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28 Cards in this Set
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melody |
single line of notes in succession heard as a coherent unit; the tune |
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rhythm |
the ordering of music in time |
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meter |
pattern of beats |
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harmony |
sound created by combination of notes |
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cord |
3 or more notes played together; supports the melody |
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texture |
function of the number of musical lines happening at once - can be thick or thin |
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monophonic |
single melodic line with no accompaniment |
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homophonic |
melody that is accompanied (i.e. bands) |
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polyphonic |
several melodic lines of equal importance happening at once |
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timbre |
tone color; character of the sound from an instrument or voice |
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dynamics |
the volume of sound |
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form |
structure of a musical work |
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plainchant (gregorian chant) |
middles ages (ca. 500-1400) -church music - monk & nun composers - huge cathedrals |
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Hildegard Von Bingen (1098-1179) |
german artistic nun who was a prolific composer |
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characteristics of a chant |
-monophonic texture (in unison) -choirs singing or instruments playing in unison -melismatic/syllabic |
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melismatic |
a group of notes or tones sung on one syllable in plainsong |
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renaissance |
(ca. 1425-1600) |
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characteristics of secular life and music |
-medieval castles -songs about love -new texture = polyphony - not just one line of sound -new rhythm - meters, dance patterns |
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Francesco Landini (ca. 1325-97) |
famed Italian composer |
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ballata |
a genre of secular songs |
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word painting |
the music will indicate what the words mean and what they are displaying |
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Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450-1521) |
famed Italian composer |
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Blues and Jazz |
-emerged around the 1900s -1st recording was around the 1920s |
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characteristics of blues music |
-blue note = flatted 3rd and 7th note on a major scale -adds emotion -bending of the notes -first line of lyrics last 4 measures -AAB lyric format |
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bessie smith |
most famous female blues singer of the 1920s |
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city blues |
women accompanied by a small ensemble |
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country blues |
men accompanying themselves on guitar |
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vibrato |
a wavering pitch |
