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61 Cards in this Set
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pitch |
the highness or lowness of a sound (bright, dark, brilliant, mellow, rich) |
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Gregorian Chants |
serene, monophonic |
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melismatic |
many notes for one syllable |
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syllabic |
one note for one syllable |
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duration |
how long or short a note is |
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rest |
pause in between notes or phrases |
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phrases |
sections of music or lyrics |
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theme |
melodic phrases, overall meaning of the piece |
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motive |
short melodic phrases |
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round |
piece of music where singers come in a different parts singing the same thing, offset music |
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polyphony |
many voices throughout a piece
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ostinato |
a continually repeated phrase, "sing cuccu" from Sumer is Icumen in |
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monophonic |
one voice throughout a piece |
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homophony |
one voice and an instrumental accompaniment |
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strophic |
same music throughout |
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through composed |
different music for each stanza |
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Baroque |
a period of art which focuses on innate details, complex and elaborate melodies, filled with tension, activity, drama, and contrast |
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accent |
stress of a note, important: duration and position of the accent |
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Sumer is Icumen in- Anonymous |
Ostinato, high pitched, polyphonic |
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Recitiative |
(homophonic) flexible rhythm and form, close to spoke words, music follows lyrics (King Dodon from TGC) |
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Aria |
(homophonic) metered rhythm and formally designed form, expresses emotion by lyrics pairing or following music (Queen from TGC) |
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harmony |
multiple sounds together |
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consonance |
positive harmony |
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dissonance |
negative harmony |
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mise en scene |
anything in a scene |
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Themes of Alien |
Technology, Space, Greed |
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Simulacrum |
A copy without an original |
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Two types of solo singing |
Aria and Recitative |
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Rocky on gaps |
She’s got gaps, I got gaps, we fill gaps |
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Setting |
Where the story takes place Time of year/ season Social environment/ culture |
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Types of Texture |
Monophony Polyphony Homophony |
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Mise en scene |
Visually displayed: ie: Costumes |
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Rocky time period |
Stagflation Me Decade Decade of Disillusionment |
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Gen X |
Slackers Apathy Independent |
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Volume |
Crescendo |
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Continuity |
Smooth transitioning scenes |
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polyphoniccomposition |
One melodic line and cordialaccompaniment |
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decrescendo |
To get quieter |
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implicitmeaningimplicitmeaning |
The meaning under the surface |
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recitative v. aria |
Recitativeis close to spoken reflection, narrow range of pitch and in Aria, its designedto express emotion and it is sung.com*.gvt1.coE |
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Cultural Invisibility
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a movie’s reinforcement of the viewer’s belief system
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Baroque songs listened to |
Little Fugue- Bach, Spring – Antonio Vivaldi |
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one melodic line, with chordal accompaniment |
Homophony |
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two types of harmonies |
Consonance and Dissonance |
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IWW |
Industrial Workers of the World |
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Malaise |
Sense of ill confidence |
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gregorian chant |
a capella in unison flexible tempo |
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diegetic sound |
cat meowing in scene |
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folk genre |
Lyrics deal with social and political issues |
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accent a beat |
Stress, duration, position |
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the musical illustration of a verbal concept |
word painting |
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song w/ word painting |
Spring- Vivaldi |
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texture of AMighty Fortress is our God |
monophony |
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syllabic |
One syllable for one note |
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consonance |
Music that is pleasant to the ears |
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melismatic song |
pascha nostrum |
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TimothyLeary |
A Harvard professor that studied psychedelic drugs
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Working Folk, Unite |
Homophony, Strophic, Syllabic |
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ostinato |
Constantly repeated melody
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Aria Solo Singing |
Metered Rhythm |
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strophic form |
same music throughout |
