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Music Test 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Improvisation | Making it up as you go |
| Bar/measure | One time through the meter |
| Range | The distance (high to low) that an instrument or voice can sound |
| Scat | Singing/improvising nonsense syllables |
| Coda | Closing section of a piece |
| Motive | A small group of notes/rhythms that become building blocks of a larger piece |
| Madrigal | A cappella, choral, polyphonic, secular |
| Word-painting | A vocal music device, when a composer uses music to mimic or portray something in the lyrics |
| Melisma | Multiple notes on one syllable (voice) |
| Through-composed form | Has no major sections that repeat |
| Lied/Lieder | Song, German art song |
| Art song | Piece for voice and piano, intended for trained musicians |
| Opera | A play set to music |
| Gesamtkunstwerk | Total artwork (Wagner's term) |
| Recitative | Speech, free rhythm, action, little orchestra |
| Aria | Pulse, emotion, full orchestra, melody |
| Virtuosity | ability of fine a player to play difficult music |
| Concerto | multi-movement piece for solo instruments and orchestra |
| Cadenza | Part toward the end of a movement where the orchestra stops and the soloist goes off |
| 12-bar blues | I chord for four measures, IV cord for two measures, I chord again for two measures, V chord, (IV chord), I chord, (V chord) |
| Sonata form | 3 parts: Exposition- A) the key of the piece B) contrasting key and style Development-takes themes or parts of themes and develops them, frequent key changes makes it feel very unstable, unsettled Recapitulation- A) original key B) original key (coda) |
| Typical symphony piece | Four parts: 1) fast in sonata form 2) slow movement 3) dance-(often) minuet (sherzo and trio form, ABA style) (three beat) 4) fastest |
| Scherzo and Trio form | A (aabb) B (ccdd) A (ab) (not written out) |
| Horse piece | The Erlking by Schubert |
| Jazz piece | If You Have Ever Been Down by Thomas |
| Madrigal piece | As Vesta was from Latmos Hill Descending by Weelkes |
| Violin piece | Violin Concerto in D major by Tchaikovsky |
| Orchestra piece with choir | Symphony No. 9, mvt. IV "Chorale" by Beethoven |
| Distressed woman singing opera | "To This We've Come" from The Consul by Menotti |
| Other symphony | Symphony No. 2, mvt. III Scherzo and Trio by Beethoven |
| tee tee tee tah symphony | Symphony No. 5, mvt. I by Beethoven |
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