What is consonant harmony?

Harmony which is pleseant to listen to

Differences in music which create interest

Where the strong beats are 2 and 4

What is word painting?

Music which reflects the litteral meaning of the songs lyric

What are the 4 classifications of western instruments?

Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, Strings

What is improvisation

Where the musician makes up the melody on the spot

Two or more notes played together at the same time

Where the main theme returns, A, B, A, C, A, D etc

A repetition of a melodic idea at a higher or lower pitch

What is the definition of pitch?

The highness and lowness of sound

What are the 5 classifications of non-western instruments?

Idiophones, Membranophones, Chordophones, Aerophones, Electr

What is dissonant harmony?

Harmony which is not pleseant to listen to

What is a time signature?

Two numbers which identify beats per bar.

What is strophic form?

A form where the music is repeated but the words change

Little seperation between notes

Where more than one time signature is used in a composition.

What is a chromatic scale?

A series of notes that moves in semitones

A series of notes ordered by pitch

What is an interval in music?

The distance between the pitch of two notes

What is ternary form?

Three sections A, B and the return of A

A string technique where the note is wobbled

Where the emphasis is on the off beat

What is a counter melody?

A melody secondary to the main melodic idea

What is a polyrhythm?

Where there is many rhythms layred on top of eachother.

What is meant by the term range?

The distance between the lowest note and the highest note

What is a crossrhythm?

Where there is a feel of 2 against 3 or 3 against 4 etc

What is meant by similar motion?

The notes are moving in the same direction

What is a free rhythm?

Where there is no distinct pulse or underlying beat

What is meant by contary motion?

