Test 1 Flashcards
The distance between 2 tones is called a
Interval
By repeating the same melody using different instruments, Stravinsky is highlighting differences in
Tone color, rhythm, dynamics
Many of the early audio manipulating processes done on _ and tape studios are now done in modern, more powerful computers.
Synthesizers
What techniques are used to control pitch in one or more kinds of brass instruments?
Using sliding tube to change length of tube through which air vibrates, using valves to change length of tube through which air vibrates, varying lip tension while blowing in mouthpiece
What are two ways of lengthening the value of a note?
Using a tie, adding a dot
Series or sequence of chords
Progression
Combination of tones that is stable and whose sound has a sense of arrival, or resolution
Consonance
Dominant chord resolves a tonic chord, giving a sense of conclusion
Cadence
What kind of scale has a half step between the second and third tones?
Minor
What kind of scale has a half step between the third and fourth tones
Major
What’s true about modulation?
It usually changes Central tone (changes in different keys), it’s shifting from one key to another
What is the basic set of pitches used to create tonality in music called
The scale
What is the primary scale in a piece of music called?
The key
When several different voices or instruments sing or play the same melody, adding richness to monophonic texture, it’s called
Unison
Main melody accompanied by chords
Homophonic
Technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole
Counterpoint
Frequency measured in
Cycles per second
Treble
Unchanged boy voice
Strings are the _ of orchestra
Backbone
What’s fipple mechanism
Like blowing off coke bottle, dividing air to create vibration
Largest Inst in percussion family
Timpani or kettle drum
Who categorizes music
Organologists
Conjunct
Melody moves step-wise or in close intervals
Disjunct
Melody that moves with wide steps or leaps
Subdominate
Triad starts on 4th note
Dominant
Triad built on 5th scale note
Key
Melody and harmony centered around central note
Pentatonic scale
5 notes in scale
Modulation
Change keys in middle of piece
Tonic key
Main key of piece
Monophonic
Single melody
Polyphonic
2 or more equally impt melodies at same time
Homophobic
1 melody with choral accompaniment
Ternary form
A B A
Binary
A B
Rondo
A B A C A
Order of different ages
Middle Ages, ren, baroque, classical, romantic, 20th cent
Motive
Small melodic cell, string together to get phrase, usually 3-5 notes
Chord
3 or more notes
Tonic chord is _ for different keys
Different
How many half steps in an octave
12 steps in an octave
