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Music in Western Culture-- Quiz 1

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_________ is also known as tone color.   Timbre  
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The length of a piece of music is its ________.   Duration  
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The volume/intensity of music is also known as its   Dynamics  
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The two parts that make up a song are the m_____ and h______.   Melody; Harmony  
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Every song has r______, which is comprised of a t_____ and m_____.   Rhythm; tempo, meter  
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The tonic of a song is a song's c________ k__, or "h___ p____."   Central key, or "home plate"  
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A cadence in a piece serves like a c____ or a p_____.   Comma or a Period  
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A repeated pattern in a piece is called an o______.   Ostinado  
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The character of a piece of music as determined by the key in which it is played is a piece's t________.   Tonality  
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The _________ ______ is church music sung as a single vocal line in free rhythm and a restricted scale (plainsong.)   Gregorian Chant  
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An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices that follows a strict poetic form is a _________   Madrigal  
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The form of music that repeats verses is ________ form.   Strophic form  
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Word painting is demonstrated in what song? Where in it?   Fair Phyllis; "Up and down"  
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A shift of accent in a passage or composition that occurs when a normally weak beat is stressed is called:   Syncopation  
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450-1450 AD   The Medieval Time Period  
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1450-1600 AD   The Renaissance Period  
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1600-1750 AD   The Baroque Period  
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1750-1825 AD   The Classical Period  
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1825-1900 AD   The Romantic Period  
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1900-Present   Contemporary/Present Period  
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