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1
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Why is the C Major scale the reference point?

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Because it doesn’t have any accidentals (ie sharps or flats)

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Name the four authentic modes.

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Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian

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Name the four plagal modes.

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Hypodorian, Hypophrygian, Hypolydian, Hypomixolydian

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Authentic modes are composed of:

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a group of five (pentachord) and then a group of four (tetrachord)

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Plagal modes are composed of:

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a group of four and then a group of five

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Who created the modes?

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Guido of Arezzo, around 1020CE

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How many accidentals are in the modes?

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None

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What is a pentachord?

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Group of five pitches

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What binds Middle Ages and Renaissance music?

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Both are based on modality (as opposed to tonality that comes later)

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What is the reciting pitch?

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the pitch that most of the chant is recited in (never occurs on B because B is so unstable)

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How many accidentals are found in untransposed modes?

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None.

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12
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How are western keys related?

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Through transposition

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What is a natural instrument?

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One that has no keys and therefore can only play the C Major scale

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What is the Doctrine of Affections

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early 17th C aesthetic theory that held that different musical moods could and should be used to influence the emotions, or affections, of the listener

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Recitativo secco

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voice and basso continuo only

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exemplar

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example

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concordance

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more than one version

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unica

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only one version

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tablature

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fingering notation

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imitation

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the process where one or more voices or instruments duplicate exactly for a period of time the music that the previous voice/instrument had just played

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musica reservata

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heightened textual information on a score or manuscript

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motet

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derived from French word le mot, music composed for a choir or larger chorus setting a religious, devotional text, usually a cappella

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contrapuntal

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two melodic lines played at the same time

24
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Palestrina wrote for the Catholic Church during what period?

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the counter reformation movement

25
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What is figured bass?

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When the pitches the bass is supposed to play are written above the note in numerical form (3=3rd note above root)

26
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What is unfigured bass?

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composer leaves it up to organist to decide what notes to play above the root

27
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madrigal

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a secular song, originated in Italy and spread across Europe, basically sung love poems

28
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What is Purcell’s asymmetrical structure?

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Most compositions are written in groups of four, he wrote They Hand, Belinda in groups of five

29
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Renaissance

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rebirth of arts and letters, culture and society, based on rediscovery of ancient Greece

30
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humanism

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a focus on oneself, new in the Renaissance

31
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Musician’s guild

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started in Age of renaissance, helped musicians demand proper pay

32
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example of a four voice motet

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Ave Maria written by Josquin, 1485

33
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what are the four voices in a motet

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bass, tenor, alto, soprano

34
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trivium

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comprising the disciplines of grammar, logic, and rhetoric

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quadrivium

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arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, music

36
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Ave Maria is a salute to:

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the Virgins principle days of celebration within the liturgical calendar

37
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O Mater Dei

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O Mother of god

38
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What occurred on Oct 31, 1517?

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The posting of the 95 thesis by Martin Luther, as a means of initiating the Protestant Reformation

39
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What are the seven countries that bought into the Protestant Reformation?

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Austria, Bohemia, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland

40
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Council of Trent

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1545-1563, top Catholic officials meet to decide how to handle the Protestant movement

41
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Palestrina

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composed Gloria in polyphony, and Agnus Dei, 1555 –emphases clarity of text

42
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examples of Ordinarium Missae

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Gloria and Agnus Dei

43
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haut instruments

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loud instruments like the sackbut

44
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bas instruments

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soft instruments such as the recorders

45
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Musique de joye

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collection of 25 anon. dance tunes, each printed with four separate parts (soprano, alto, tenor, bassus)

46
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pavane

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slow, gliding dance in duple meter

47
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galliard

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fast leaping dance in triple meter

48
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adagio

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a tempo mark indicating SLOW

49
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Corelli’s Trio Sonata Fourth Movement?

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Allemanda, Presto VERY FAST

50
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Allemanda is what?

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the fourth movement in Corelli’s Trio Sonata Opus 4. No. 1

51
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When did Monteverdi write his opera?

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  1. It begans with an oeverture the Tocatta
52
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what the second part to Monteverdis opera?

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“A lamara novella”

53
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what is a monody?

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expressive solo singing to simple accompaniment

54
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Act III of Orfeo

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Possente spirito sung in ARIA

55
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the rhyme scheme of ARIA - ACT III

A

ABA

56
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Vogliio Morire

A

Barbara Strozzi

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