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Reading PP Quiz #1
Music Appreciation 1101- Key Components 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is melody? | A coherent succession of pitches/the way the pitches rise and fall |
| What do all melodies have? (3 answers) | Contour, range, and movement |
| What is pitch? | A specific note or tone |
| Where can pitches or notes be placed? | Spaces or lines |
| The higher the position of the note...? | The higher the pitch |
| What is contour? | The overall shape of a melody or phrase |
| What do melodies have? (3 answers) | Ascending pitches, descending pitches, and a climax |
| What is a climax? (or peak) | Highest point of a melody |
| What is range? | The distance between the highest and lowest tones of a melody |
| Melodies can have what types of ranges? | Narrow range, medium range, and wide range |
| Example of Narrow range: | 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' |
| What are two types of movement? | Conjunct and disjunct |
| What is conjunct? | Movement in steps |
| What is disjunct? | Movement in leaps |
| What are phrases? | Smaller musical unites called melodies |
| What is a cadence? | A musical resting point |
| What is a scale? | A collection of pitches in ascending or descending order |
| What is an octave? | 8 perfect notes (C to C) |
| What is the pattern for the major scale? | WWH, WWWH |
| What is the pattern for the minor scale? | WHW, WHWW |
| What is a half step on a piano? | Notes not separated by black keys |
| What is the chromatic scale? | Comprised of every note possible in the Western music system |
| How many notes does the chromatic scale have? | 12 |
| What does chromatic mean in Greek? | Chromos-meaning color |
| What is an interval? | The distance between any two pitches |
| What do intervals shape? | Melodies |
| What is rhythm? | Basic, repetitive pulse in music over time |
| What is a beat? | The standard pulse of rhythm |
| What are meters? | Organize beat patterns into equal parts |
| What is a measure? | Beat patterns that are grouped together |
| What do meters dictate? | How many beats are in each measure |
| What is meter also referred to as? | Time signature |
| What are the three main metrical patterns? | Duple, Triple, and Quadruple |
| What is duple? | 2/4-Two beats per measure |
| What is triple? | 3/4-Three beats per measure |
| What is quadruple? | 4/4-Four beats per measure |
| What are simple meters? | Subdivides beats into two parts |
| What are compound meters? | Subdivides beats into three parts |
| What is syncopation? | Rhythms places on up or offbeats |
| What is polyrhythm? | When two different simultaneous rhythms occur |
| What is tempo? | The speed of how a composition is played? |
| What language are tempo markings usually written in? | Italian |
| What is Largo? | Very slowly |
| What is Adagio? | Slow and stately |
| What is Andante? | Walking pace |
| What is Moderato? | Moderately |
| What is Allegro? | Fast |
| What is Presto? | Very fast |
| What is harmony? | Simultaneous combination of notes to form chords and the progression of those chords as they accompany the melody |
| What is a chord | 3 or more notes played together |
| 3 notes coming together can also be called...? | Triad |
| What is diatonic chord progression? | When you compose music using only the chords from the same key |
| What is the tonic chord? | C, E, and G |
| What is modal interchange? | The practice of taking chords from other keys without abandoning the established key |
| What is modulation? | When composers change keys in a song |
| What is texture? | The number of melodic lines/the relationship of musical lines |
| What are the types of texture? | Monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic |
| What is monophonic texture? | Music consisting of a single melodic line without accompaniment |
| What is the most common texture in music? | Homophonic |
| What is homophonic texture? | Music in which a melody is concentrated in one voice and is provided with a subordinate accompaniment |
| What is the most complex texture? | Polyphonic |
| What is polyphonic texture? | Music that combines two or more melodic lines |
| What are canons? | Melodies or subjects that imitate each other and repeat at intervals in different voices or melodic lines |
| What is a counterpoint? | Polyphonic compositions built entirely on imitative techniques |
| What is imitation? | The musical technique of stating a subject in one voice (or music line) and repeating it in another voice |
| What is musical form? | The basic outline of how a composition will be played from start to finish |
| What are the basic principles of musical form? | Repetition, Contrast, And Variation |
| What is repetition? | The return to something musically familiar |
| What is contrast? | The arrival of something musically different |
| What is variation? | The return to something musically familiar with minor changes |
| What is the most common musical form? | Binary form |
| What is binary form? | A musical form containing two sections/ statement and departure (A and B) |
| What is compound binary? | A section played twice (AA) followed by the contrasting B section played twice (BB) |
| What is ternary form? | A form that has three sections/(ABA) statement, departure, statement |
| What is strophic form? | A song structure where every verse (also known as a strophe) of the text is sung to the exact same music |
| What is a coda? | A concluding A section that has a new written ending |
| What is improvisation? | Music that is spontaneously created |
| How do we analyze sections of popular music applications? (6 answers) | Intro/ Outro, Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Bridge, Interlude (Solo) |
| What is an intro? | The introduction of a song |
| What is a verse? | A series of lyrics that tell the main story of the song |
| What is a chorus? | "The hook"/ the main feature of a song and is usually repeated several times |
| What is a bridge? | A section heard towards the end of the song that is musically new and is only heard once/the gap between the last verse and chorus |
| What is an interlude? | An instrumental section that is played between verse and choruses |
| What is an outro? | The end of a song/the part that is faded out or has a finite ending |
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