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1
Composers wrote easier, less complex melodies because...
The public demanded more, newer music
They were lazy
They weren't as skilled
The public didn't like complex music
2
True or False: A rhapsody is music written to set the mood of a play, cover scenery change, or as background music.
True
False
3
This instrument is usually the main identifying sound of the Baroque style of music.
Harp
Clavichord
Piano
Harpsichord
4
These were the two main types of operas during this time.
Opera tragique & comedy opera
Opera seria & opera buffa
Opera seria & opera tragique
Opera buffa & rock operas
5
Music during this time was used as a form of what?
Interpretive dance
Secret code
Alien transmission
Comunication
6
Timbre is....
Musical music
Musical color
Music with no meaning
Spelled wrong. It's "timber".
7
This invention helped more people have access to music.
The flash drive
Electricity
The printing press
Carbon copy paper
8
This form of music became the dominant form during this era.
Sacred Music
Instrumental Music
Secular Music
Experimental Music
9
Because the melodies were less complex, musicians could focus more on....
Dynamics and phrasing
Emotion and tone
Red & Blue
Learning new instruments, and writing music of their own
10
Most of the music during this era was monophonic, which is...
Multiple musicians accompany a melody with harmonizing pitches/rhythm.
Multiple musicians playing the same melody at a fixed interval
Performer or performers, plays a single melody without harmony or chords
Musicians playing the same melody together while slightly changing it.
11
The new forms that were created during this time are all called what?
Modern style
Modernism
Experimental
Unusual sounds.
12
True or False: The classical orchestra is larger than the baroque orchestra.
True
False
13
The main theme during this time was....
A greater exaggeration of romantic feelings
A greater exaggeration of all emotions
An era of fantasy story-telling, operas and powerful music.
Love songs
14
True or False: The harpsichord can change the volume of its sound based on how hard the player hits the keys.
False
True
15
The three main instrument families musicians used during this time were...
Hurdy Gurdy, sackbut, electric guitar.
Brass, woodwind, and percussion
Keyboard, string, and wind instruments
Violin, viola, cello, bass
16
A nocturne is a form of music that creates the feeling of what?
Nighttime
Dread
Fear
Daytime
17
Past composers were paid by people who told them what to write. Romantic composers had creative freedom because....
Their bosses were themselves
Their bosses didn't care what they wrote, as long as it was good.
Their bosses were more emotional
Their bosses allowed it
18
What were the four main countries that contributed the most during this time?
France, Spain, Germany, and Italy
Germany, Sweden, Poland, and Ukraine
Spain, Hungary, Greece and Italy.
France, United Kingdom, Russia, and Italy
19
Romantic composers used extremes to write their music meaning they.....
Used pyrotechnics during performances
Used experimental sounds to clearly communicate different feelings
Used wide dynamic and tonal ranges
Used crazy makeup for their operas
20
The Renaissance era took place between....
1920 - 2021
1600 - 1730
500 - 1400
1400 - 1600
21
The Baroque, Classical, and Romantic era were all known as what?
Common Practice period
Old-timey period
Common Instrument period
Common Theme period
22
What were the two types of music created during the Medieval period?
Strophic
Sacred
Secular
Red & Blue
23
Where was baroque music usually played?
Wealth people's homes and churches.
Stadiums and arenas.
Churches and public squares.
Wealthy people's homes and in public.
24
The renaissance period was different from the medieval period because music included more variations of....
Range
Rhythm
Harmony
All of them
25
How did musicians learn Medieval music?
They learned it by internal data transfer.
They learned it by divine intervention.
They learned it by ear.
They learned it by watching other musicians perform it.
26
Fill in the blanks:Sacred music pieces were _____________________, and secular music pieces were _____________________
Church music; Devil music
Worship songs or biblical stories set to music; poems set to music
Weird sounding; also weird sounding
Poems set to music; Worship songs or biblical stories set to music
27
Impressionism used timbre to create a feeling of ______________.
Seriousness
Fear & dread
Uncomfortable anxiousness
Calm & peaceful
28
A technique TV or movie directors can do is "needle drop" in which they.....
Drop a bunch of sewing needles on the floor so actors have to wear shoes
Drop in pop songs to further emphasize feelings or characters
Use the record needle to cut and scratch records to create a hip-hop sound.
Hide needles in the scene as easter eggs for the audience
29
Expressionism used timbre to create a feeling of _________________.
Calm & peaceful
Calm
Uncomfortable anxiousness
Loneliness and despair
30
Towards the end of the era, composers started to use polyphony which used....
Individual, improvised harmonies over a single melody.
Multiple, independent melodies
Single, repeated melody at different intervals
Multiple, repeated melodies
