Test 1; MA; Ch. 1-5
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| is important to most Western music | Harmony
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| a musical pitch produced by steady, definite vibrations | Tone
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| is determined by the frequency of its vibrations: the faster the vibration, the higher it is | Pitch
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| the distance between 2 pitches | Interval
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| 2 singers can create monophonic music, even if an octave apart | Unison
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| a musical one generally has 5 horizontal lines | Staff
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| is notes that are played smooth & connected | Legato
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| is notes that are played short & detached | Staccato
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| is a 3-note cord | Triad
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| the first note of any scale built on the first step of the scale & sounds very stable & complete | Tonic
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| is a group of notes that are played or sung together | Chord
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| is a chord that is broken up & played one note at a time | Arpeggio
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| means to play soft | Piano
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| means to play medium soft | Mezzo piano
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| means to play very soft | Pianissimo
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| means to play loud | Forte
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| means to play medium loud | Mezzo forte
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| means to play very loud | Fortissimo
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| means to gradually become louder | Crescendo
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| means to gradually become softer | Decrescendo
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| is the rate or speed of the beat | Tempo
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| means to play broad, slow | Largo
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| means to play cheerful, somewhat fast | Allegro
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| means to play very quick | Presto
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| is the pattern w w½ w w w½ | Major scale
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| sounds sadder, the third scale degree is lower a half step | Minor scale
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| includes all the notes of the piano, both the black & the white keys | Chromatic scale
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| placed in front of the note, raises the note by half step | Sharp sign
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| placed in front of the note, it lowers a note by half step | Flat sign
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| is the sign that cancels out a sharp or flat | Natural sign
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| is when flats & sharps are placed at the beginning of each line of music to indicate what key the work is played in | Key Signature
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| shifting from one key to another within a single composition | Modulation
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| is the term used to describe a central note, scale, or chord | Key
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| means to add or change notes in the melody | Embellish
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| are short sections of melodies | Phrases
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| is a resting point in a melody | Cadence
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| a round of canon results from this compositional technique | Imitation
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| incorporates any of these formations: AB, AABB, AAB, or ABB | Binary form
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| incorporates the form ABA | Ternary form
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| is a polyphonic genre incorporating strict imitation | Canon or round
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| is one melodic line with no accompaniment | Monophony
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| is a single predominant line of music with accompaniment | Homophony
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| is two or more melodies of equal interest | Polyphony
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| is the highest female voice type | Soprano
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| is the mid-range femlae voice type | Mezzo soprano
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| is the lowest female voice type | Alto
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| is the highest male voice type | Tenor
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| is the mid-range male voice type | Baritone
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| is the lowest male voice type | Bass
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| is the technique of plucking a violin string with the finger | Pizzicato
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| is a small group of instruments where each player plays his or her own part | Chamber ensemble
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| is a large group of instruments from different families | Orchestra
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| is a plucked string instrument, not a bowed one | Harp
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| is a woodwind instrument, not a brass one | Bassoon
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| is a keyboard instrument | Harpsichord/Organ
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| is a brass instrument | Trombone
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| is a percussion instrument | Xylophone
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| is a woodwind instrument | Flute
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| is a stringed instrument | Double Bass
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| Some percussion instruments produce a ____ pitch & others produce an _____ pitch | definite, indefinite
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| ______ music does not need a conductor | Chamber
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| ___ ensembles do not include any stringed instruments | Wind
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| if each word is set to a spearate note, a musical line is this | Syllabic
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| is one syllable spread over several notes in a melody line | Mellismatic
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| the texts for secular music in the Middle Ages were written in this style | Vernacular
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| was developed in the Middle Ages, it was sung in Latin & is monophonic | Gregorian Chant
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| was an abbess, a composer & an author | Hildegard of Bingen
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| was a French composer who wrote the first complete polyphonic setting of the Ordinary of the Mass | Guillaume de Machaut
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| was a troubadour & a noblewoman | Beatriz of Dia
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| Music notation was developed during the ____ ____ | Middle Ages
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| During Middle Ages, _____ did not participate in church music expect in convents | women
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| The _____ was NOT a popular Renaissance keyboard instrument because it had not yet been invented | piano
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| is a term used to indicate someone who is well educated in many areas | Renaissance man
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| education & literacy became more widespread during the Renaissance, in part due to the invention of this | Printing press
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| is a composer credited with returing church music to the simplicity of earlier times | Palestrina
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| investigated every aspect of religious discipline, including church music | Council of Trent
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| is a term that refers to music sung without accompainment | A cappella
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| is the reaction by the Catholic church to the spread of Protestantism | Counter-Reformation
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| is an Italian renaissance secular musical genre with sentimental or erotic poetry | Madrigal
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| is a French secualr song | Chanson
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| is a German secular song | Lied
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| is a technique in music written to represent the literal meaning of the text | Word painting
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| _____ music was written for dance music as well as other types of ____ music | Instrumental
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