Module 6-8

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A plug placed in the bell of a trumpet to lesson it's piercing sound

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the mute

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the American city considered "the birthplace of jazz" is

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new Orleans

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the kind of texture produced by the simultaneous improvisations created by New Orleans jazz players is

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polyphonic

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A light musical interlude intended to separate and break the mods of two serious surrounding movements is called

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intermezzo

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the standard form of the blues is the

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twelve-bar blues form

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the style of music that was named for its ragged, highly syncopated rhythms and melodies, written in a march-like style

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ragtime

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the typical pitch inflection found in blues is

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the blue note or bent pitch

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A jazz technique in which brass players shake their lips to produce a wide vibrato or fluctuation of pitch

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shakes

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a mechanically operated keyboard

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the player piano

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in New Orleans jazz, the instrument that usually plays the melody

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trumpet

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Rhythm in impressionist Era music is characterized by

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obscured pulse and no sense of meter

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Rhythm in Romantic Era is characterized by

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rubato effects

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Harmony in Modernist Era music is characterized by

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a lack of tonality and extremes in dissonance

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Texture in Impressionist Era music is predominantly

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homophonic

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Rhythm in Modernist era music is characterized by

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changing meters, polyrhythm and syncopation

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melody in impressionist Era music is characterized by

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melodies built on whole-tone non-western scales

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Harmony in impressionist Era music is characterized by

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a sense of weak tonal center

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melody in Romantic Era music is characterized by

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singing, chromatic, wide-ranging melodies.

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Harmony in Romantic Era music is characterized by

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increasing chromaticism

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Representative composers of the Romantic Era are

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choplin, verdi, brahms

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Timbre in Modernist music is characterized by

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bright, lean sounds

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Instrumental genres in Modernist era were predominantly

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neoclassical

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Unique aspects of performing forces from music in the Modernist era include

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addition of non-western instruments

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Vocal genres in the impressionist era include

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solo song with orchestra

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Unique aspects of performing forces from music in the Romantic era include

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the piano as a solo instrument, larger orchestra

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timbre in Romantic era music is characterized by

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continual change and blend of true colors

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Vocal genres in the Romantic era included

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lied, part song

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timbre in impressionist era music is characterized by

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muted instruments and shimmering colors

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Instrumental genres in the Impressionist era were predominantly

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programmatic

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Vocal genres in the Modernist era included

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solo song with chamber ensemble