Test 1

Question 1

Pitch

Answer 1

the highness/lowness of a tone depending on the pitches frequency. Wavelenghts

Question 2

Rhythm

Answer 2

Pattern

Question 3

Interval

Answer 3

the distance in pitch between a high and a low note

Question 4

Consonance

Answer 4

Intervals that sounds pleasing to us or sound stable

Question 5

Dissonance

Answer 5

Intervals that sound unpleasing/unstable to most ears

Question 6

Octave

Answer 6

Most consonant interval there is. Interval between 1st and 8th pitch in a scale

Question 7

Melody

Answer 7

A tune, series of pitches in a row

Question 8

Contour

Answer 8

the shape of the melody

Question 9

Phrase

Answer 9

a shorter section of a melody. Commas and punctuation are assumed

Question 10

Cadence

Answer 10

a short section of music that helps our ear know that a melody or phrase is about to end

Question 11

Chord

Answer 11

more than one pitch, sounded at the same time

Question 12

Harmony

Answer 12

Chords create Harmony

Question 13

Dynamics

Answer 13

how loudly or softly a sound is being played

Question 14

Texture

Answer 14

3 musical textures: Monophony, Homophony, Polyphony

Question 15

Monophony

Answer 15

Everyone who’s playing is playing the same melody at the same time

Question 16

Homophony

Answer 16

Similar to Monophony, but are playing in harmony with each other (different pitches)

Question 17

Polyphony

Answer 17

When people are singing or playing in different pitches

Question 18

Beat

Answer 18

the pulse that makes up a given works

Question 19

Tempo

Answer 19

Speed of which a piece of music goes

Question 20

Meter

Answer 20

A grouping of beats into regular repeating patterns

Question 21

Triple meter

Answer 21

3 beats per cycle

Question 22

Duple Meter

Answer 22

2 or 4 beats per cycle

Question 23

Mass

Answer 23

Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

Question 24

A cappella

Answer 24

No instruments, sacred

Question 25

Motet

Answer 25

Always sacred, in latin, a cappella, short. Anything other than the five names.

Question 26

Imitation

Answer 26

Someone plays something, then the next person plays the same thing.

Question 27

Basso Continuo

Answer 27

group of instruments that play baseline together.

Question 28

Neo-Platonism

Answer 28

Josquin Desprez, Palestrina

Question 29

Opera

Answer 29

A music drama, fully staged, large scale all singing

Question 30

Libretto

Answer 30

The text or lyrics of an Opera

Question 31

Recitative

Answer 31

Will not usually have a clear meter or beat, usually have basso continuo instruments

Question 32

Aria

Answer 32

More instrumentals than a basso continuo, more memorable melody, clear beat/meter, used in different situation than recitative.

Question 33

Arioso

Answer 33

Short sections of music that sounds like Aria, but are too short

Question 34

Chorus

Answer 34

Lots of people singing together in an opera

Question 35

Galliard

Answer 35

A type of dance

Question 36

Lute song

Answer 36

Different type of peace than mass and motet, a short piece of music with a singer and lute playing

Question 37

Hemiola

Answer 37

Musical technique where different meters go simultaneous or back to back

Question 38

Madrigal

Answer 38

Born in Italy, over a few decades becomes popular in England, lots of different types, secular

Question 39

Secular

Answer 39

Tend to be on the subject of love

Question 40

Concerto

Answer 40

Instrumental works (no words), several movements, based on idea of adding/subtracting instruments to create dynamics contrast.

Question 41

Solo concerto

Answer 41

Soloist and ripieno

Question 42

Concerto Grosso

Answer 42

Concertino and ripieno

Question 43

Concertino

Answer 43

Small group of soloists

Question 44

Ripieno

Answer 44

The body of instruments accompanying the concertino

Question 45

Episode

Answer 45

When you're not hearing the main melody

Question 46

Ritornello

Answer 46

Returning chorus

Question 47

Counterpoint

Answer 47

Multiple melodies combining at the same time

Question 48

Fugue

Answer 48

Genre based on imitation

Question 49

Subject

Answer 49

A melody

Question 50

Sacred Cantana

Answer 50

Piece of sacred music in multiple movements

Question 51

Chorale

Answer 51

A hyme sung in Lutheran church

Question 52

Intermedio

Answer 52

Music that was played between acts of a play

Question 53

Ground bass

Answer 53

Consistent bass music played under the rest of the music

Question 54

Text/word painting

Answer 54

When the music follows the meaning of the lyrics being sung

Question 55

Baroque Era

Answer 55

1600-1750. Always different because basso continuo improvises. Claudio Monteverdi

Question 56

The Renaissance

Answer 56

1450-1600. "Rebirth"