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49 Cards in this Set
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Harmony |
Two notes sounding at once |
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Consonnance |
A sound that is at rest or calm |
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Dissonance |
A sound that is tense and harsh |
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Monophony |
One single melodic line |
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Polyphony |
Two or more independent melodic lines |
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Homophony |
One melodic line with accompaniment |
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Orchestra |
An ensemble made up of the four families of instruments |
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Melody |
A complete musical idea |
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Motive |
A musical that sounds like a fragment, incomplete |
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Concert Meister |
First chair in the string section |
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Microtonality |
A type of music which uses intervals smaller than a half step |
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Atonality |
A system of music that has no tonal center |
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Interval |
The distance between two notes |
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The three main members of the New Viennese School |
Arnold Schöenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webner |
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The composer credited with creating serialism |
Arnold Schöenberg |
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Serialism |
A system of music which organizes all the 12 notes of the chromatic scale so that no one now is more important than another |
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5 types of intervals |
Major, minor, diminished, augmented, perfect |
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Dates of the Baroque |
1600-1750 |
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Elements of opera |
Aria & Recitative |
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Concerto |
Multi movement work for orchestra and soloist |
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Concerto has 3 movements, classified by |
Fast slow fast |
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Ritornello |
When the theme of the piece returns (only in concertos) |
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Baroque composers |
Antonio Vivaldi - G.F. Handel - J.S. Bach |
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Suite |
Collection/grouping of dances |
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Orchestral Suite |
Collection/grouping for orchestra |
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Parts of a suite |
Prelude - Alemande - Courente - Sarabande - Guige |
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Romanticism |
Emotionally expressive |
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Classicism |
Emotionally restrained |
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Dates of Classical Period |
1750 - 1820 |
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Symphony |
Multi movement work for orchestra (standard: 4 movements) |
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Composers of the Classical Period |
W.A. Mozart - F.J. Haydn - Ludwig Van Beethoven |
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Dates of the Middle Ages |
500 - 1450 |
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Congregational singing was brought back by |
Martin Luther |
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Renaissance was the birth of |
Grecor Roman human thinking |
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Dates of the Renaissance |
(1300) 1450 - 1600 |
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Rythmic notation was created by |
Léonin & Pérotin |
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Renaissance was the |
Golden Age of Polyphony |
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Dates of Protestant Reformation |
1517 - 1648 |
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Renaissance is considered the |
"Age of Humanism" |
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Léonin & Pérotin created a musical style known as |
School of Notredom |
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Consort |
Grouping of instruments of like kind |
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Lute Song |
Song accompanied by lute (John Dowland) |
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Who was responsible for collecting and codifying the chants of the Catholic church? |
Pope Gregory |
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Keyboards of the Renaissance |
Harpsichord - Clavichord |
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Instrumental music was |
Not modeled after vocal music |
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Madrigal |
Secular - Polyphonic - Vocal - A capella |
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Montet |
Sacred - Polyphonic - Vocal - A capella |
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Arrange in order: Rhyming Notation - Organum - Polyphony - Monophony |
1. Monophony 2. Organum 3. Polyphony 4. Rhythmic Notation |
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Music notation was created by |
Guido D'Arezzo |