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tone color, distinguishes one instrument or voice from another |
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Name the Six Instrumental Categories |
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1. Brass 2. Percussion 3. Woodwins 4. Strings 5. Keyboards 6. Electronic |
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How did the piano get its name? |
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piano was originally named for piano-forte which is italian for soft-loud which suggests that it has a wide dynamic range |
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Name the 4 orchestral categories |
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performance direction to pluck a string of a bowed instrument with the finger |
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small fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound |
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World Music of Classification |
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1.) Membraneophones 2.) aerophones 3.) chordophones 4.) idiophones |
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1.) Soprano 2.) Mezzo-soprano 3. Alto 4. Tenor 5. Baritone 6. Bass |
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musique concrete (earliest type of electronic music); synthesizer, MIDI(interface between synthesizer and computer) |
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element of time or duration |
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regular pulsation, a basic unit of length in a musical time |
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the speed, pace, or rate of the music (speed of the pulse) |
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Italian names for tempo (there are 5) |
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1. adagio 2. andante 3. moderato 4. adagio 5. presto |
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the emphasis on a beat resulting in it being louder and longer |
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organization of rhythm in time, regular grouping of beats |
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two beats per measure (twinkle, twinkle, little star) |
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three beats per measure (my country tis of thee (America)) |
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four beats per measure (Battle Hymn of the Republic[Glory glory Hallelujah]) |
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an offbeat, a deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accentuation |
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rhythmic group or metrical unit that contains a fixed number of beats, group of beats |
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the organization of movement in time |
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highness or lowness of a tone, depending of the frequency |
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number of vibrations per second |
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The faster the vibrations |
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The slower the vibrations |
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Where is “C” located on the keyboard? |
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to the left of two top black keys |
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horizontal-a coherent succession of single pitches, pitches that add up to a recognizable whole |
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A melody has a range, contour or shape, with a high point or climax, and phrases which are separated by cadences or resting points |
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smooth connected melody that moves by small intervals |
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disjointed or disconnected melody with many leaps |
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the distance between pitches |
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the interval between one “a” and the next “a”, 12 half steps apart |
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(vertical) happens at the same time, movement and relationship between intervals and chords |
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most common chord, 3 or more pitches heard at the same time |
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a series of pitches arranged from low to high or high to low- a set of pitches on which a piece of music is based |
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a scale consisting of seven different tones that comprise a specific pattern of whole and half steps RAISED HALF A STEP |
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key or tonic-central note on which its melody and harmonies are based, the most important note in the piece |
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differences are relative and not absolute |
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Italian terms for volume (6) |
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pianissimo pp-very soft piano p -soft mezzo piano mp- half soft forte f- loud fortissimo ff – very loud mezzo forte- half loud |
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sudden stress or accent on a single note or chord |
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single line texture or melody without accompaniment |
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texture in which two or more voices elaborate the same melody-improvisation found in jazz |
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two or more melodic lines combined into a multivoiced texture as distinct from monophonic |
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texture with a principal melody and accompanying harmony, as distinct from polyphony |
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texture in which all voices or lines move together in the same rhythm |
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the structure or design of the music |
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Initial Idea Exact Repetition Contrasting Idea Variation to any part Return to Idea |
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melodic idea used in the creation of a composition |
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short melodic or rhythmic idea, smallest fragment of a theme |
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a separate portion of a larger piece |
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performance style with a singing leader who is imitated by a chorus of followers |
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