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Contemporary Music

Music 100 exam

QuestionAnswer
musical style which stresses tone color, atmosphere, and fluidity Impressionism
scale made up of six different tones, each a whole step away from the next, which conveys no definite sense of tonality whole tone scale
scale made up of five different tones, used in folk music and music of the far east pentatonic scale
evocation of primitive power through insistent rhythms and percussive sounds Primitivism
use of two or more contrasting and independent rhythms at the same time Polyrhythms
motive or phrase that is repeated persistently at the same pitch Ostinato
musical style stressing intense, subjective emotion and harsh dissonance expressionism
tone combination that is unstable and tense dissonance
tone combination that is stable and restful consonance
Schoenberg, atonal sound 12-tone system
half speak / half sing Sprechstimme
musical style marked by emotional restraint, balance and clarity Neoclassicism
flowering of the african american culture during the years 1917-1935 Harlem Renaissance
from in which a basic musical idea is repeated over and over and is changed each time in melody, rhythm, tone color, or dynamics. used as an independent piece or as one movement of a larger work Theme and Variation
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