Music 1

Elements of music are: RHYTHM, MELODY, CHORD, AND HARMONY

Sound is created by vibrations

A range of eight ascending or descending notes in a fixed pattern is called an "octatonic scale" in music

Most popular secular vocal music that was popular during the Renaissance and early Baroque periods was Madrigals

Has 3 beats

which instrument belongs to the brass family?

Marked off in measures/bars, organizes the beats in music

Which of the composers is not from the Renassiance era?

Syncopation is a deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accents

The Membranophones family is also called the percussion family (drums)?

A versatile musician or singer is someone who can perform well in a variety of musical styles and genres; adatability

Hildegard of Bingen was a composer from the Middle Ages

The conductor uses a baton to help performers keep tempo

The eras covered in this unit are: MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, & BAROQUE

which instrument belongs to the string family?

What is the musical term for a melodic idea used as a building block for a larger musical work?

In music, ornamentation is the act of embellishing a melody, rhythm, or harmony to make it more impressive and ornate

The aerophone family is also called the wind family (flute, OBO, clarinet)?

Harmony is chords

Contour is the shape of the melody

Which element of music moves music forward in time?

1820-1900 was when the Romantic Era took place

The job of the conductor is the group's leader to help performers keep same tempo

Which of the composers is not from the Baroque era?

A "fa la la" refrain is usually found in what vocal musical genre known as balletto

Which of the composers was given to the church as a child?

What is the musical term when notes or chords are unexpectedly accented?

which instruments belong to the percussion family?

Which of these composers was Italian born?

Cantatas are pieces meant to be sung

Which is a scale that sounds bright and cheerful, using this interval pattern

Which is a scale that sounds sad, using this interval pattern

Which of these composers favored the violin?

Baroque took place when?

Which element of music means a succession of single pitches percieved by the ear as a unity?

The string family are also called Chordophones the (cello, violin, violla)?

The climax of a piece is its highest point

castrada is when they castrated men to have high pitches in the Baroque era

Which of the composers worked at an orphanage?

Which of these composers wrote the 4 seasons?

Which element of music means simultaneous combination of notes and the ensuing relationships of intervals and chords?

Which element of music is made up phrases?

which instrument belongs to the wind family?

Which element of music means a simultaneous combination of 3 or more pitches that constitute a single block of harmony?

Bach is considered the greatest composer of all time

Has 4 beats

Acapella means without words/vocals

Classical took place when?

Most common chord in Western music is the triad

Pitch is represented by notes written on a staff

The idiophones family is also called the percussion family (triangle)?

Middle Ages took place when?

What is the highest pitched wind instrument in a standard orchestra?

Range is from lowest pitch to highest pitch

Which of the German composers, which one favored the organ and piano?

Renaissance took place when?

Has 2 beats, strong downbeat with a weak beat & most basic

Sacred music is for churches, secular music is not

Francesca Caccini (1587-1645) was the first woman to compose an opera: 

Most popular sacred was choral in renaissance mass

Which of these composers wrote the Hallelujah chorus?