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WGU-Visual Arts 4
WGU-Music
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pitch | Any sound that sets up regular vibrations in the air & is perceived as a discrete tone |
| Tone | A sound that has a definite frequency |
| Consonance/Dissonance | Tow tones played together to make a pleasant (consonant) or unpleasant (dissonant) sound |
| Rhythm | How musical sounds are organized temporally or in time |
| Beat | Basic unit of rhythm; one of a steady series of rhythmic pulses represented in a score by a note of some kind |
| Meter | Number of beats in each measure |
| Tempo | Rate at which the beats occur; precise indication made possible by a metronome |
| Melody | Succession of notes often forming a distinctive sequence |
| Counterpoint | Simplest form of harmony, features melodic lines (voices or parts) occurring simultaneously |
| Harmony | The sounding of notes simultaneously |
| Chord | 3 or more tones sounded together |
| Dynamics | Loudness & softness of music |
| Contrast | Contrasting timbres or rhythm or tempo to make composition more interesting & engaging |
| Timbre | Color or quality of the musical sound being produced |
| Texture | Component of orchestration; describes the number of musical parts (or voices) at any one time |
| Monophony | Pieces or sections that contain only a single part |
| Polyphony | Several independent parts sounding at once |
| Homophony | Moves from chord to chord without undue elaboration or with a simple melody |
| Form | Coherent composition of sounds & silences that allow listeners to make sense of the piece overtime |
| Duration | How long a note lasts; can be lengthened by a tie |
| Art Music | Classical music historically created for the Christian churches, European courts, & concert halls |
| Folk Music | Music created by & for the common people of a particular region, ethnic group, or religious sect |
| Popular Music | Meant principally for enjoyment in the home |
| Cantata | Multi-movement non-theatrical and non-liturgical vocal genre; used to describe large-scale vocal works, sacred or secular, for soloists, chorus and orchestra; may also be for solo voice and accompaniment |
| Concerto | Ensemble music for voice(s) and instrument(s); extended piece of music where solo instrument or instruments are contrasted with an orchestral ensemble |
| Fantasia | Instrumental piece in which conventional form is suspended in favor of the application of imaginative stylization or improvisation; "Free Flight of Fancy" |
| Fugue | Contrapuntal form where subject theme part or voice is introduced then extended and developed through some number of successive imitations |
| Madrigal | Italian style setting secular verse for two or three unaccompanied voices; pastoral poem to music |
| Mass | Sung portion of the Roman Catholic liturgy |
| Motet | For one or more voices, sacred or secular texts to music, singing over fragment of chant in longer note-values, no instrumental accompaniment |
| Nocturne | Moderately slow piece for piano, of dreamy, contemplative character and song-like melody |
| Opera | Theatrically staged story set to instrumental and vocal music, most/all of the acted parts sung with large orchestra |
| Oratorio | Lengthy choral work, same structural elements as opera, religious in nature, not intended to be performed theatrically, relies on use of narration |
| Overture | Orchestral work, usually in 2 or 3 contrasting sections, written as single movement in sonata form, used intro to opera or other dramatic piece |
| Rondo | Instrumental form where the first or main section is repeated between subsidiary sections and to conclude the piece; usually in lively tempo |
| Sonata | Instrumental work either for solo chordal instrument (piano, harpsichord), or one or several solo melody instruments (violin, cello); symphony is usually used |
| Suite | Instrumental work, for one or any combo of instruments or for orchestra; movements derived from certain dance forms |
| Symphony | Three to four movements of orchestral work: 1st-sonata, 2nd-rondo, 3rd-minuet, 4th-sonata or rondo; great western achievement |
| Variations | Repetition of a musical theme with modifications in rhythm, tune, harmony, or key; instrumental |
| Cadence | Musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest, and giving the sense of harmonic completion |
| Notation | Identifies the beat and pitch of the music |
| Aria | Elaborate solo song used primarily in opera's, oratorio's, & cantata's |
| Coda | Passage added to the end of a musical composition to produce a satisfactory close |
| Legato | Musical term indicating that a passage should be played smoothly & without a break between the tones |
| Staccato | Technique of playing so that individual notes are short & are separated from each other by sharp accents |
| Ballade | Short lyrical, French piece for the piano with dramatic narrative qualities |
| Etude | A composition featuring a point of technique and performed because of its artistic merit |
| Intermezzo | A piece performed between acts of a play; a light instrumental composition consisting of solo songs, madrigals, part-songs, dance, occasionally spoken dialogue, often allegorical or pastoral |
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