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Chp 1 Music Vocab

Music

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A cappella Unaccompanied vocal music.
A - B -A Type of single-movement form consisting of an opening section of music with certain characteristics, a contrasting section, and then a return to the original music at the end. Also known as three-part form or ternary form.
Atonal music Music without a tonal center, or key. Developed in the early twentieth century by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg.
Beat The basic, underlying pulse of the music. Similar to your heartbeat. It can be fast or slow, depending on the mood of the music.
Canzon Renaissance period instrumental genre employing imitative polyphony.
Catholic Counter-Reformation The Catholic Church's effort in the sixteenth century to counter the reform movement lead by Martin Luther. The Council of Trent, held from 1545-1563, defined the theological tenets of the Catholic Church that differentiated it from the reform movement.
Classical Historical period of music. Approximately 1750-1825.
Consonant Sounds that feel at rest, stable, pleasing.
Exoticism Romantic period practice of incorporating characteristics of music of other cultures into Western art music.
Form The structure of a musical composition. In individual movements form usually is based on how the themes (main melodies) are manipulated. In entire compositions it refers to the overall outline of movements such as the acts of an opera.
Frequency of Vibration The rate at which the air is set in motion which causes a pitch to be perceived.
Gregorian Chant Medieval period, monophonic, vocal music of the Roman Catholic church.
Harmony Element of music that is literally all of the pitches that are not the melody. Harmony adds a richness of sound to the melody and can convey emotional aspects of the music such as feelings of happiness or sadness, tension, or peacefulness, etc.
Homophony Type of texture consisting of a prominent melody with subordinate accompanying material.
Imitative Polyphony Polyphonic texture in which each voice imitates what a previous voice has already stated.
Improvisatory Style The creation of music during a performance.
Major Kind of harmony that sounds happy, triumphant, or bright.
Major Key Tonal center with a generally bright or triumphant feel to it.
Medieval Historical period of music dating from 500-1450 AD.
Minor Kind of harmony that sounds sad, melancholy, or ominous.
Minor Key Tonal center with a generally dark or melancholy feel to it.
Monophonic A kind of texture that consists of a single melodic line.
Monophony A monophonic texture.
Motet Sacred, polyphonic vocal genre dating from the thirteenth century through the eighteenth century.
Movement A part of a large musical composition with a beginning and end but does not constitute the entire composition. Similar to a single act of a multi-act play.
Opera Staged musical genre combining singing, acting, costumes, and scenery with an accompanying orchestra in a pit below, and in front of, the stage.
Perotin Medieval period composer noted for the writing of organum.
Pitch The relative highness or lowness of a musical sound based on the frequency of vibration.
Repetition and Contrast The two considerations that need to be balanced by the formal structure of a composition.
Rhythm The element of music that animates it, gives it a feeling of moving through time. Contains the pulse, beat of the music, and the various emphases associated with it such as meter and syncopation.
Ricercar A Renaissance period instrumental composition usually employing imitative polyphony.
Romantic Historical period of music dating from 1825-1900.
Sacred Music that is religious in nature.
Scale A series of pitches in ascending or descending order that is used as the basis of a musical piece.
Secular Music not of a religious nature.
String Quartet A composition traditionally written for two violins, a viola, and a cello. This ensemble is also called a String Quartet, which can lead to some confusion.
Symphony An orchestral composition usually in four movements employing significant thematic development and a unified approach to the entire composition.
Texture The relative melodic complexity of the music usually based on how many or few melodic ideas are prominent.
Thematic Development The compositional process whereby melodies are changed in any number of ways in order to explore the variety of interest inherent in them. Common in the Classical period, especially in movements in sonata form.
Timbre The "tone color" of a musical sound. The distinct quality of sound that differentiates one instrument or voice from another.
Tone Color The element of music regarding the quality, or distinctiveness of sound.
Troubadour Songs Noblemen from southern France who wrote poetry and sang during the Medieval period.
Trouveres Noblemen from northern France who wrote poetry and sang during the Medieval period.
Twentieth Century Historical period of music dating from 1900-the present.
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