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MUS 203 Review test 1
Exact copy of review sheet
17
Music
Undergraduate 1
09/18/2011

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Term
Timbre
Definition
distinct sound of an instrument
Term
Ostinato
Definition
a repeated pattern over which music occurs
Term
Homophonic
Definition
melody + accompaniment
Term
Sonata-Allegro Form
Definition
AB improve AB or AB (the exopsition)
development, AB recapitulation
Term
Call and Response
Definition
preformance style where a solo voice
performs an idea and the rest echo it
comes from field hollers
Term
Head
Definition
Tune
Term
Changes
Definition
chord progression
Term
click track
Definition
metronome setting played into
headphones for tempo accuracy in
recording studio
Term
Bridge
Definition
contrasting middle section of a tune
Term
trading fours
Definition
musicians exchanging solos in four bar groups
Term
comping
Definition
chording intruments creating accompanments for soloists. Accompanying*
Term
Pitch
Definition
measured in cycles per second, the vibration of a string at 220CPS is Pitch A
Term
Improv
Definition
using material from the tun like rythhms and intervels and melodic gesture for extempornaeous playing of real time music
Term
arranger
Definition
arranges music. creates compositions.
Term
liberettist
Definition
writes the words for american musicals
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composer
Definition
writes the music
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lyricist
Definition
writes words for songs
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