Melody may be defined as |
C. a series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole. |
A melody is said to move by steps if it moves by |
D. adjacent scale tones. |
A part of a melody is called a |
C. phrase. |
A cadence is |
D. a resting place at the end of a phrase. |
A theme is |
A. a melody that serves as the starting point for a more extended piece of music. |
A chord is a |
A. combination of three or more tones sounded at once. |
A series of chords is called a/an |
D. progression. |
A consonance is a combination of tones that |
B. is considered stable and restful. |
A dissonance is a combination of tones that |
B. is considered unstable and tense. |
Resolution refers to a/an |
A. dissonant chord moving to a consonant chord. |
Dynamic tension that demands onward motion in music is usually the result of |
C. the impulse of dissonance to be resolved. |
Key refers to |
C. a central tone, scale, and chord. |
The word chromatic comes from the Greek word chroma, meaning color, and is used in music to refer to the |
B. twelve tones of the octave. |
Monophonic texture consists of |
C. a single melodic line without accompaniment. |
Polyphonic texture consists of |
B. two or more melodies of relatively equal interest performed simultaneously. |
The technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole is called |
C. counterpoint. |
A round is an example of |
B. strict imitation. |
A song in which several people sing the same melody but each singer starts at a different time is an example of |
C. strict imitation. |
Repetition is a technique widely used in music because it |
B. All choices are correct. |
Forward motion, conflict, and change of mood all come from |
C. contrast. |
Three-part form can be represented as |
A. All choices are correct. |
Embellishments are |
D. ornaments not printed in the music that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century performers were expected to add. |
A virtuoso is a performer who has |
A. developed an extraordinary technical mastery. |
Before the nineteenth century, the time beat was |
B. given by the first violinist, the keyboard player, or both. |
Most of the conductor’s work |
A. is done in the rehearsal. |
Changes in musical style from one historical period to the next are usually |
C. continuous. |
We know little about the music of very ancient civilizations because |
C. hardly any notated music has survived from these cultures. |
Staccato means to play the notes __________. |
Short and Detached |
Legato means to play the notes __________. |
Smoothly |
Briefly describe harmony. |
Harmony refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other. |
The simplest, most basic chord used in Western music is the __________. |
Triad |
Briefly describe form in music. |
In music, form is the organization of musical elements in time. Pitch, tone, color, dynamics, rhythm, melody, and texture interact to produce a sense of shape and structure, for a musical composition. |
Bringing the printed symbols of a page of music to life is the job of the __________. |
Performer |
A musical statement, followed by a repeat of the statement, then a counterstatement, would be called __________ form. |
Binary |
A shift from one key to another within the same composition is called __________. |
Modulation |
The emotional focal point of a melody is called the __________. |
Climax |
The repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch is called a/an __________. |
Sequence |
Traditionally, a composition would almost always end on a/an __________. |
Tonic Chord |
The sense of relatedness to a central tone is known as __________. |
Tonality |
When there is one main melody accompanied by chords, the texture is __________. |
Homophonic |
List the seven style periods with their dates in chronological order. |
Middle Ages (450-1450), Renaissance (1450-1600), Baroque (1600-1750), Classical (1750-1820), Romantic (1820-1900), Twentieth century to 1945 (1900-1945), 1945 to present (1945-present) |
Musical Elements II (Music History)
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