Mcy Final

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Golden Age of Vocal Polyphony

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Rennaisance

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A Capella

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Unaccompanied Vocals

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Bach

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Baroque composer; transcribed several of Vivaldi's concertos for keyboards

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Band

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Large western instrumental ensemble

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Baroque

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1600-1750, marked by contrasts, grand concepts, and theatrical designs

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Binary

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Form involving two sections

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Blues

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secular African American vocal music developed in late 19th century, characterized by a 12-measure harmonic progression throughout the song

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Brass

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Loudest instruments in band besides percussion; often used to create climaxes

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Woodwind

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Instruments originally made from wood

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String

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Instruments which make their sound by causing a string to vibrate

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Percussion

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Instruments sunded by being struck

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Bridge

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Contrasting Section or Phrase in a Popular Song

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Chamber Orchsetra

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Smaller orchestra, originally played in private houses and palaces

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Chorus

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Large group of vocalists

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Coda

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End of a movement or composition

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Septet

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features 7 performers

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Octet

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Features 8 performers

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Nonet

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Features 9 performers

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Fugue

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Form in which each part enters playing the subject and then plays a countersubject behind other entering parts

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Gamelan

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Collection of instruments played by being struck with a hammer

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Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

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Classical Composers

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Imitative Counterpoint

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polyphonic form in which all parts play similar melodies but at different times

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Inventions

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Pattern based form

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Jazz

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Music which evolved from African, European, and American music; features improvisation and swing

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Josquin Desprez

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Rennaissance composer; Created the first "International Music"

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Lute (Ud)

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Plucked string instrument

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Menuet with Trio

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3rd movement of a four-movement sonata; dance movement in compound ternary form

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Mixing

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Processing various tracks to create a final two-track version of a recording

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Monophonic

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One Melodic Line

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Polyphonic

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Multiple melodic lines

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Homophonic

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Single Melody Line over chords

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Motet

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Sacred text-based continuous form music

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Mutrip

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Musical ensemble for Turkish classical music

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Orchestration

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art of writing for specific instruments and combinations of instruments in an orchestra

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Pizzicato

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Plucking the strings of a violin

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Ragtime

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Music in compound binary form, featuring syncopated rhythms borrowed from African American banjo music

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Rennaisance

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1450-1600, time of many creative and scientific European accomplishments

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Reverberation

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Slight Echo effect, makes a recording sound as though it came from a larger concert hall

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Romanticisim

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1825-1900?

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Rondo

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Form featuring a single theme which alternates with several contrasting themes (called "episodes")

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Round

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Form in which different arts enter singing the same melody at different times

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Sonata-Allegro Form

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Most complex of all sectional forms, consisting of exposition, development, and recapitulation

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Strophic Forms

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Forms divided into sections of equal length and meter, it's designed to represent poetry

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Suite

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Extended collection of pieces intended to be played together

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Symphony

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Complete sonata for orchestra

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Terraced Dynamics

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Melodies repeated but at a different dynamic level, creating contrast

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Theme with Variations

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A theme is stated and followed by variations on that same theme the theme is a complete form in itself

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Through-Composed Song

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text-based, secular continuous form

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Walking bass

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Bass part that moves at regular intervals, usually on the beat

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Cadenza

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Improvised or written ornamental passage performed by a soloist, usually without accompaniment or accompanied only by a sustained chord

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Glockenspiel

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Percussion Instrument

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English Horn

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Woodwind Instrument

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Viennese Classical Period

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Period of time during which three of the most influential composers of the classical period all worked in Vienna

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Schubert

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Romantic Composer

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Passacaglia, prelude, chaconne

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Pattern-Based Continuous Form Music (Free Forms)

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Haydn

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Classical Composer

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Motive

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short melodic or rhythmic idea that is recognizable when repeated or varied