Musical Styles Exam 1

Front 1

Conjunct Melody

Back 1

Melody with notes that are in close proximity to eachother

Front 2

Disjunct Melody

Back 2

Melody with notes that are spread apart

Front 3

Countermelody

Back 3

Melody that complements the main melody

Front 4

Duple Division

Back 4

Strong - weak (march)

Front 5

Triple Division

Back 5

Strong - weak - weak

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Compound

Back 6

Splitting a pattern of music into sections of 3

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Additive

Back 7

grouping of irregular beats that add up to a larger overall pattern

Front 8

Synchopation

Back 8

Placing accent on the music where you wouldn't expect it

Front 9

Monophonic Texture

Back 9

One voice (melody)

Front 10

Homophony

Back 10

One melody with one accompaniment

Front 11

Imitation Texture

Back 11

One melody line imitates another

Front 12

Polyphony

Back 12

Many melodies all playing at the same time, each with equal status

Front 13

Homorhythmic

Back 13

Every instrument plays the same rhythm, used at the end of songs

Front 14

Motive

Back 14

Smallest building block of a song, single or short note

Front 15

sequence

Back 15

something happens after another releated thing. Have to change notes

Front 16

Ostinato

Back 16

repeating a musical idea

Front 17

Cadence

Back 17

a completion of a musical phrase

Front 18

Theme

Back 18

More than one phrase, made up of 2 or more phrases

Front 19

Strophic Form

Back 19

Multiple verses that all have the same music

Front 20

Through-Composed Form

Back 20

Different music for each verse

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Binary Form

Back 21

tWO PART FORM

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tERNARY fORM

Back 22

THREE PART FORM

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Sonata Allegro Form

Back 23

ABA

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Fugue

Back 24

Imitative form

Front 25

Middle Ages
-music type invented
-patronage

Back 25

-Gregorian Chant
-Church

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Renaissance
-What kind of music?
-Lots of what is used?
-patronage

Back 26

-Drama Free
-Imitation
-Church

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Baroque
-What emerges
-What s established
-What type of music starts
-What texture is used
-What kind of music is written
-patronage

Back 27

-Major/Minor Scales
-Regular pulse
-Opera
-Polyphony
-goal oriented music
-Church and royals

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Classical Era
-patronage

Back 28

royals

Front 29

romantic era
-patronage

Back 29

middle class

Front 30

Syllabic

Back 30

1 note per syllable

Front 31

Melismatic

Back 31

More than 1 note per syllable

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Monody

Back 32

One voice with an accompaniment part

Front 33

Absolute Music

Back 33

Music is about form, not painting a picture

Front 34

Program Music

Back 34

music with a story

Front 35

Expressionism

Back 35

Ugly music, mainly in germany

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Impressionism

Back 36

Beautiful music, mainly in france

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Aleatoric

Back 37

Music that is governed by chance