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General Music Exam Flashcards

1
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medieval music genre, latin text, 2-3 voices, freely composed, homophonic texture.

This describes what genre?

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conductus

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processional dance music of European aristocracy, duple meter, often followed by a galliard

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pavane

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3
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polyphonic setting of gregorian chant

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organum

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4
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any piece with latin text except the mass ordinary, mono textual (each voice sings the same text),

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motet

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5
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a long, repeated rhythm

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isorhythm

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6
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one of the 3 form fixes, melismatic, french text, setting of poetry

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ballade

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one of the 3 form fixes, medial cadence, strophic w/ alternating refrains, french text

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rondeau

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one of the 3 form fixes, strophic, has rhythm, syllabic, french text, vocal music

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virelai

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9
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not strophic, through composed, syllabic, a-capella, homophonic, text painting, sets high art poetry to music, Italian text, secular

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madrigal

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10
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one of the Italian trecento, features the Landini decoration, similar to the virelai

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ballata

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one of the Italian trecento, two voices in canon, often a third voice underneath with long tones, songs of the hunt

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cacia

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12
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result of the protestant reformation, for congregational singing, monophonic, strophic

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chorale

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13
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secular german text, through-composed, strophic, syllabic, short phrases w/ clear cadences

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leider

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syllabic, strophic, simple harmony, solo w/accompaniment, homophonic, Italian text

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Frottola

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15
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dance music, triple meter, often preceded by a pavane

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galliard

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16
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homophonic, short phrases w/ clear cadences, caesura, strophic, french text

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chanson

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17
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define symmetric vs. asymmetric meter.

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symmetric meter: a meter where all beats are the same length (4/4, 6/8)

asymmetric meter: a meter where beats have unequal lengths (5/8, 7/8)

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18
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define polymetric meter.

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the simultaneous use of 2 or more time signatures

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19
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define ametric meter.

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music that has no perceivable meter

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20
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define isometric meter.

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the use of pulse without a regular meter

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21
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list in ascending order the modes of the major scale

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ionian (C), dorian (D), phrygian (E), lydian (F), mixolydian (G), aeolian (A), locrian (B).

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22
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what is a passing tone?

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a non-chord tone that pass by step between chord tones

23
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what is a neighboring tone?

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a non-chord tone that leaves and returns to the same chord tone by step.

24
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what is an escape tone?

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the opposite of an appoggiatura. It is a non-chord tone that moves by step and resolves to a chord tone by leap.

25
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what is an appoggiatura?

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the opposite of an escape tone. It is a non-chord tone that is approaches by leap, and resolved to a chord tone by step

26
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What is an anticipation?

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the opposite of a suspension. It is a non-chord tone that arrives before the chord it belongs in.

27
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define contrary motion.

A

motion in opposite directions. That is, when one of the lines moves up, the other line moves down.

28
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define oblique motion.

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motion where one line stay stagnant on the same pitch while the other line moves.

29
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define similar motion.

A

motion in the same direction, but with the interval between them changing.

30
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define parallel motion.

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motion in the same direction, keeping the same interval between them.

31
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Who developed eurhythmics, a method of learning and experiencing music through movement?

A

Dalcroze

32
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Who believed that singing is the foundation of musical learning, that everyone is capable of musical literacy, and in the importance of folk music?

A

Kodaly

33
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Who stressed improvisation, singing, chanting, dance, movement, drama and the playing of percussion instruments as a way to teach young musicians?

A

Orff

34
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At what grade level does 2-part singing usually occur?

A

grade 5

35
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At what grade level can students begin singing in rounds?

A

grade 3

36
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At what grade level can students begin sing ostinati?

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grade 2

37
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excessive ornamentation was a characteristic of music in the _________ Era (1600-1750).

A

Baroque

38
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Which era is characterized largely by polyphonic, a-capella choral works from 1400-1600?

A

Renaissance

39
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which era is characterized a lighter, cleaner music with slower harmonic movement, and more objectivity over rampant emotional power from 1775-1825?

A

Classical

40
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Tone color became richer; harmony became more intricate, dynamics, pitch and tempo had wider ranges and the use of rubato became popular in which era of music from 1825-1910?

A

Romantic

41
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the music of Debussy with static harmony, emphasis on instrumental timbres that creates a shimmering interplay of “colours,” melodies that lack directed motion is an example of what musical style?

A

impressionism

42
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the music of Schoenberg using of a chromatic scale of 12 equidistant semitones and the absence of functional harmony as a primary structural element is an example of what musical style?

A

atonality

43
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music with a pattern that repeats over and over for a significant stretch of a composition is a characteristic of what style of music?

A

serialism

44
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the music of John Cage using extreme simplicity of form and a literal, objective approach is an example of what musical style?

A

minimalism

45
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what is a sequence?

A

compositional device consisting of a melodic or chordal figure repeated at a new pitch level

46
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a cadence from V to I where both chords are in root position and the uppermost note in the tonic chord is the tonic is called what?

A

perfect authentic cadence (PAC)

47
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a cadence from V to I where one of the chords is inverted or the uppermost note in the tonic chord is not the tonic is called what?

A

imperfect authentic cadence (IAC)

48
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a cadence on the V is called what?

A

half cadence

49
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a cadence from V to vi is called what?

A

deceptive cadence

50
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a cadence from IV to I is called what?

A

plagal cadence

51
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true or false: proper voice leading allows for parallel fifths.

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false, parallel fifths should be avoided

52
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true or false: in proper voice leading two successive leaps should be avoided. Instead after a leap a melody should move by step.

A

true

53
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a french social dance in 3/4 time

A

minuet

54
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a Polish folk dance in triple meter

A

mazurka

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