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MUSI_115 Mid-Term (Materials of Music 7-12)
What does Adagio mean?
What does a decrescendo mean?
MUSI_115 Mid-Term (Materials of Music 7-12)
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What does a decrescendo mean?
Growing softer (>)
Growing louder (<)
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What does Adagio mean?
Broad (very slow)
Quite slow
A walking pace
Solemn (very, very slow)
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"Arpeggio" means Broken Chord
False
True
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What is tempo?
Rate of speed, or pace of music; Italian
Volume(degree of loudness or softness); emotional response
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What does Forte mean?
Moderately loud
Loud
Very Loud
Soft
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Composers use ______ to create a contrast in music
Tempo
Dynamics
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What does Andante mean?
Quite slow
A walking pace
Broad (very slow)
Solemn (very, very slow)
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What is sacred music? Functions as?
Entertainment/non-religious activities; Can have words or be instrumental
Religious purposes
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What does Vivace mean?
Very Fast
Moderate
Fast
Lively
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What is neumatic?
Simplest way words fit; One-to-one match; Each syllable gets one note
Middle ground; few notes to each syllable
Opposite of syllabic; single syllable elongated by many notes; emphasis
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What are chordophones?
Produced from vibrating string between two points
Produced by using air
Produce sound from the substance itself.
Drum-type instruments that are sounded from tightly stretched membranes
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What does a crescendo mean?
Growing louder (<)
Growing softer (>)
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What does Mezzo Piano mean?
Soft
Very soft
Moderately soft
Moderately loud
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Choral Groups are
Heterogeneous
Homogenerous
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What is Western art music know as
"popular music” or “traditional music.”
"Classical Music"
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What does Largo mean?
Quite slow
Solemn (very, very slow)
Broad (very slow)
A walking pace
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What does Grave mean?
Quite slow
Solemn (very, very slow)
Broad (very slow)
A walking pace
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What are idiophones?
Produced from vibrating string between two points
Produced by using air
Drum-type instruments that are sounded from tightly stretched membranes
Produce sound from the substance itself.
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What is an opus number?
Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice
A throbbing effect
A number designating the work in chronological order
Performing forces employed in certain work
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What is chorus
Singing without instrument accompaniment
Large ensemble of singers of two or more voice types
A smaller more specialized group that is often connected to church
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What is a vibrato?
Performing forces employed in certain work
A throbbing effect
A number designating the work in chronological order
Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice
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Orchestras are
Homogenerous
Heterogeneous
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What does Fortissimo mean?
Moderately loud
Very Loud
Soft
Loud
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What is Form
Refers to its structure
individualized treatment of the elements of music;
A category that refers to the character of the work as well as its function
distinctive way in which pitch, time, timbre, and expression are utilized
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What are dynamics?
Volume (degree of loudness or softness); emotional response
Rate of speed, or pace of music; Italian
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Music genres always transfer from one society to the next society
False
True
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What are aerophones?
Produce sound from the substance itself.
Drum-type instruments that are sounded from tightly stretched membranes
Produced from vibrating string between two points
Produced by using air
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What is the correct order of the historical musical time periods
Middle Ages, Baroque, Renaissance, Classical, Romantic
Middle Ages, Romantic, Baroque, Classical, Renaissance
Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic
Middle Ages, Renaissance, Classical, Baroque, Romantic
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What is Vernacular music know as
"popular music” or “traditional music.”
"Classical Music"
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What is Orchestral Music
Group of 2 to 12 players, with one player to a part
Single instrumental part may be performed by many players
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What does Moderato mean?
Fast
Moderate
Very Fast
Lively
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What does Mezzo Forte mean?
Moderately loud
Moderately soft
Soft
Very soft
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What is secular music? Functions as?
Religious purposes
Entertainment/non-religious activities; Can have words or be instrumental
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What is Vocalise
Made up syllables
Melodies sung on a neutral sound like "ah"
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What is a Choir
A smaller more specialized group that is often connected to church
Large ensemble of singers of two or more voice types
Singing without instrument accompaniment
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What is Style
A category that refers to the character of the work as well as its function
individualized treatment of the elements of music;
distinctive way in which pitch, time, timbre, and expression are utilized
Refers to its structure
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What is Scat Singing
Melodies sung on a neutral sound like "ah"
Made up syllables
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What does Presto mean?
Very Fast
Lively
Fast
Moderate
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What is a medium?
Performing forces employed in certain work
A throbbing effect
Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice
A number designating the work in chronological order
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What does Pianissimo mean?
Moderately soft
Moderately loud
Soft
Very soft
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What is Chamber Music
Single instrumental part may be performed by many players
Group of 2 to 12 players, with one player to a part
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Poems flow in
Rhymed stanzas or strophies
Phrases and end in cadences
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What does Piano mean?
Moderately loud
Very soft
Moderately soft
Soft
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What is A Cappella
Singing without instrument accompaniment
Large ensemble of singers of two or more voice types
A smaller more specialized group that is often connected to church
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Instruments were not modeled after the human voice to duplicate beauty, expressiveness, vibrato
False
True
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What does Allegro mean?
Very Fast
Moderate
Lively
Fast
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What is a registar?
A number designating the work in chronological order
Performing forces employed in certain work
Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice
A throbbing effect
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Words flow in
Phrases and end in cadences
Rhymed stanzas or strophies
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What is melismatic?
Middle ground; few notes to each syllable
Simplest way words fit; One-to-one match; Each syllable gets one note
Opposite of syllabic; single syllable elongated by many notes; emphasis
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What is timbre?
Striking differences in the sound quality of musical instruments
Volume(degree of loudness or softness); emotional response
Rate of speed, or pace of music; Italian
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What is genre
individualized treatment of the elements of music;
Refers to character of the work as well as its function (song/symphonies)
distinctive way in which pitch, time, timbre, and expression are utilized
Refers to its structure
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What is syllabic?
Middle ground; few notes to each syllable
Opposite of syllabic; single syllable elongated by many notes; emphasis
Simplest way words fit; One-to-one match; Each syllable gets one note
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What are membranophones?
Produced from vibrating string between two points
Drum-type instruments that are sounded from tightly stretched membranes
Produced by using air
Produce sound from the substance itself.
