Music
Arrangements of sound in time
Pitch
The highness of lowness
Dynamics
The loudness or softness
Tone
A specific pitch produced by sound waves
Tone
Specific pitch produced by sound waves at a constant rate of vibrations
Acoustics
The science of sound
Crescendo
Becomes Louder
Decrescendo
Becomes Softer
Tones are named
A-G
Raises a note half a key
Sharp (#)
Lowers a note half a key
Flat (B)
There is not an accidental between ? and ?
B and C
E and F
Ledger Line
Lines that go above or below clefs
Bass clef lines
G B D F A
(Good Boys Don’t Fuck Asians)
Bass clef spaces
A C E G
(All Cows Eat Grass)
Intervals
The numerical distance between two notes
Octave
Eighth inteval
Rhythm
The arrangement of long and short sounds in music
Another word for a Measure
Bar
Accents
Stressed beats
Metronome
Instrument used to measure time and tempo
Duple Meter
Two beats per measure
Triple Meter
Three beats per measure
Andante
Moderately slow
Moderato
Moderate
Allegro
Fast
Emiola
Additional notes to add extra to measure
Syncopation
Signature notes off the accented beats
Melody
A succession of tones off the accented beats
Conjunct Melody
Smooth, linear, and easy to sing
Disjunct Melody
Jagged, wide intervals, and hard to sing
Cadences
acts ascommas, semicolons, or periods
An arrangement of ascending or descending whole or half notes or half steps that form an octave
Scale
The first and last note of a scale
Tonic
Chromatic Scale
All notes
Whole-tone scale
Only whole steps
Pentatonic Scale
Only five tones
A ? is made up of 3 or more pitches that logically concieve
Chord
A chord can be made up of three or more pitches thrown together (T/F)
False
Most common chord is western music
Triad
A triad is built of thirds (T/F)
True
Dissonant Sounds are considered ? and are ? to the ear
“Active”
Tensive and grating
Consonant Sounds are ? and are ? to the ear
“Passive”
Pleasing
Refers to the harmonic or melodic conception of music
Texture
Monophonic
A single unaccompanied line of music
A melody accompanied by other voices or instruments in harmony
Homophonic
Polyphonic
More than one line or melody produced at the same time
Texture in which has the same melody in all voices but each performer embellishes freely
Heterophonic
The quality of sound characteristics of a particular voice, instrument, or ensemble
Timbre
The highest female voice (opera)
Soprano
The highest female voice (opera)
Soprano
Mezzo (Voice)
Medium female voice
Bass (Voice)
Lowest male voice
Alto (Voice)
Low female voice
High male voice
Tenor
Medium male voice
Baritone
Trumpet keys are called
Pistons
The baritone is a Brass instrument(T/F)
The baritone has a baritone voice classification (T/F)
True
False
The flute does not use reeds (T/F)
True
English horn is a Brass instrument (T/F)
False
Double reed instruments include
Oboe
English Horn
Bassoon
Single reed Woodwind instruments include
Clarinet
Saxophone
Which keyboard instrument has 88 keys
Piano
Which instrument is known as “The King of all Instruments”
Pipe Organ
The Pipe Organ uses ? to change the sound and “?” is its popular phrase
Stops
“Pulling Out All The Stops”
The “kettle drum” is another name for which percussion instrument
Timpani
Only percussion instrument that can change its pitch
Timpani
Weather, temperature, crowd, volume, tempo, venue size are all
Non-musical influences
Concert
A “concerted” effort of large group
Performance by a soloist or chamber ensemble
Recital
Chamber Ensemble
Where everyone plays a separate part; no doublings on parts
Rock Band show is technically called a recital (T/F)
True
BC and AD are technically called ? and stand for what ?
B.C.E. & C.E.
Before Common Era & Common Era
Why was the early music of Greece mainly improvised?
Because it was mainly passed down Orally
Why did the Christian Church destroy the few written music documents of early Greece?
To eliminate Pagan Influences
Early Greek music had no standard notation system (T/F)
True
Epitaph of Seikilos
complete Greek song from 2nd century; found carved in tombstone
Music was not included in general education of Greece until the Middle Ages (T/F)
False
Early Greek music was mainly monophonic (T/F)
True
Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, and Chorus all have Greek origin except for:
(A.*Orchestra) (B.*Organ) (C.*Symphony) (D.*None of the Above)
D. None of the Above
The goddesses of all arts were
Muses
Stated that music not affected not only one’s mood, but their very self- good or bad
Doctrine of Ethos
The two most popular instruments of early Greek music
Aulos and Lyre
Who discovered the science of sound (acoustics) in the 6th century?
Pythagoras
The ? era was from 500-1450 C.E.
Medievel Era
The Medieval Era were also called the
“Dark Ages”
The Fall of Rome occurred in what century
5th century C.E.
Music was mostly instrumental during the Fall of Rome (T/F)
False
Medieval Church was based on (Tonal/Modal) scales
*Pick One*
Modal
Medieval polyphony was (linear/vertical)
*Pick One*
Linear
Gregarian Chant
Chanting of religious text to simple melodies
Syllabic Chant
Each syllable has one note
Melismatic Chant
More than one note
Hildegard of Bingen
Diplomatist in religion and politics
Renaissance is the “Golden Era” of (Monophony/Polyphony)
Polyphony
Psalter
Collection of songs suitable for singing
Psalm tunes were ? and set to strong melodies
(strophic/vernacular)
strophic
Psalm singing was the most prevalent form of Protestant music everywhere except Germany (T/F)
True
A secular song introduced in Italy and very popular in England as well
Madrigal
Madrigal and The Motet were very similar (T/F)
False
Madrigal text was (sacred/secular)
Secular
Before 16th century, Madrigal line were sung by (male/female) sopranos
Male
Madrigal lines were to be listened to, not danced (T/F)
True
Lute
Pear-shaped plucked instrument
The Guitar was more popular than the Lute in the Renaissance (T/F)
False
Small ensembles made up of instrument families in the Renaissance were called
Consorts