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Hum 202- Final Exam
Music Terms
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
04/13/2009

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Song Cycle
Definition
group of songs with unifying quality-Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" is an example and was set to Albert Giraud's poems
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Features of Musical Impressionism
Definition
Whole tone scale, parallel chords, ninth chords, bitonality, obscuring of beat, and small forms *Debussy*
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12-tone scale
Definition
Use of twelve notes of chromatic scale (all of the black and white keys on a piano in a single octave)- associated with Schoenberg
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Sprechstimme
Definition
Spoken singing- Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire" was first time used
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Klangfarbenmalerei (say that five times fast)
Definition
each note of a melody is played by a different musical instrument- Schoenberg used in "Pierrot Lunaire"
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whole tone scale
Definition
a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯, C. (Impression)
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Parallel Chords
Definition
When the same intervallic relationship is maintained in adjacent chords moving in parallel motion. It could be octaves, etc. (Impression)
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Ninth Chords
Definition
note nine scale degrees from the root of a chord. It is one note beyond the tonic. (Impression)
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bitonality
Definition
The use of two different keys at the same time! (Impression)
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Obscuring of Beat
Definition
Counter rhythms or off beats are stressed. It makes the rhythm sound odd and unusual. (Impression)
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Small Forms
Definition
Just remember that smaller forms of music were used during the impression time period (Impression)
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Tone Poems
Definition
Symphonic poems, tells a story- Strauss used very well!
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