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What does the word 'tutti' stand for?
What is a modulation?
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What is a modulation?
No changes to the melody
Only the soloist changes key
A drastic change to the melody
All instruments change key in a piece of music
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What does the word 'tutti' stand for?
When the full orchestra plays
When the soloist plays
When the main melody is being played
When two people are playing
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What is a concerto gross?
A concerto that features no soloists
A big concerto
A horrible sounding concerto
A concerto that features a group of soloists
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What is a cadenza?
A type of percussion instrument
An unaccompanied solo that is really fancy
The main theme in the music
A small group of solos that are fancy
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What is ornamentation?
Adding expensive parts to your instrument to increase value
Playing lots of semiquavers in a row
Playing music at different volumes (loud, quiet etc.)
Decorative notes that fill out a melody (trills, turns etc.)
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Which one of these instruments is commonly associated with the Baroque period of music?
Flute
Piano
Harpsichord
Cello
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Would you find a harpsichord in a classical orchestra?
No
Yes
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What does rubato mean?
Strict tempo is relaxes slightly (speeding up/slowing down)
To get slower
Free tempo
No tempo
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When was the classical period?
1600-1750
1750-1820
1810-1910
1910-2000
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What is a pedal note?
A note that is very quiet and low in pitch
Not a real thing in music
A long sustained notes below the soloist for 7 bars
A pedal on the piano
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What is a theme?
A piece of music
The orchestral accompaniment
What the soloist plays (but no one else does)
Musical phrases and ideas (passed around)
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What is a solo section?
When one of each instrument plays at the same time
When the main melody is being played
When the spotlight is on the soloist
No orchestral accomapaniment
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When was the Romantic period?
1910-2000
1600-1750
1750-1820
1810-1910
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What does diatonic mean?
Minor Key
Major and Minor Key
Major key
No Key
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Is the classical orchestra bigger or smaller than the baroque orchestra?
Bigger
Smaller
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When was the Baroqoue period?
1600-1750
1750-1820
1910-2000
1810-1910
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How many movements are usually in a concerto?
5
2
4
3
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What is a concerto?
Work for a solo singer and orchestral accompaniement
Work for a solo singer and ensemble
Work for a solo instrument accompanied by 3-4 instruments
Work for a solo instrument accompanied by an orchestra
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What are terraced dynamics?
Dynamics change every 4 bars
No dynamic changes throughout the piece
When dynamics are lined up next to each other and change
Everyone has the same dynamics and changes suddenly
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What does virtuoso mean?
A type of piano
A performer who is outstanding and highly technical
Decorative notes that the performer adds to written music
A fancy melody that is difficult to play
