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What are Grout's 4?
What is the K Relation?
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What is the K Relation?
When 2 distinct prime forms share an interval vector.
When 1 prime form can contain or be contained in another prime form.
When 1 distinct prime form share an interval vector.
When 2 prime forms can contain or be contained in another prime form.
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What are Grout's 4?
Expressionism, Notation, Impressionism, Music theory
Notation, Composition, Music Theory, Expressionism.
Polyphony, Notation, Composition, Music theory
Polyphony, Monophony, Composition, Music Theory.
3
A Landini Cadence is when the leading tone drops to the sixth of the scale before approaching the final tonic note.
True
False
4
What kind of meter did they use in the middle ages?
Triple Meter
Quadruple Meter
Duple meter
Meter
5
What is Z relation?
When 2 distinct prime forms share a interval vector.
When 1 prime form can contain or be contained in a prime form.
When 3 distinct prime forms share a interval vector.
When 2 prime forms can contain or be contained in a prime form.
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Who is Donald J. Grout?
A English Composer who wrote "Englishche Suiten"
A French Composer who wrote "A History of Ornamentation"
An American musicologist. Wrote "A Short History of Opera."
A Germanic Composer who wrote "Epitaph of Seiklos"
7
What is primitivism?
It seeks to express ideas related to antiquity or to some primitive culture
It seeks to express ideas and imagery related to romantic ideas.
It seeks to express ideas related to baroque or classical ideas.
It seeks to express ideas related to the classical period.
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What is the Musica Enchiridias? Choose any that apply.
Written on a tomb stone in Turkey.
Hand book for the monks choir director. First Reference to Polyphony.
Drone and someone singing melisma's on top.
A Choir "Cheat book" had all the chants written in it.
9
What is an Isorhythm?
The repetitive use of melodic structure.
The abrupt stop of Rhythmic patterns.
The repetitive use of rhythmic patterns.
The continious stream of rhythmic patterns.
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What is Binary Form?
1 part form where 1st part modulates to the para minor and returns to tonic
1 part form where 2nd part modulates to the dominant and returns to tonic.
2 part form where 1st part modulates to the dominant and returns to tonic.
3 part form where 1st part modulates to dominant and returns to tonic.
11
What is Impressionism?
Style that explores peace/mood through progressive melodic concepts.
Style that explores choas/mood through backward regressive concepts.
Style that explores mood/atmosphere through progressive harmonic concepts.
Style that explores choas/atmosphere through forward progressive concepts.
12
What is Analysis?
The act of finding POLYPHONY in the muisc that was not apparent.
The act of finding something in the music that was not apparent.
That act of finding something.
The act of finding something in the music that was apparent.
13
What is an Example of Backwords Motion?
Up 2 Down 3 Up 4
Up 2 Down 3 Down 4
Down 4 Up 2 Down 3
Down 2 Up 3 Down 4
14
What is Texture?
Starts on same pitch, ends on same pitch
Number and relationship in voices.
How the music comes together and comes apart.
Craft in creating polyphony.
15
When was SATB introduced?
Renaissance Period
Classical Period
Medieval Period
Baroque Period
16
What is Polyphony?
A musical texture with drone and melismas on top.
A musical texture that has two or more equally prominent melodic lines.
A musical texture that has no musical lines.
A musical texture that has one melodic line.
17
What is the Clausula Vera?
The PAC of the Medieval Period.
The PAC of the Baroque Period.
The PAC of the Romantic Period.
The PAC of the Classical Period.
18
What are Wallace Berry's 5 Structural Functions in order?
Introductory, Development, Thematic, Transitinal, and Closing.
Introductory, Themes, Transitional, Development, and Closing.
Introductory, Thematic, Developement, Transitional, and Closing.
Introductory, Transitional, Thematic, Development, and Closing.
19
Compound Ternary is Ternary in which at least 1 part is a in itself a short form.
False
True
20
What are the Church Modes?
Phrygian, Mixolydian, Dorian, Todian, Cydian, and Lydian
Ionic, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian
Modian, Lodian, Todian, Cydian, and Ionic.
Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Todian, and Cydian.
21
A pitch class is a group of pitches—all pitches related by octave equivalence and enharmonic equivalence.
True
False
22
What was the time period of the Medieval Era?
1450 - 1750
21st Century
476 to 1450
1750 - 1820
23
What are Ordo/Ordines?
Indication of how many times to repeat a harmonic pattern.
Indication of how many times to repeat a melodic pattern.
Indication of how many times to repeat a rhythmic pattern.
!!POLYPHONY!!
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What is an Interval Vector?
A list of every possible interval occurring in a pitch-class set.
A list of every possible Harmonic Chord Structure that can occur is a set.
A list of every possible Melodic structure that can occur in a set.
A list of every possible Rhythmic mode that can occur in a set.
25
What is the Cantus Firmus?
The new art is the true art.
Rhythmic pattern.
Fixed chant melody.
Unfixed chant melody.
26
2 Times theory predated practices? Choose all that apply.
12-tone Serialism
2 - tone serialism
Opera
Orchestration
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What is Set Theory?
gives concepts for grouping musical objects and describing their relations
Gives concepts for grouping melodies and describing their relations.
Gives concepts for grouping rhythmic notation and describing their relat.
gives concepts for categorizing harmonies and describing their relations.
28
What time period was the Baroque era?
21st century
476 to 1450
1450 to 1750
1750 to 1820
29
Expressionism is a strict and rigid form of music.
True
False
30
What is the definition of Corollary?
Each piece of music suggests its own rhythm.
