Exam 1

Front 1

A single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit

Back 1

Melody

Front 2

When the notes of a melody jump around to others that are far away from each other, the melody is said to be

Back 2

Disjunct

Front 3

If you were to connect the dots and trace the shape of a melody, you would be drawing the

Back 3

Contour

Front 4

The smallest distance between notes in Western music is a _____ step

Back 4

Half

Front 5

________ is the ordering of music through time

Back 5

Rhythm

Front 6

Is the Star Spangled Banner in duple or triple meter

Back 6

Triple Meter

Front 7

Is the sound created by multiple notes played or sung simultaneously

Back 7

Harmony

Front 8

The two words we use to describe dynamics are _______ and ________.

Back 8

Loudness(Forte), Softness(Piano)

Front 9

Is the color of music

Back 9

Timbre

Front 10

Two examples of woodwinds

Back 10

Piccolo and flute

Front 11

Two examples of brass

Back 11

Trumpet and French Horn

Front 12

Two examples of strings

Back 12

Violin and Viola

Front 13

Two examples of Percussion

Back 13

Cymbals and Timpani

Front 14

Two examples of keyboard

Back 14

Harpsichord and Organ

Front 15

Repetition, contrast, an variation are words used to describe the element of

Back 15

Form

Front 16

When two or more melodies are performed at the same time, the texture is said to be

Back 16

Thick/polyphonic

Front 17

The musical time period from approximately 476-mid 1500s is known as the

Back 17

Middle ages

Front 18

Sacred means ______ and secular means ______

Back 18

Worship/religious music, entertainment music

Front 19

The earliest music notation consisted of _______ written above the text

Back 19

symbols

Front 20

w=

h=

Back 20

Whole step, half step

Front 21

#=

b=

Back 21

Sharp raises pitch a half step, flat lowers pitch half step

Front 22

Cadences

Back 22

Points of arrival/rest

Front 23

Chord

Back 23

3 or more notes sounding simultaneously

Front 24

Back 24

whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note, 2 eighth notes

Front 25

Monophonic

Back 25

Single melodic line w/ no accompaniment

Front 26

Homophonic

Back 26

Single melodic line with accompaniment

Front 27

Polyphonic

Back 27

Multiple melodies of equal importance

Front 28

Mezzo

Back 28

Medium

Front 29

-issimo

Back 29

very soft

Front 30

Crescendo

Back 30

Gradually get louder

Front 31

Decrescendo

Back 31

Gradually get softer

Front 32

The Play of Virtues is a ________ by Hildegard von Bingen, or a dramatized allegory of good and evil

Back 32

Morality play

Front 33

Why does Satan not sing in plays and songs during the middle ages?

Back 33

Music is viewed as a "divine gift of heaven" and hell was believed to be devoid of music

Front 34

What is synonymous with plainchant?

Back 34

Gregorian chant

Front 35

The texture of Play of Virtues is

Back 35

Monophonic

Front 36

Why is monophonic useful in a large cathedral

Back 36

It is easier to project while also being clear and melodic

Front 37

If many people are singing the same thing at the same time it is said to be in _______ and is ______ in texture

Back 37

unison, monophonic

Front 38

Syllabic singing uses

Back 38

one note per syllable

Front 39

Melismatic singing uses

Back 39

many notes per syllable

Front 40

If a song is not about God/religion and is in the language of the culture, it is

Back 40

Secular

Front 41

How many voices is Behold Spring by Francesco Landini written for?

Back 41

Two

Front 42

Behold Spring is an example of ______ texture

Back 42

Polymorphic

Front 43

What is the meter of Behold spring?

Back 43

Triple meter

Front 44

Why is meter necessary in polyphonic music?

Back 44

To keep the parts and notes happening at the same time and hold it together

Front 45

How does Landin highlight the cadences in Behold Spring?

Back 45

They sing in unison on the cadences

Front 46

What is the form of Behold Spring?

Back 46

ABAA

Front 47

Is I Can All Too Well Compare My Lady sacred or secular and how many voices is it written for?

Back 47

Secular, 3

Front 48

What is the form of "Compare My Lady?"

Back 48

AAB

Front 49

What is important about the "Messe de Nostre Dam" that Machaut wrote?

Back 49

It's the first known polyphonic setting of all the sung movements of the Mass Ordinary by one composer

Front 50

Who was He Who Gladly Serves written to be performed by?

Back 50

Singers

Front 51

What instruments were used in the recording of "Gladly Serves" and why?

Back 51

Drums and Shawms, to demonstrate how medieval music could be played on anything on hand.

Front 52

How does a shawm produce a sound

Back 52

player blows through double reeds, vibrations are magnified by long wooden tube

Front 53

What modern day instrument is the shawm closest to?

Back 53

Oboe

Front 54

What is the form of "Gladly Serves?"

Back 54

ABA ABA AA

Front 55

What textures do we hear in this "Gladly Serves"?

Back 55

Monophony, homophony, heterophony

Front 56

What instruments were used in the middle ages?

Back 56

Vielle, psalter, lute, portative organ, trumpet, and tambourine/castanets

Front 57

Who most likely wrote "Gladly Serves?"

Back 57

Monk, Priest, nun, or traveling/court musician