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Beat in music is the regular and consistent rhythm of the music.   show
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Syncopation are beats occurring after the accented beat.   show
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Keys are used to give variety, flexibility, and tonal color, another word for key is tonality.   show
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There are major and minor keys in music.   show
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Monophonic texture means having one sound, or unison.   show
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The using of one melody with accompanied harmony is called Homophonic texture.   show
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Women were not allowed to sing or perform in church liturgy.   show
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The 14th C was an age of disintegration, plagues, and a weakening of the feudal system.   show
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Medieval instruments were used primarily for accompaniment.   show
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Women were used as virtuoso singers in the Italian Court.   show
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A trouvere, Chastelain de Couci came from Northern France.   show
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Music of the trouvere and troubadours differ from the chant in that they have a clear and defined rhythm and beat.   show
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Renaissance music was fuller because of the use of the stringed instruments.   show
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The dominant texture of the Baroque was polyphony.   show
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Handel contrasted more between polyphony and homophony.   show
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A towering figure of the late Italian baroque was Vivaldi.   show
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The high point of the baroque period was found in the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach.   show
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Chief among baroque virtuoso singers were the castrato, a male singer who is castrated before puberty.   show
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One of the most important composers of the early baroque was Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643).   show
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The greatest English composer was Henry Purcell (1659-1695).   show
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George Fredric Handel, master of Italian opera and English oratorio, was born in Halle, Germany.   show
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Handel's triumph oratorio was "Messiah", composed in 1741.   show
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The classical style includes unexpected pauses, syncopation and frequent changes from long to shorter notes.   show
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60)The desire for more gradual dynamic changes in music led to the replacement of the harpsichord with the piano.   show
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61)Four elements of Music:   show
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63)The four major sections of the orchestra are;   show
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64)Rhythm has:   show
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66)A grand staff has:   show
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69) A revolutionary form used from 700-900 with Gregorian Chant:   show
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show C) polyphonic  
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71) The Madrigal was:   show
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show D) secular music  
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show D) Affections  
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75) Basso Continuo in Italian means:   show
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76) A Catrato singer is a:   show
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77) Figured bass in the baroque was:   show
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84)the group called the camerata rejected:   show
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85) A baroque oratorio is:   show
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