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Woodwind

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Oboe, clarinet, saxophone, flute,bassoon,

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Brass

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Trombone, French horn, trumpet,

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String

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Violin, viola, cello

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Keyboard

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harpsichor, piano

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Plucked strings

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lute, guitar

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The movement of music through time and the aspect of time in music is called

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Rhythm

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A regular recurring time unit that represents the pulsation of the music is called

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beat

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In triple meter, the strongest pulse occurs on

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the first beat of a three beat pattern

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The shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat is called

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syncopation

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A complete musical idea or section within a larger melodic line is called

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phrase

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The first note of a scale is what?

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Is heard as the strongest pitch,serves as a keynote around which others revolve, is called the tonic and forms the key.

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What term describes a combination of tones that sound at rest, resolved and in agreement?

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consonant

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A combination of tones that sound tense, unstable and in need of resolution is called

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dissonance

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The aspect of music that reveals the relationship of the musical lines and how the blend to create the musical fabric is called

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texture

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The rate of speed at which a piece of music is played is its

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tempo

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In what language are tempo markings generally given?

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Italian

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Accelerando, is a term indicating that the speed of the music is

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getting faster

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The degree of loudness or softness at which music is played is called

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dynamics

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The term timbre refers to?

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the color of a tone

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Which of the follwing markings is the softest?

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a pianissimo

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The standard ranges of the human voice from top to bottom are

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soprano,alto, tenor, bass

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Woodwind instruments are so called because?

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They were all at one time made of wood

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The highness or lowness of a sound is determined by

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the speed at which an object is vibrating

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Which of the following is true?

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all tunes are melodies

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A melodic pattern of pitches repeated at a different pitch level is called a

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sequence

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Another word for polyphony is

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counterpoint

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Individual movements of music are often referred to by their

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tempo

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The two modes or scales that have survived through out the ages and are used for composing most music from 1600-1900 are

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major and minor scales

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A meter with some aspects of duple in the foreground and at the same time a triple in the back ground would be an example of

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compound meter

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The mechanical device that measures the number of beats per minute is known as a

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metronome

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an accent is

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an emphasis given to a particular sound

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A gradual slowing in a musical passage is known as

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a ritard

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One single melody played or sung without accompaniment is said to be in what texture?

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monophonic texture

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A melody with other supporting sounds markedly subsidiary is in what texture?

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homophonic texture

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In imitative counterpoint the voices do what?

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copy each other at different times

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The form that is diagramed ABA, and contains a departure and then a return of the first section is called

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ternary form

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The form that is diagramed ABACADA, and contains a periodic return of a central theme is called

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rendo form

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Tempo refers to the speed of a piece of music

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T

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Harmony is the successive sound of individual pitches

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F (harmony is the simultaneous sound of two or more pitches)

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Consonant harmonies are more stable than dissonant harmonies

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T

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Largo-very slow
adagio-slow
piano-soft
fast-allegro

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smderately slow, (at a walking pace)-andante
pp-verysoft
mf-medium loud
very fast-presto
f-loud
fortissimo(ff)-very loud

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Nearly a thousand years of European history are spanned by the phrase Middle Ages

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t

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Monks in monasteries held a virtual monopoly on learning during the Middle Ages

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t

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Music manuscripts duing the Middle Ages indicate the most medieval music was instrumental

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f, it was vocal

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Gregorian chant melodies tend to move by leaps over a wide raged of pitches

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f, Gregorian chant has a narrow range and is in conjunct motion

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Organum is a term applied to medieval music that consists of Gregorian chant and an additional melodic line

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t

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During the Renaissance, educated people were often trained in music, literature, theatre, and art.

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t

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Texture of Renaissance music is primarily homophonic

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f: texture in Renaissance music was primarily polyphonic( ie. Mass and Madrigal).

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Much of the instrumental dance music composed during the Renaissance was intended for church use

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F. instrumental music was performed outside the church or after a religious service

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Troubadours were Medieval poets and musicians

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t

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The 1400's witnessed a decreased focus on secular music.

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f : the 1400's was teh beginning of the Renaissance and there was an increase in secular music

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Gregorian chant is homohonic in texture

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f: it is monophonic

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The Renaissance saw the growth of solo instrumental music, especiallly for lute.

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t

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The text of a madrigal is religious and the textureis homophonic

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f: the text of a madrigal is non-religious and the texture is polyphonic

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the Renaissance madrigal was highly expressive through such devices as word painting

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t

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The Renaissance Mass was a one movement work for voices and instruments.

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f: The Renaissance mass is a five movement work, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnes Dei

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The invention of the printing press in Western Europe was a Renaissance development

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t

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Organum was freely composed and had no pre-conceived or pre determined basis

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f: Organum was built around Gregorian chant but also had an added embellished part.

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The earliest type of polyphonic compositions, dating from around 900 A.D. , are called

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Organum

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The few surviving medieval dances and the music that accompanied them are called

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Estampies

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Hildegard of Bingen is known as

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a nun, church composer, natural historian and poet

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Who is traditionally associated with collecting and codifying the chants of the church?

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Pope Gregory

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Single line melodies sung in unison from the early Christian Church are known as

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Gregorian Chant

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Which is not true of Gregorianchant
a. It is monophonic in texture
b. It is accompanied with harmony
C. it is generally non-metric
d. It is generally in conjunct motion

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b

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Medieval entertainers who played instruments, danced and performed tricks were most likely to perform and play lwhich genre of the follwing?

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an estampie

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Wandering poets, singers and songwriters from southern France were known as

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troubadours

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Music during the Medieval period music underwent a change; developments in rhythm, meter, counterpoint and harmony took place. this became known as

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the High Middle Ages or the Ars Nova

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The fretted string instrument similar to the guitar but with a pear-shape and extremely popular during the Renaissances was the

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lute

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In the Renaissance mass, melodies move from voice to voice imitating each other, this texture is known as

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imitative polyphony

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A vocal work without instrumental accompaniement is said to be performed

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a cappella

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the expressive device used by Renaissance composers to musically pictorialize words from a sung text is called

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word painting

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Which of the following was a leader in the Protestant Reformation?

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Martin Luther

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What was the primary vocal genre of secular music in the Renaissance?

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The madrigal

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Which work best illutrates the technique of word painting?

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Thomas Weelkes Madrigal: "As Vesta Was from Latmos Hill Descending Descending"

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The polyphonic technique found in Medieval Motets, in which the melodies change while the rhythms are repeated is called

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isorhythm

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What was the most widespread of the Renaissance instrumental genres?

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dance music

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The pavance and galliard were

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a pair of Renaissance dances in the contrasting suple and triple meter.

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Which work was written by Bernard deVentadorn?

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Troubadour song "La dousa votz"

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Which work was written by Hildegard of Bingen?

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Plainchant "Columba aspexit"

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Which work was written by Guillaume de Machaut?

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Motet"Quant en moy"

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Which work was written by Leonin or Perotin?

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Organum "Alleluia"

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Which work was written by Josquin Desprez or Giovanni Palestrina?

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Mass "Pange Lingua"

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Which work was written by John Dowland?

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Lute solo "Fantasia No. 7"