The notes are moving in oppositite directions

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The Concepts of Music

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1
What is consonant harmony?
Harmony which creates tension
A pattern on notes in a row
Harmony which is pleseant to listen to
Harmony which is unpleseant to listen to
2
What is staccatto?
Notes are slightly detatched
Notes are short and detatched
Notes can attached or be detatched
Notes are joined
3
What is contrast?
Music which is repeated
Similarities in music
Music which is the same
Differences in music which create interest
4
What is a back beat?
Where the strong beats are 3 and 4
Where the strong beats are 1 and 3
Where the strong beats are 1 and 2
Where the strong beats are 2 and 4
5
What is word painting?
Music which doesn't reflect the songs lyric
Music which reflects the litteral meaning of the songs lyric
Music which suggests the songs lyric
Music which is the opposite of the songs lyric
6
What is a phrase?
Where you breath
Something musicians don't need to do
End of a line of lyrics
A musical sentence
7
What is melodic contour?
The register of the melody
The shape of the melody
The melody
The position of the melody
8
What is meant by the term "rubato"?
To slow down the tempo
To leave the tempo consistent
To ebb and flow - to rob time
To speed up the tempo
9
What is polyphonic texture?
Many layers of sound
One layer of sound
Two layers of sound
10
What are the 4 classifications of western instruments?
Aerophones, Brass, Idiophones, Strings
Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, Strings
Chordophones, Membranophones, Brass, Strings
Idiophones, Chordophones, Membranophones, Aerophones
11
What is improvisation
Where the musician plays a written solo
Where the musician makes up the melody on the spot
Where the musician plays composed music
Where the musician stops playing
12
What is monophonic texture?
Multiple layers of sound
Two layers of sound
One layer of sound
13
What is a chord?
Two or more notes played seperately
A string on the guitar
Two or more notes played together at the same time
Something a saxophone plays
14
What is rondo form?
Where the main theme returns, A, B, A, C, A, D etc
Where there is no main theme
Where there are multiple main themes
Where the main theme is pasted through multiple instruments
15
What is a sequence?
A repetition of a melody
A repetition of a melodic idea at a higher or lower pitch
A pattern repeated at the same pitch
A series of numbers
16
What is an ostinato?
A repeated rhythmic pattern
A repeated melodic pattern
A rhythm that comes back
A melodic idea that repeats within a piece
17
What is the definition of pitch?
How high the notes are
The letter names of the notes used
The highness and lowness of sound
Notes and rests used in a piece of music
18
What are the 5 classifications of non-western instruments?
Idiophones, Membranophones, Chordophones, Aerophones, Electr
Woodwind, Brass, Idiophones, Strings, Percussion
Idiophones, Membranophones, Electrophones, Woodwind, Brass
Electrophhones, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, Strings
19
What is dissonant harmony?
A violin played badly
A series of notes in a row
Harmony which is pleseant to listen to
Harmony which is not pleseant to listen to
20
What is a time signature?
A Fraction
A mathematical equation
Two numbers which identify beats per bar.
I don't know
21
What is strophic form?
Where the music stays the same and there are no words
A form where the words stay the same and the music changes
A form where the music and words stay the same
A form where the music is repeated but the words change
22
What is legato?
Mixed seperation between notes
Lots of seperation between notes
Little seperation between notes
No seperation between notes
23
What is multimetre?
Something to do with Duration
Where more than one time signature is used in a composition.
Two 1 metre rulers.
A type of time signature
24
What is a motif?
A tune
A musical fragment
A melody
A phrase
25
What is a chromatic scale?
A series of notes that moves in semitones
A series of notes which moves in whole tones
A series of notes which moves in semitones and tones
26
What is a scale?
A vertical group of notes
A melodic pattern
A series of notes ordered by pitch
The skin on a fish
27
What is the definition of texture?
The different volume changes in a piece
The different sections in a piece
Layers of sound in a piece
The different sound sources in a piece
28
What is an interval in music?
How long the line of music is
How fast the music is played
The distance between the pitch of two notes
The distance between the start note and the last note
29
What is ternary form?
Two sections of music A and B
Verse, Chorus and Bridge
Multiple different sections A,B,C,D ect
Three sections A, B and the return of A
30
What is homophonic texture?
One layer of sound
Two layers of sound
Multiple layers of sound
31
What is binary form?
Two sections A and B
Multiple different sections A, B, C, D, E ect
Repetition of the same section
Three sections A, B and A again
32
What is tremelo?
A woodind technique where the note is wobbled
A string technique where the note is wobbled
A brass technique where the note is wobbled
A percussion technique where the note is wobbled
33
What is unity?
Elements which are similar
Elements which are the same
Elements which have something in common
Elements which are different
34
What is syncopation?
Where there is no emphasis on the beat
Where you skip a beat
Where the emphasis is on the on beat
Where the emphasis is on the off beat
35
What is a counter melody?
A melody which goes in the opposite direction to the harmony
A melody secondary to the main melodic idea
A repeated melody
A main melody in a piece
36
What is a polyrhythm?
Where there is a segment of a rhythm
Where there is one significant instrument
Where there is many rhythms layred on top of eachother.
Where there is one significant rhythm
37
What are the 2 most common types of scales?
Aeolian and Dorian
Whole Tone and Blues
Major and Minor
Cromatic and Pentatonic
38
What is meant by the term range?
The distance the orchestra takes up
The distance between musicians
The distance between the lowest note and the highest note
The distance between notes
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What is a crossrhythm?
Where there is conflicting timesignatures
Where both layers are in the same timesignature
Where the top number is bigger than the bottom
Where there is a feel of 2 against 3 or 3 against 4 etc
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What is meant by similar motion?
The notes are moving is opposite directions
The notes are changing all the time
The notes are moving in the same direction
The notes are remaining the same
41
What is the definition of duration?
What kinds of notes are used
How long the piece goes for
The lengths of the notes used
Different lengths of time
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What is a free rhythm?
Where the musician makes up the rhythm
A rhythm that doesn't cost anything
Where the composer makes up the rhythm
Where there is no distinct pulse or underlying beat
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What is meant by contary motion?
The notes keep changing direction
The notes are moving in the same direction
The notes are not moving at all
The notes are moving in oppositite directions

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