(Part 2) - MUS12 Music Appreciation Vocabulary Review

A musical style from the early 20th century. Characteristics include lowered notes, slides, and and a 12- bar structure.

The grouping of pulses into stable units usually containing two, three, or four pulses.

A musical texture in which a single prominent melody is supported by accompaniment.

In popular songs, the part that is frequently repeated, and with the same text; usually the most memorable part.

A two-part musical form, usually mapped as A B.

A type of instrumental accompaniment developed in the Baroque era. Highlighted by chords and bass:

Composition during the act of performance. Usually guided by norms and practices that belong to a given tradition.

A singer with a range somewhat lower than that of a soprano, usually female.

The pitches that support the melody; can refer generally to non- melodic voices or specifically to chords.

A musical composition in duple meter performed at a steady, moderate tempo, can be intented for movement or concert.

Music intended for one-on-a-part performance in a small space.

In sonata form, the middle passage between the Exposition and the Recapitulation.

A folk hymn from the African American tradition.

An artistic movement of the early 20th century that glorified progress & presented an optimistic view about the future.

A style of presentational dance, which emerged in 18th-century France. Tells stories by means of gesture and music.

A work for instrumental soloist(s) with orchestral accompaniment.

A gathering in the home of a wealthy art lover for the purpose of engaging with elite culture in intimate surroundings.

A texture in which two parts exchange melodic material, similar to a conversation.

A body of monophonic vocal music developed in the medieval Catholic church.

The imitation of real-world sounds with instruments or voices.

The area of the brain in which sound is first processed.

In sonata form, the section in which all of the themes from the Exposition are heard for a second time in the home key.

A style of dance music that emerged in NYC in the 1970s dense textures, syncopated bass lines, and a fast tempo.

A lengthy story concerning a quest or heroic adventure.

The exploitation of a culture for the purpose portraying it as foreign, unusual, exciting, or titillating.

A texture in which all parts carry the same melody, but enter at points separated by a set distance.

A repeating melodic or rhythmic figure. Often repeated for a long period of time in a compositon.

A collection of pitches that can be used to craft melodies and harmonies. Often heard as tragic, ominous, or serious.

The process of gradually getting louder.

A type of meter in which each of the 2 pulses is subdivided into 3 subpulses; counted ONE-two-three-FOUR-five-six.

Wagner’s term for an all-encompassing work that brings together art forms into a single vision of artistic expression.

In the United States, a period of widespread interest in folk music beginning in the 1930s and peaking in the 1960s.

An influential dance of the Swing era, introduced in 1928 by a pair of African American dancers.

The practice employed by DJs of spinning a record in reverse in order to repeat a passage.

A collection of pitches that can be used to craft melodies and harmonies. Often heard as happy, cheerful, or confident.

In West Africa, a member of a hereditary caste of musicians responsible for transmitting stories and songs.

A smooth, connected form of articulation.

A compositional technique by which all parts of a work are interconnected; the work seems to grow out of a single motif.

A wobble added to a pitch.

A sequence of notes all sung on a single vowel.

A meter in which pulses (beats) are grouped by twos, usually in a strong-weak pattern.

A type of composition in which a melodic subject is introduced in each of the voices (usually 4) at the outset.

A musical form, A A B, common in troubadour songs and Lutheran hymns.

The act of making recordings on location, usually of non- professional musicians in rural communities.

The rate at which the pulse is felt.

A multi-part work for voice(s) and accompaniment

A period in Western music that extends from 1815-1900. Uses expressive harmonies, experimental forms, and program music.

A period in Western music that is bookmarked bythe rise of humanist thought (1400) and the invention of opera (1600).

A concluding passage added to the end of a composition that otherwise adheres to a set musical form or process.

A musical gesture that sounds the pitches of a chord one at a time, either ascending or descending.