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| What is the time period (in years) associated with the Modern Era? |
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| concept of a tonic pitch that is ever present in a piece |
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| unable to decipher a, or non-existent, tonic key |
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| What does Avant-Garde mean? |
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| At the forefront of new techniques/styles |
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| What is considered new music? |
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| anything written in the modern era (as compared to "old music") |
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| What is a pentatonic scale? |
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| there are 5 pitches before reaching octave |
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| What is an octatonic scale? |
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| there are 8 pitches between octaves |
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| What is a whole-tone scale? |
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| all whole steps are used between octave |
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| What are the modern orchestra genres? |
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Symphony
Concerto
Opera Orchestra
Ballet Orchestra
Religious Music
Symphonic Poem |
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| articulates the feelings/impressions of the artists, does not necessarily tell a story |
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| used techniques to better express emotion, usually harsh emotion |
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| speaking, not singing, the pitches notated |
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| What is the process of recreating serialism ("twelve tone key")? |
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1) Take twelve tone row and pick notes
randomly
2) Use notes in that order, cannot vary
3) Create a retrograde row
4) Create an inverted row
5) Create a retrograde inversion |
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| What does it mean to create a retrograde row? |
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| use the original row backwards |
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| What does it mean to make a inverted row? |
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| take original row and flip it upside down |
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| What does it mean to make a retrograde inversion? |
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| take original row and flip it upside down and backwards |
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| a technique where you create multiple pitches out of an instrument designed to produce only one pitch (commonly from wind instruments and voice) |
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| A music box played by the proximity of one's hand to two wires |
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| When you take a sound and play it back as part of the performance. |
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| What two things did John Cage introduce or reintroduce? |
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1) Chance Music
2) Prepared Piano |
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| Music where parts of the performance are up to chance |
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| What does prepared piano mean? |
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| Prior to a performance you go inside a piano and put things in/on the strings to create other sounds |
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1) Lots of simple repetition
2) Create a melody, rhythm, chord
progression and repeat it over and over |
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| What is the difference in chamber music in the Modern Era as compared to any previous era? |
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| It can now be performed anywhere, not just "chambers". |
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Beginnings in Africa
Features call and response
Syncopation |
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| music or song focused on the afterlife and peace/rest of death |
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- Originated in bars/clubs
- Syncopation in right-hand melody and
left hand has steady, bass line beat |
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Outgrowth of spirituals
Common Themes: betrayal, desertion, unrequited love |
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| A note that is bent for a specific effect (regards to pitch) |
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Few performers
Soloist(s) improvise the entire time |
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| Features a basic,set composed melody with sections of improvisation/solo |
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| Jazz singers improvise sounds/syllables |
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Reaction to commercial Big Band
Smaller group of performers, only one soloist
Rhythm and chord change are considered different
Solo is meant to show off performer |
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| Laid back, composed, not as aggressive as Bee-Bop |
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| Highly influenced by rock n' roll and incorporates its features; primarily electronic instruments |
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Outgrowth of the Blues
Features addition of electronic musics, primarily the guitar |
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| Contains a more driving rhythm than regular blues |
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| What three music techniques did the Beatles produce? |
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1) Bubble-Gum Pop
2) Music Concrete/Studio Produced
3) Chance Music |
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| Music that we, the audience, perceive while watching a film; yet, characters do not |
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| Both the characters on the screen and us hear the music |
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Leonard Bernstein
Broadway Showtune
Motivic Consistency |
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| Appalachian Spring (Section IV) |
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Aaron Copland
Nationalism
Theme and Variation |
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| "Clouds" from Three Nocturnes |
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Claude Debussy
Symphonic Poem
Tone Clusters |
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George Gershwin
Miniature
Syncopation/Ragtime |
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Charles Ives
Program Symphony |
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Sergei Prokofiev
Program Symphony/Film Music |
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Stephen Reich
Miniature
Minimalism |
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| Perrot Lunaire, No. 18: "The Moonfleck" |
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Arnold Schoenberg
Miniature
Sprechstimme |
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| The Rite of Spring: Part 1, "The Adoration of the Earth" |
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Igor Stravinsky
Ballet Music |
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Edgard Varese
Electronic Music
Music Concrete |
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