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| tone color, distinguishes one instrument or voice from another |
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| Name the Six Instrumental Categories |
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1. Brass
2. Percussion
3. Woodwins
4. Strings
5. Keyboards
6. Electronic |
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| How did the piano get its name? |
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| piano was originally named for piano-forte which is italian for soft-loud which suggests that it has a wide dynamic range |
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| Name the 4 orchestral categories |
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| performance direction to pluck a string of a bowed instrument with the finger |
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| small fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound |
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| World Music of Classification |
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1.) Membraneophones
2.) aerophones
3.) chordophones
4.) idiophones |
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1.) Soprano
2.) Mezzo-soprano
3. Alto
4. Tenor
5. Baritone
6. Bass |
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| musique concrete (earliest type of electronic music); synthesizer, MIDI(interface between synthesizer and computer) |
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| element of time or duration |
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| regular pulsation, a basic unit of length in a musical time |
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the speed, pace, or rate of the music
(speed of the pulse) |
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| Italian names for tempo (there are 5) |
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1. adagio
2. andante
3. moderato
4. adagio
5. presto |
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| the emphasis on a beat resulting in it being louder and longer |
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| organization of rhythm in time, regular grouping of beats |
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| two beats per measure (twinkle, twinkle, little star) |
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| three beats per measure (my country tis of thee (America)) |
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| four beats per measure (Battle Hymn of the Republic[Glory glory Hallelujah]) |
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| an offbeat, a deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accentuation |
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| rhythmic group or metrical unit that contains a fixed number of beats, group of beats |
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| the organization of movement in time |
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| highness or lowness of a tone, depending of the frequency |
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| number of vibrations per second |
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| The faster the vibrations |
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| The slower the vibrations |
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| Where is "C" located on the keyboard? |
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| to the left of two top black keys |
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| horizontal-a coherent succession of single pitches, pitches that add up to a recognizable whole |
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| A melody has a range, contour or shape, with a high point or climax, and phrases which are separated by cadences or resting points |
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| smooth connected melody that moves by small intervals |
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| disjointed or disconnected melody with many leaps |
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| the distance between pitches |
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| the interval between one "a" and the next "a", 12 half steps apart |
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| (vertical) happens at the same time, movement and relationship between intervals and chords |
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| most common chord, 3 or more pitches heard at the same time |
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| a series of pitches arranged from low to high or high to low- a set of pitches on which a piece of music is based |
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| a scale consisting of seven different tones that comprise a specific pattern of whole and half steps RAISED HALF A STEP |
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| key or tonic-central note on which its melody and harmonies are based, the most important note in the piece |
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| differences are relative and not absolute |
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| Italian terms for volume (6) |
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pianissimo pp-very soft
piano p -soft
mezzo piano mp- half soft
forte f- loud
fortissimo ff - very loud
mezzo forte- half loud |
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| sudden stress or accent on a single note or chord |
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| single line texture or melody without accompaniment |
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| texture in which two or more voices elaborate the same melody-improvisation found in jazz |
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| two or more melodic lines combined into a multivoiced texture as distinct from monophonic |
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| texture with a principal melody and accompanying harmony, as distinct from polyphony |
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| texture in which all voices or lines move together in the same rhythm |
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| the structure or design of the music |
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Initial Idea
Exact Repetition
Contrasting Idea
Variation to any part
Return to Idea |
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| melodic idea used in the creation of a composition |
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| short melodic or rhythmic idea, smallest fragment of a theme |
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| a separate portion of a larger piece |
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| performance style with a singing leader who is imitated by a chorus of followers |
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