Each piece of music suggests its own melody.
Each piece of music suggests its own analysis.
Each piece of music suggests its own harmony.
31
What are the 3 roots of Western Music? Choose any that apply.
Synagogue
Ancient Greek Music Theory
Folk music from Syria
Gregorian Chant
32
What are Characterisitics of Expressionist Music? Choose any that Apply.
High Level of Dissonance.
Strict and Rigid Textural Structure
Extreme Dynamic Contrasts.
Constant changing of texture and distorted melodies/harmonies.
33
What is Counterpoint?
Held out notes w/ melismas above it.
Craft in creating Polyphony
Number and relationship in voices
How the music comes together and apart
34
What does "Ars Nova est Ars Vera" mean?
The new art is the untrue art.
The new art is the true art.
The new art is polyphony.
The new art is monophony.
35
What does "Trecento" mean
Italian for 1600, the 17th century.
Italian for 1400, the 15th century.
Italian for 1300, the 14th century.
Italian for 1500, the 16th century.
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What is Parallel Organum?
Grouping. How the music comes together and comes apart.
Craft in creating polyphony.
Voices in Octaves with a 5th in the middle.
Held out note w/ melismas.
37
What is a head motive and which period started using it?
Inflection of the Rhythm/Classical
Inflection of the words/Renassance
Inflection of the Ornamentation/Baroque
Inflection of the Voices/Romantic
38
What are Monroe Bardsley's 3 most general criteria for music?
Polyphony, Unity, and Intensity
Unity, Intensity, and Polyphony
Vanity, Poetry, and Intensity
Unity, Vanity, and Intensity
39
What is an Example of Binary Form?
ABA'B'
AB
ABA
ABA'
40
Incipient Binary is just Binary form with 1 phrase.
False
True
41
What is Melismatic Organum?
Held out note.
Held out note w/ melismas above it.
2 held out notes w/ 2 melismas above it.
2 lines of melisma simultaneously
42
What is an Example of Forward Motion?
Down 3 Up 2 Down 4
Up 2 Down 3 Up 4
Down 2 Up 3 Down 4
Up 3 Down 4 Up 5
43
What are the Six Rhythmic Modes?
Mode, Bode, Spondee, Tondee, Dactyle, and Mondee.
Spondee, Tribrach, Iamb, Dactyle, Trochee, and Mode.
Tochee, Iamb, Dactyl, Anapaest, Spondee, and Tribrach.
Iamb, Dactyl, Anapaest, Mode, Spondee and Tactyle.
44
What kind of Counter point did The Renasissance Use?
!!POLYPHONY!!
Equal Counter point
They didn't use Counter point
Unequal Counter point
45
What is In Campo Aperto?
Indication of how many times to repeat a rhythmic pattern.
Neumes above the chart of music to show musicians which direction to go.
The art of finding something in the music that was not apparent.
How the music comes apart and comes back together.
46
What is a motet?
Short piece of secular choral music, unaccompanied.
Long piece of Secular choral muisc, typically polyphonic and accompanied.
Long piece of Sacred Choral muisc, typically monophonic, and accompanied.
Short piece of sacred choral music, typically polyphonic and unaccompanied.
47
What are the different "Isms"
Primitivism and Humanism.
Humanism, Expressionism, Primitivism, and Impressionism.
Expressionism, Primitivism, Impressionism, and Neoclassism
Nationalism, Primitivism, Humanism, Neoclassism.
48
Counter point is the relationship between 2/more musical lines that are harmonically dependent yet independent in rhythm
True
False
49
What is an Example of Ternary Form?
ABA'B'
ABBA
AB
ABA'
50
What 3 Ballets did Igor Stravinsky Compose? Choose any that apply.
Firebird, Swan Lake, Petrushka
Petrushka, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker
Le sacre du printemps, Petrushka, Firebird
Swan lake, the Nutcracker, La sacre du printemps
51
What is Free Polyphony?
Held out note w/ melismas.
Starts on same pitch and ends on the same pitch..
Grouping. How the music comes together and apart.
Neumes above the chart of muisc to show musicians which direction to go.
52
Expressionism gets rid of traditional music's conventional elements, everything rigid. It conveys strong emotion.
True
False
53
Heinrich Schenker established a Heirarchy of notes.
False
True
54
What is Rhythm?
How the music is spoken Aurally
Grouping, how the music comes together and comes apart.
How the music moves melodically.
Grouping Harmonic and Melodic Chords.
55
What are the Additive Forms?
Fugues, Rondo, Variations, Passacaglia, Chaconne.
Rondo, Variations, Concrete, Expressionism.
Expressionism, Humanism, Variations, Passacaglia, Chaconne.
Rondo, Variations, Passacaglia, Chaconne, Fugues, and Concrete.
56
What are Characteristics of Impressionist Music? Choose any that apply.
The use of "color" or Timbre.
New Chord Combinations.
Ambigious Tonality
Extended Harmonies, Exotic Scales, Parallel motion, and Extra musicality.
57
What is Neoclassism?
Seeks to present order, balance, clarity, economy, and emotional restraint.
Seeks to present emotional turmoil.
Seeks to present clarity, economy, balance, and emotion turmoil.
Seeks to present, Chaos and Economy.
58
A rounded Binary is ternary form where the 1st strain ends open (I-V).
False
True
59
What is Ternary Form?
A form of three sections with an AB pattern of large-scale reptition.
A form of three sections with an ABA pattern of large-scale repetition.
2 part form where 1st part modulates to the dominant and returns to tonic.
3 part form where 1st part modulates to dominant and returns to tonic.
