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Music Test One
Test One
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Music
Undergraduate 1
02/14/2010

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Term
Pitch made up of what two things
Definition
melody and harmony
Term
Rhythm
Definition
The beat. Duration of pitches long notes short notes
Term
Melody
Definition
The tune. Vertical Arrangement of music
Term
Harmony
Definition
Horizontal arrangement
Term
Treble Cleft
Definition
"High" or "G" clef. Marks G
Term
Bass Clef
Definition
Low clef or "F" clef. Marks f
Term
C clef
Definition
Shows where C note is
Term
7 basic notes
Definition
ABCDEFG
Term
First line of a staff starts with what note?
Definition
Starting from bottom, the very first line should be E. The following space note is F, the next line note is G, the next space note is A, and so on.
Term
Piano Keys (Black and white keys)
Definition
C D EF G A B
_!_!__!_!_!_!

After every cluster of two black keys, the white key directly following the second black key is E, and then FBABCD.
Term
Black Keys either ____ or _____ the note. symbols for this?
Definition
raise #= sharp, or lower (messed up lower case b thing)= flat.
Term
Forte
Definition
Piano Forte is the full name for a piano.
Term
Lower case f
Definition
represents a forte (LOUD)
Term
Lower case p
Definition
reps piano (soft)
Term
lower case mf
Definition
medium forte, or medium loud
Term
lower case mp
Definition
reps Meduim soft, or medium piano
Term
lower case pp
Definition
Reps pianissimo, very soft.
Term
Texture
Definition
How thick or thin a piece of music is
Term
Monophonic
Definition
thin texture-all melody, one person singing a song or a group singing at the exact same time
Term
Homophonic
Definition
H stands for harmony here. Medium texture, melody over Harmony
Term
polyphonic
Definition
many sounds. Thick texture. that time we sang row row row your boat all at different times
Term
Consonance
Definition
Sounds that blend well. (Release of tension)
Term
Dissonance
Definition
sounds that bite; don't blend well. Tention
Term
Binary form
Definition
AB
Term
Ternary form
Definition
ABA ex twinkle twinkle
Term
Articulation
Definition
conjunt and disjunct movement of melody. staccato, and legato
Term
staccato
Definition
detatched
Term
legato
Definition
smooth, connected, flowing
Term
major
Definition
higher, happier sounds
Term
minor
Definition
lower, sadder sounds
Term
Intervals
Definition
pieces flip flopping between major and minor?
Term
Duple
Definition
is also a duration of 1½ the regular note value duration in compound and or triple meter.
Term
Triple metre
Definition
(or triple meter, also known as triple time) is a musical metre characterized by a primary division of 3 beats to the bar
Term
downbeat
Definition
is the impulse that occurs at the beginning of a bar in measured music.[3] Its name derives from the downward stroke of the director or conductor's baton at the start of each measure. It frequently carries the strongest accent of the rhythmic cycle.
Term
Upbeat, or "anacrusis"
Definition
an anticipatory note or succession of notes occurring before the first barline of a piece, sometimes referred to as an ‘upbeat figure’, section or phrase. An alternative expression is "anacrusis" (from Greek. ana: "up towards" and krousis: "to strike"; Fr. anacrouse).
Term
Renaissance
Definition
1400-1600
Modes.
Mostly vocal,
Sacred.
vocal, monophonic sacred.
Male vocals
Term
Baroque
Definition
1600-1750
inventon of opera
J.S. Bach
Doctrine of emotion
Intrumental and Vocal
Sacred and Secular
major and minor
G.F. Handel
"Word Painting"
Term
Classical
Definition
1750-1820
Handel-Melody focused
Mozart-secular
Term
1820-1827
Definition
Beethoven gets his own area of transition
Term
Romantic
Definition
1827-1900
Vaugener: Hitler's Fav composer
"extremely" can be put in front of everything.
Term
Diverse and Complex
Definition
1900-2000
Term
Brass
Definition
Trombone, french horn, tuba, trumpet
Term
Woodwind
Definition
obo, flute, claironette, basoon, picalo
Term
String
Definition
violin, harp, chello, viola
Term
percussion
Definition
drums and zylophone
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