Test 8.2.19 Flashcards
What are the degrees of the scale
The 8 individual notes that make up every major and minor scale
What term describes - The 8 individual notes that make up every major and minor scale
The degrees of the scale
What is note 1 in the degrees of the scale
Tonic
What number is the tonic note in the degrees of the scale
note 1 and/or 8
What is note 2 in the degrees of the scale
Supertonic
What number is the supertonic note in the degrees of the scale
2
What is note 3 in the degrees of the scale
Mediant
What number is the mediant note in the degrees of the scale
3
What number is the subdominant note in the degrees of the scale
4
What is note 4 in the degrees of the scale
Subdominant
What number is the dominant note in the degrees of the scale
5
What is note 5 in the degrees of the scale
Dominant
What number is the submediant note in the degrees of the scale
6
What is note 6 in the degrees of the scale
Submediant
What number is the leading note note in the degrees of the scale
7
What is note 7 in the degrees of the scale
Leading note
What is note 8 in the degrees of the scale
Tonic
Describe - texture
How tempo, melody and harmony / the layers of a piece of music combine
What term describes How tempo, melody and harmony / the layers of a piece of music combine
Texture
Describe monophonic texture
A single melody - like one string of spaghetti
Describe polyphonic texture
Many melodies interweaving with one another - like spaghetti on a plate
Describe homophonic texture
Literal meaning - sounding together - like many strands of music placed directly on top of one another and lined up - like uncooked spaghetti in a packet - sometimes called chordal music
Describe unison texture
All voices or instruments singing or playing the same melody (but perhaps in different octaves) e.g. many people singing Happy Birthday
Describe antiphonal texture
More than one group of instruments or voices usually placed in different parts of a church or concert venue - usually dialogue and melodic ideas are passed between them e.g. Renaissance composer Gabrieli
Which texture describes - A single melody - like one string of spaghetti
Monophonic
Which form of texture describes - Many melodies interweaving with one another - like spaghetti on a plate
Polyphonic
Which texture describes - Literal meaning - sounding together - like many strands of music placed directly on top of one another and lined up - like uncooked spaghetti in a packet - sometimes called chordal music
Homophonic
Which texture describes - All voices or instruments singing or playing the same melody (but perhaps in different octaves) e.g. many people singing Happy Birthday
Unison
Which texture describes - More than one group of instruments or voices usually placed in different parts of a church or concert venue - usually dialogue and melodic ideas are passed between them e.g. Renaissance composer Gabrieli
Antiphonal
Give the structure of Binary form and in which period was it mainly used
AB - commonly used in Baroque period
A - begins with tonic key ends with dominant key and usually repeated
B - begins with dominant key and returns to tonic
Which form is defined as AB and was used mainly during the Baroque period
Binary
Give the structure of Ternary form and in which period was it mainly used
ABA
Commonly found in minuet and Baroque dances
Later used as a movement within Classical symphonies
Repeat of section A not always exact but very close
Describe the term - structure
The different sections of keys melodies or chord sequences that make up a piece or song
Where was Mozart born
Salzburg, Austria
When was Mozart born
1756
Which composer was born in Salzburg Austria in 1756
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Name 3 of Mozart’s pieces
Don Giovanni - opera
Symphony no 15 in G Major
Piano concerto no 15 in Bb major
Give two facts about Mozart
He earned a lot of money from his successful operas, but ended up in financial difficulties
By the age of 5 he could play the clavier (like a harpsichord) faultlessly
