Music Appreciation Review 1

Placement of accents away from their normal stresses in the meter

What music can be defined as the art of

How musical time is measured

ONE two three, ONE two three

Each occurrence of a repeated pattern of a principal strong beat and one or more weaker beats

ONE two, ONE two, ONE two, ONE two

Any recurring pattern of strong and weak beats

An individual movement of music is often referred to by this

Adagio: very slow Andante: slow; walking Moderato: medium Allegretto: moderately fast Allegro: fast or cheerful Presto: very fast

Very slow

Slow; walking

Medium; moderate

Moderately fast

Fast; cheerful

Very fast

ONE two *three* four, ONE two *three* four

Speed at which beats follow one another

An example of nonmetrical music

Highness or lowness of a sound

Musical term for level of sound

Another term for tone color

Musical term for "suddenly"

The language in which dynamics are usually described

Gradual increase in dynamic level

Pianissimo: pp, very soft Piano: p, soft Mezzo piano: mp, medium soft Mezzo forte: mf, medium loud Forte: f, loud Fortissimo: ff, very loud

Very soft, pp

Soft, p

Medium soft, mp

Medium loud, mf

Loud, f

Very loud, ff

They tend to be simple and easily singable

A particular arrangement of whole steps and half steps

A melodic pattern of pitches that is repeated at different pitch levels

Musical term for a high point

The set of 7 pitches used in western music

Consists of half steps

Moments at ends of phrases where melody pauses or stops altpgether

A collection of fixed pitches

Distance between two pitches that seem to duplicate each other and blend very well together

In songs, musical phrases generally coincide with these

A chord that creates a sense of rest

Groupings of several pitches sounded simultaneously

The effect of chords with a melody

3 main textures of Western art in music

Occurs when the melody is heard in one line and the other parts have clearly less important material that forms and accompaniment

The texture that combines two or more individual melody lines

Closely related to polyphony

Principle of organizing music around a central, "home" pitch

A change in key indicates a change in?

Which mode is formed with the diatonic scale oriented around C?

Number of major and minor scales that can be built on the notes of the chromatic scale

Music in minor mode can be described as ___, while major mode can be considered ___

Moving from one key to another in the middle of a composition

A musical composition takes on its form through?

A way to connect the beginning, middle and end of a musical piece

Can trigger an emotional click when the tune reoccurs later in a piece, like melody in form

In a piece of music that can be diagrammed as A B A, the A indicates ___, and the B indicates ___.

The genre of a musical work can be determined by its

Troubadours and trouveres did not sing about

Traditionally associated with collecting and codifying the chants of the church

Plainchant is metered, T/F?

The medieval polyphonic form that resulted from the addition of texts to the upper parts while retaining the Gregorian chant in the lower part

What happened to polyphonic music during the thirteenth century?

The early history of Western music was dominated by

In Western music, what the musical style in the period after 1300 was called

Popular musicians of the middle ages

The single line melodies of the early Christian church

5th century to the 14th and 15th centuries

4 medieval modes, and each starting pitch in the diatonic scale

In medieval music the plainchant melody ___ voice, but in the early Renaissance it moved to the ___ voice

The pavan is in ___ meter, and the galliard is in ___ meter.

How many standard sections to the polyphonic Mass?

The basis for the development of great Baroque instrumental music was laid in this time period

Types of Renaissance dance music

Preferred tone color of High Renaissance style

Why was the motet more attractive than the Mass to 16th century composers?

In church music, a short tune sung through many stanzas of text

Device used by Renaissance composers to depict in music the words or ideas of a text

How can rhythm in the High Renaissance style be characterized?

The text of the Kyrie section of the Mass

Most important part of the daily church services

Name the 5 parts of the mass

Set of dances collected from and opera or ballet

There is very little accompaniment for the soloist in this

Refers to the bass line and continuous chords of a Baroque composition

Extended piece for a solo singer having more musical elaboration and a steadier pulse than a recitative

Opera provided the perfect vehicle for the Baroque idea of expressing?

The Baroque period spans these years

Two instruments that would have most likely played the basso continuo in the Baroque era

In the early Baroque period, composers subdivided choirs to exploit more:

A Baroque composition that treats one melody imitatively

Most advanced form in late Renaissance music

Baroque treatment of meter

Drama set to music

Musical form in the Baroque period became more?

3 main sources of instrumental music