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Music Test #1
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Music
Undergraduate 2
01/29/2012
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Term
melody
 Definition
tune
Term
pitch
 Definition
high & low
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scale
 Definition
series of pitches that ascend & desend
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2 primary types
 Definition
major & minor
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harmony
 Definition
backdrop of pitches to support melody
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chord
 Definition
3 or more pitches sounded simultaneous
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rhythm
 Definition
the temporal aspect that animates the music
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beat
 Definition
underlying pulse
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meter
 Definition
groups of beats
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texture
 Definition
relative complexity of music
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monophonic
 Definition
melody alone
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polyphonic
 Definition
2 or more melodies occurring simultaneously
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homophonic
 Definition
melodies w/acompanyment
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timbre
 Definition
tone quality
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form
 Definition
underlying structure of a piece of music
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binary
 Definition
2 part form
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ternary
 Definition
3 part form
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rondo
 Definition
continuous return of "A"
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medieval
 Definition
450 - 1450
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chant
 Definition
main type of music during period, monophonic, religious
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organum
 Definition
adding another voice part to chant
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sacred
 Definition
religious
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secular
 Definition
worldly
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mass
 Definition
main musical service of catholic church
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proper
 Definition
special occassion/holidays
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ordinary
 Definition
normal/everyday service
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troubadors/trouveres
 Definition
groups of french noblemen who wrote secular poems and music
Term
renaissance
 Definition
1450 - 1600
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a cappella
 Definition
no accompanyment
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imitative polyphony
 Definition
main style of music
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protestant reformation
 Definition
palestrina
Term
palestrina
 Definition
#1 freak of renaissance - composer
Term
jospuin
 Definition
#2 freak; french
Term
baroque
 Definition
1600 - 1750
Term
operah
 Definition
newest inventiion
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homophony
 Definition
new texture of baroque
Term
basso continuo
 Definition
base movement w/keyboard
Term
improvisation
 Definition
embellishing melody
Term
messiah
 Definition
by handel
Term
classical
 Definition
1750 - 1825
Term
form
 Definition
most important in classical
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romantic
 Definition
1825 - 1900
Term
extreme
 Definition
passion/emotion
Term
resent
 Definition
rules
Term
who ushered romantic period
 Definition
beethoven
Term
atonality
 Definition
no tone
Term
dissonance
 Definition
harsh sounds
Term
20th new philosophy
 Definition
"art can be ugly"
Term
much electicism
 Definition
lots of choices
Term
mass
 Definition
main service of catholic church
Term
requiem
 Definition
mass 4 dead
Term
psalms
 Definition
important source of religious music
Term
oratorio
 Definition
extended religious work for chiors, orchestra
Term
recitative
 Definition
speech-like-singing
Term
aria
 Definition
showy vocal
Term
soprano/alto/tenor/bass
 Definition
4 primary voice types
Term
gospel
 Definition
african am. high energy, intense
Term
ketjok
 Definition
indonessian, type of balinese
Term
multiphonics
 Definition
2 sounds sung @ once
Term
muezzin
 Definition
person who call muslim's to prayer daily
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