HAVPA Music Unit - Final Review

Where was most music being performed during the Renaissance era?

What musical style is "a drama set to music with costumes, sets, vocals and orchestral accompaniment"

What musical term refers to music with multiple independent lines that receive equal focus?

Which family of instruments has a cupped mouthpiece that is buzzed into to create sound?

What is absolute music?

What sense did Beethoven lose mid-way throughout his career?

Which musical elements means: A series of pitches that move up, down, or stay the same

During what era did the pianoforte replace the harpsichord as the most-used keyboard instrument?

What musical symbols represent sound in music?

What style of music did Scott Joplin elevate to be an appreciated art form?

Into what family of instruments would you put an instrument that has a reed mouthpiece?

What harmonic sounds are typically associated with sad, mysterious, or suspenseful feelings?

In the Renaissance era, what types of music changed words of existing songs to be a new, usually funny, work?

What musical time period was defined by rules in all aspects of life, including music?

The saying "Good Boys Do Fine Always" is a good way to remember:

Which musical element means: the rate of speed/how fast or slow the music is

Which of the following is considered an "Impressionism" composer?

In which musical era did people often use music to accompany meals?

Which of the following is NOT a way to make sound on a Percussion instrument?

What instrument player would often double as the conductor in Baroque orchestras?

What is the Classical term for an opera that is serious in nature, usually written about gods or nobility?

Which musical element means: the order of phrases or sections in a piece of music

Which musical element means: two or more pitches played or sung at the same time

Binary form is best represented using which of the following:

What musical form are you most likely to hear on the radio?

What family of instruments has strings that are plucked, strummed, or played with a bow?

Which of the following Italian words means "to play or sing quietly"?

Which musical time period is named after the word for "rebirth"?

What is a way that musicians made Baroque music sound fancier?

What language is typically used for tempo markings?

What does BPM stand for in music?

What harmonic sounds are usually associated with happy, positive feelings?

Which of the following Italian words means "to play or sing loudly"?

What is programmatic music?

Which of the following is a term for a Medieval musician who traveled and brought music from village to village?

At what age did Mozart write his first opera?

Which Baroque composer wrote "The Four Seasons"?

Which musical element means: the degree of softness and loudness in music

Music written on the treble clef is typically played:

Music writteon on a bass clef is usually played or sung:

Who were the most important people during the Baroque era?

Which musical element means: the special sound of each instrument or voice

What does "Nationalism" mean in music?

What musical symbols represent silence in music?

Which musical elements means: The combinations of longer and shorter sounds and silences

Who was the single most influential composer of the Baroque era?

Sharps, Flats, and Naturals in music are referred to as:

The Romantic era was defined largely by:

Who wrote music down first??

What musical term refers to music with one line of melody, supported by accompaniment?

The saying "All Cows Eat Grass" is a good way to remember:

What is the term for only one line of melody being played or sung?

Which composer created the "stereotypical" opera image of a Viking with horns?

The saying "Every Good Boy Does Fine" is a good way to remember:

What is the Classical term for an opera that is comical in nature?

What era were composers using techniques such as dissonance, polytonality, atonality, and mis-tuning?

What was the most important instrument during the Renaissance era?

What are the two numbers, typically found at the beginning of a piece of music, called?

What musical time period introduced instruments such as the hurdy-gurdy, psaltry, sacbut, and harp?

What word do the space notes on the treble clef spell?