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Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Pitch

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

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2
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Rhythm

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Pattern

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3
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Interval

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the distance in pitch between a high and a low note

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4
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Consonance

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Intervals that sounds pleasing to us or sound stable

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5
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Dissonance

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Intervals that sound unpleasing/unstable to most ears

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6
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Octave

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

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7
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Melody

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A tune, series of pitches in a row

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8
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Contour

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the shape of the melody

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9
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Phrase

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

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10
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Cadence

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

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11
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Chord

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more than one pitch, sounded at the same time

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12
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Harmony

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Chords create Harmony

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13
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Dynamics

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how loudly or softly a sound is being played

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14
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Texture

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3 musical textures: Monophony, Homophony, Polyphony

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Monophony

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

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16
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Homophony

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

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17
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Polyphony

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When people are singing or playing in different pitches

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18
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Beat

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the pulse that makes up a given works

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19
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Tempo

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Speed of which a piece of music goes

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20
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Meter

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A grouping of beats into regular repeating patterns

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21
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Triple meter

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3 beats per cycle

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22
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Duple Meter

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2 or 4 beats per cycle

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23
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Mass

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Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei

24
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A cappella

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No instruments, sacred

25
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Motet

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

26
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Imitation

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

27
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Basso Continuo

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group of instruments that play baseline together.

28
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Neo-Platonism

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Josquin Desprez, Palestrina

29
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Opera

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A music drama, fully staged, large scale all singing

30
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Libretto

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The text or lyrics of an Opera

31
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Recitative

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

32
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Aria

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

33
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Arioso

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

34
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Chorus

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Lots of people singing together in an opera

35
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Galliard

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A type of dance

36
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Lute song

A

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

37
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Hemiola

A

Musical technique where different meters go simultaneous or back to back

38
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Madrigal

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

39
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Secular

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Tend to be on the subject of love

40
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Concerto

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

41
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Solo concerto

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Soloist and ripieno

42
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Concerto Grosso

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Concertino and ripieno

43
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Concertino

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Small group of soloists

44
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Ripieno

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The body of instruments accompanying the concertino

45
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Episode

A

When you’re not hearing the main melody

46
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Ritornello

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Returning chorus

47
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Counterpoint

A

Multiple melodies combining at the same time

48
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Fugue

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Genre based on imitation

49
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Subject

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A melody

50
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Sacred Cantana

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Piece of sacred music in multiple movements

51
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Chorale

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A hyme sung in Lutheran church

52
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Intermedio

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Music that was played between acts of a play

53
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Ground bass

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Consistent bass music played under the rest of the music

54
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Text/word painting

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When the music follows the meaning of the lyrics being sung

55
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Baroque Era

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

56
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The Renaissance

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1450-1600. “Rebirth”

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