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57 Cards in this Set
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A single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit
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Melody |
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When the notes of a melody jump around to others that are far away from each other, the melody is said to be |
Disjunct |
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If you were to connect the dots and trace the shape of a melody, you would be drawing the |
Contour |
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The smallest distance between notes in Western music is a _____ step |
Half |
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________ is the ordering of music through time |
Rhythm |
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Is the Star Spangled Banner in duple or triple meter |
Triple Meter |
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Is the sound created by multiple notes played or sung simultaneously |
Harmony
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The two words we use to describe dynamics are _______ and ________.
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Loudness(Forte), Softness(Piano)
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Is the color of music |
Timbre |
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Two examples of woodwinds |
Piccolo and flute |
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Two examples of brass |
Trumpet and French Horn |
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Two examples of strings
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Violin and Viola |
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Two examples of Percussion
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Cymbals and Timpani |
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Two examples of keyboard
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Harpsichord and Organ |
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Repetition, contrast, an variation are words used to describe the element of
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Form |
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When two or more melodies are performed at the same time, the texture is said to be
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Thick/polyphonic |
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The musical time period from approximately 476-mid 1500s is known as the |
Middle ages |
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Sacred means ______ and secular means ______
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Worship/religious music, entertainment music |
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The earliest music notation consisted of _______ written above the text
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symbols |
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w= h= |
Whole step, half step |
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#= b= |
Sharp raises pitch a half step, flat lowers pitch half step |
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Cadences
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Points of arrival/rest |
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Chord |
3 or more notes sounding simultaneously |
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whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, 2 eighth notes
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Monophonic
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Single melodic line w/ no accompaniment |
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Homophonic |
Single melodic line with accompaniment |
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Polyphonic
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Multiple melodies of equal importance |
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Mezzo |
Medium |
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-issimo
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very soft |
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Crescendo |
Gradually get louder |
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Decrescendo |
Gradually get softer |
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The Play of Virtues is a ________ by Hildegard von Bingen, or a dramatized allegory of good and evil |
Morality play |
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Why does Satan not sing in plays and songs during the middle ages?
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Music is viewed as a "divine gift of heaven" and hell was believed to be devoid of music
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What is synonymous with plainchant?
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Gregorian chant |
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The texture of Play of Virtues is |
Monophonic |
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Why is monophonic useful in a large cathedral |
It is easier to project while also being clear and melodic |
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If many people are singing the same thing at the same time it is said to be in _______ and is ______ in texture
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unison, monophonic |
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Syllabic singing uses
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one note per syllable |
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Melismatic singing uses
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many notes per syllable |
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If a song is not about God/religion and is in the language of the culture, it is
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Secular |
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How many voices is Behold Spring by Francesco Landini written for?
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Two |
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Behold Spring is an example of ______ texture
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Polymorphic |
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What is the meter of Behold spring?
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Triple meter |
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Why is meter necessary in polyphonic music? |
To keep the parts and notes happening at the same time and hold it together |
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How does Landin highlight the cadences in Behold Spring? |
They sing in unison on the cadences |
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What is the form of Behold Spring?
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ABAA |
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Is I Can All Too Well Compare My Lady sacred or secular and how many voices is it written for?
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Secular, 3 |
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What is the form of "Compare My Lady?"
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AAB |
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What is important about the "Messe de Nostre Dam" that Machaut wrote?
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It's the first known polyphonic setting of all the sung movements of the Mass Ordinary by one composer |
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Who was He Who Gladly Serves written to be performed by?
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Singers |
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What instruments were used in the recording of "Gladly Serves" and why? |
Drums and Shawms, to demonstrate how medieval music could be played on anything on hand. |
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How does a shawm produce a sound
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player blows through double reeds, vibrations are magnified by long wooden tube |
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What modern day instrument is the shawm closest to?
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Oboe
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What is the form of "Gladly Serves?" |
ABA ABA AA |
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What textures do we hear in this "Gladly Serves"? |
Monophony, homophony, heterophony |
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What instruments were used in the middle ages? |
Vielle, psalter, lute, portative organ, trumpet, and tambourine/castanets
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Who most likely wrote "Gladly Serves?"
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Monk, Priest, nun, or traveling/court musician |