Test 1 Flashcards

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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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Rhythm

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Pattern

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Interval

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the distance in pitch between a high and a low note

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Consonance

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Intervals that sounds pleasing to us or sound stable

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Dissonance

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Intervals that sound unpleasing/unstable to most ears

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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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Melody

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A tune, series of pitches in a row

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Contour

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the shape of the melody

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Phrase

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

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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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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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Homophony

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

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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

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A cappella

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No instruments, sacred

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Motet
Always sacred, in latin, a cappella, short. Anything other than the five names.
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Imitation
Someone plays something, then the next person plays the same thing.
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Basso Continuo
group of instruments that play baseline together.
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Neo-Platonism
Josquin Desprez, Palestrina
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Opera
A music drama, fully staged, large scale all singing
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Libretto
The text or lyrics of an Opera
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Recitative
Will not usually have a clear meter or beat, usually have basso continuo instruments
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Aria
More instrumentals than a basso continuo, more memorable melody, clear beat/meter, used in different situation than recitative.
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Arioso
Short sections of music that sounds like Aria, but are too short
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Chorus
Lots of people singing together in an opera
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Galliard
A type of dance
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Lute song
Different type of peace than mass and motet, a short piece of music with a singer and lute playing
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Hemiola
Musical technique where different meters go simultaneous or back to back
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Madrigal
Born in Italy, over a few decades becomes popular in England, lots of different types, secular
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Secular
Tend to be on the subject of love
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Concerto
Instrumental works (no words), several movements, based on idea of adding/subtracting instruments to create dynamics contrast.
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Solo concerto
Soloist and ripieno
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Concerto Grosso
Concertino and ripieno
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Concertino
Small group of soloists
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Ripieno
The body of instruments accompanying the concertino
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Episode
When you're not hearing the main melody
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Ritornello
Returning chorus
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Counterpoint
Multiple melodies combining at the same time
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Fugue
Genre based on imitation
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Subject
A melody
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Sacred Cantana
Piece of sacred music in multiple movements
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Chorale
A hyme sung in Lutheran church
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Intermedio
Music that was played between acts of a play
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Ground bass
Consistent bass music played under the rest of the music
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Text/word painting
When the music follows the meaning of the lyrics being sung
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Baroque Era
1600-1750. Always different because basso continuo improvises. Claudio Monteverdi
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The Renaissance
1450-1600. "Rebirth"