Periods of music history in order

Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic

Which statement is false?

The harpsichord had hammers that struck strings like a piano

A single unaccompanied melodic line

Stacked or staggered melodies that line up to form complex harmonic texture

Impressionistic Music

evokes emotion in an abstract design

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PIII and PIV YEAR END MUSIC HISTORY REVIEW

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Periods of music history in order
Medieval, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Renaissance, Impressionistic
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic
Medieval, Renaissance, Romantic, Baroque, Classical, Impressionistic
Medieval, Baroque, Renaissance, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic
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Polyphony
All the above
means "many sounds"
is two or more melodies that layer to form a cohesive whole
Includes counterpoint
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Impressionistic music can be
Whole Tone
All the Above
Pentatonic
Atonal
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Romantic music
added 7ths, dissonances & chromatic melodies to major & minor tonalities
relaxed the rules of classical music
was VERY structured
Both red and yellow answer
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Which statement is false?
When it was invented, a piano could be tuned and stay in tune
The harpsichord had hammers that struck strings like a piano
The instrument was named the "piano" because it could play soft and loud
The first keyboards could not play dynamics
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Three Impressionistic composers
Ravel, Satie, Debussy
Debussy, Chopin, Schubert
Mozart, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky
Faure, Haydn, Bach
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Monophony is
Many melodies playing concurrently
One harmonic layer
A single unaccompanied melodic line
One melody on a harmonic pattern
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Three Romantic Composers
Ravel, Schumann, Liszt
Chopin, Brahms, Tchaikovsky
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms
Rameau, Ravel, Mendelssohn
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Medieval music
used lots of instruments
was homophonic
was complex with rich harmonies
was monophonic
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During which music period was there an explosion of choral music? (because there weren't many instruments yet)
Renaissance
Baroque
Romantic
Classical
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The first music history period with keyboard music
Classical
Renaissance
Medieval
Baroque
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Classical music is formal and structured
False
True
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The Circle of 5ths
red and blue answer
builds key signatures
creates intervals
adds 5ths to chords to create dissonance
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Three Baroque composers
Bach, Beethoven and Mozart
Bach, Handel and Scarlatti
Debussy, Ravel, Satie
Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart
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Three Classical composers
Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy
Mozart, Brahms, Bach
Bach, Rameau, Teleman
Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn
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Baroque music
was easy to play or sing
was simple
had lots of embellishments
had very unpredictable harmonies
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Sharp key signatures
build consecutively with the first three #'s being F, C and G.
are identified by next to last sharp
are identified by going up a half step from the last sharp
red and orange answer
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Counterpoint
Stacked or staggered melodies that line up to form complex harmonic texture
Melodies formed by the top note of the harmony
Chords without distinct melodic lines
Melodies that don't match up; they 'counter' or compete with each other
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Impressionistic Music
free flowing without a theme
depicts specific images
evokes emotion in an abstract design
is structured
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Order of flats
B E A G C F D
F B E A D G C
B E A D G C F
F C G D A E B

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