from _____ scattered throughout Europe.

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a.) Monasteries

55
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Opera is a fusion of music and ______.

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c.) drama

56
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Music evolved from compositions almost exclusively for ________ to a broad array of styles and genres.

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d.) the church

57
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New technologies made it possible to create a variety of _____ and to print musical compositions.

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c.) instruments

58
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During medieval times musical texts were primarily in ______.

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e.) latin

59
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Chansons are French __________ songs.

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b.) secular

60
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Madrigals often featured contrapuntal textures and expressive text settings of highly regarded ______.

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a.) poems

61
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____________ reintroduced congregational singing into worship services.

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a.) Martin Luther

62
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The church songs of the Protestant Reformation were inspired by the ____________ songs of the day.

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b.) secular and popular

63
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________ is monophonic, liturgical music.

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c.) chant

64
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By the 15th century magnificent sacred works were being composed with four or more melodic parts woven together ______________.

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d.) contrapuntally

65
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Songs with more than one part often had voices moving in similar or identical rhythm have ___________ texture.

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e.) homophonic

66
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Heterotrophy is the musical texture in which two or more instruments play different versions of the melody. This is common in folk tradition…true or false?

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a.) true

67
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Composers favored vocal music through the 16th century…true or false?

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a.) true

68
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A concerto is a multi-movement work composed for an orchestra of mainly strings and keyboard…true or false?

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a.) true

69
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Earliest composers were __________ and composing was part of their work.

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a.) servants

70
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Musicians guilds had standards for members, attached to a church or court were still servants…true or false?

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a.) true

71
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Musical life by the end of the 17th century resembled modern world…true or false?

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a.) true

72
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Two major technological advances before the 17th century were relevant to music printing and instrument making…true or false?

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a.) true

73
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A central fact of life during the Middle Ages was the ____.

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b.) afterlife

74
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Clergy had social standing comparable to _________.

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e.) nobility

75
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Periods of daily prayer that start at sunrise and end at sunset are ________.

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a.) divine office

76
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Scribes worked in scriptoriums and monastery libraries and have been our main source of chant and medieval sacred _____.

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c.) chant

77
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________________ was promised to the church by her parents then became the prioress.

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d.) Hildegard of Bingen

78
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________ chant text settings have one note per syllable.

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a.) syllabic

79
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_________ chant generally has two or four notes per syllable.

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b.) neumatic

80
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___________ chant is the most elaborate from of text setting with singly syllable sustained over many notes.

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c.) melismatic

81
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Ionian and Aeolian modes developed into modern ________ and minor scales.

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a.) major

82
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A vast gulf separated the sacred and secular in the Middle Ages…true or false?

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a.) true

83
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Guillaume de Machaut was the first singer songwriter during the 14th century…true or false?

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a.) true

84
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______________ was a code of behavior exceptive of the noble class.

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b.) chivalry

85
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Marriages among the __________ were arranged and had more to do with power than love.

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a.) nobility

86
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___________ were musicians most responsible for new secular song and dance.

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c.) minstrels

87
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___________ were poets who sang about idealized love.

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b.) troubadours

88
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______________ notation was developed in the mid 13th century that indicated specific rhythmic relationships.

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a.) mensural

89
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Earliest records show that the ____________ was first dance popular in france and Italy.

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d.) estampie

90
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Video of perpetuum jazz elite “Rain in Africa”

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timbre of human voice

91
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Michael Jackson video “Thriller”

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example of good beat

92
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Video of Danny boy

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example of lasting melody (enduring)

93
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Cadences

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musical punctuations, some conclusive, others not

94
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Amazing Grace by Celtic Woman

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c.) strophic form

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