Test Review 6/7/10

Instruments that generate sound from electricity

Instruments that produce sound by plucking/hitting string

An innovative American composer who used change and natural sounds in music. Composed 4'33"

A work in several movements for one or more instruments

A person who judges quality of a musical performance

What is John Cage exploring in his piece 4'33"

Larger instruments tend to sound _______ while smaller instruments tend to sound __________.

Virtuoso on the violin and viola, people claimed he made a deal with the devil for his skill

He was a child prodigy on the piano with a hand span of an octave and a half.

What is the song form for Ternary form

The motive or grabber phrase in a song that generally accompanies the words of the song's title

Simple instruments that are struck or shaken

What is the difference between a cannon and a fugue

Ability to perform an instrument or sing music in tune and in proper rhythm

What is the song for for Binary form

What is the song form for Rondo

Music with sections that are left undetermined or left to chance

Instruments that produce a sound when the membrane stretched over the top is hit/scraped

What is the song form for March form

Organist/composer who was lead writer of fugues.

A composition consisting of a recurring theme alternating with contrasting sections.

What are the four levels of experiencing music

A repeated music figure

Instruments that produce sound by vibrating a column of air

A performer with brilliant flawless technique

A polyphonic composition consisting of a series of successive melody imitations

What factors can you judge a musical performance by

A virtuosic trumpet player who turned jazz into a solo art form

A short, distinctive musical pattern or figure

What is the song form of popular songs (popular song from)

Feeling the performer brings to the music

Repetition between parts (can be exact or inexact)

Performing music as closely as possible to the way it was performed at the time it was created