Unit 1 and 2 Review

Two or more different rhythms sounding together, often in different meters are called_________.

Composers in the Classical period were inspired by the simple, uncluttered architecture of ancient_________.

A rhythmic measure of a certain number of beats _________.

_________ is traditional Texas-Mexican dance music influenced by the European polka and waltz.

What common elements can be found in music from all over the world.

A popular style of music that developed in America during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

_________ was an American composer famous for writing catchy, syncopated piano pieces.

Gradually growing slowing _________.

Because people in the United States come from all different parts of the globe, American music represents many ________.

We do not know much about ancient music, because it was not ____ or _____.

A tintal is a sixteen-beat long _________ in Indian music.

A set of instrumental pieces, each in the character of a dance _________.

Rock, heavy metal, top 40, rap, and reggae are types of _____ music.

When beats are grouped in twos, the meter is _________.

The ___, invented by Thomas Edison, made music more accessible to everyone.

_________ was a German composer, organist, and church music director.

Two external characteristics of music are __ and ___.

A Mexican instrumental ensemble consisting of Violins, tumpets, and guitars.

A warrior dance from Cameroon.

A Spanish term for "mixed culture."

A dance in triple meter, made famous in Vienna in the 1800s _________.

A fixed number of beats in a series that repeats itself over and over

In jazz music, when players "take a solo," they are _________.

The blending of Spanish, Indian, and African cultures in Mexico is known by the Spanish term ____.

Customs, ideas, tastes, and beliefs acquired from a person's background.

The quality of sound.

The pace at which the music moves _________.

"La Bamba" is a sones jarochos,a traditional song, from the state of ____, in Mexico

Gradually growing faster _________.

Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it conflicts with the steady pulse and tries to upset the steady pulse ________.

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis has won Grammies for both ___ and ___ styles of music.

_________, popular in the early twentieth century, is an American stle of music with catchy, syncopated melodies.

The requinto jarocho, jarana, guitarron, and vihuela are types of ___ used in Mexican Music.

The way music paces itself and moves through time _________.

An old French dance, rather slow and stately, in triple meter_________.

A style of "art: music, as distinguished from popular music.

Name a composer(s) from the Classical period of music.

Spontaneous music invention _________.

The ability to look at the world from another person's perspective.

The ability to discern musical characteristics and describe them.

The rumba, mambo, calypso, and samba are examples of dances from _________.

Different types of music have different characteristics. Another name for musical characteristics is _____.

Jamaican dance music, mixing African and Caribbean rhythms _________.

The space that music appears to carve out for itself _________.

Professionals who study the music of different cultural groups.

A Chinese musical art form that combines instruments, speaking, singing, acrobatics, martial arts and pantomime.

When beats are groupled in threes, the meter is _________.

A Latin American dance performed at a moderately slow, walk-like tempo_________.

A composition usuall written in three lengthy sections or movements featuring interplay between one or more soloist

In __, singers are accompanied by different types of stringed instruments or flutes.

The Italian musical term for "a return to the previous rate of speed" is _________.

_____ was the birthplace of Jazz.

How is Native American music passed down from generation to generation?

A musical style where all performers sing/play the same melody, but in a manner appropriate to each voice or instrument.

African ___ expressed brotherhood, pride and tribal unity. They were often prohibited by colonial rulers.

The emphasis place on a beat_________.

An Afro-Brazilian dance that is quite fast and jazzy _________.

A single melody with chordal accompaniment.

Allegro is a musical tempo marking that means ________.

The distinct manner of character of musical expression.