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63 Cards in this Set
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Harpischord |
Plucked with quills |
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Celesta |
Bells struck with hammer |
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In Paradisium (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period- Middle Ages (Dark Ages) Composer- Anonymous |
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Columba aspexit (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Middle Ages (Dark Ages) Composer- Hildigard of Bingen |
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La douse votz (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Middle Ages (Dark Ages) Composer- Bernart De Ventadorn |
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Ave Maris Stella (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Renaissance Composer- Gillaume Dufay |
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Pange Lingua Kyrie and Gloria (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Renaissance Composer-Josquin Desprez |
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Mille Regrets (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Renaissance Composer- Josquin Desprez |
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Pope Marcellus Mass- Gloria (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Renaissance Composer- Giovanni Palestina |
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As Vesta Was Descending (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Renaissance Composer- Thomas Weelkes |
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Daphne (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Renaissance Composer- Anonymous |
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Kemp's Jig (Time period, Composer) |
Time Period-Renaissance Composer- Anonymous |
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Music |
The art of sound in time |
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Rhythm |
Flow of music through time, duration of sounds or lack there of |
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Meter |
Grouping of beats called measures Types -Duple -Triple -Quadruple |
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Tempo |
Speed of the beat, associated with emotional effects |
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Pitch |
Frequency, the number of vibrations per second |
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Tamber (Tone Color) |
-Quality of sound -Makes one instrument sound different from another |
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Scales |
Pattern of half & whole steps covering an octave -Diatonic -Chromatic |
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Melody |
A series of notes that add up to a recognizable whole |
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Harmony |
Two or more notes at a time, a chord -Consonance (notes that fit together) -Dissonance (notes that don't fit together) |
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Triad |
Simplest form of chord, made up of 3 notes |
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Interval |
Distance between notes |
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Tonic |
Triad built on the first note of a scale -Typically starts and ends a piece |
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Dominant |
Triad built on the 5th note of a scale -frequently resolves to a tonic |
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Arpegios |
Broken chords (a chord played one note at a time instead of all at once) |
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Mode |
Consists of either major or minor |
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Modulation |
Switching keys in the middle of a piece |
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Monophony |
A single line melody |
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Homophony |
Melody and harmony moving together |
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Polyphony |
More than 1 independent melody |
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Form |
Construction of a piece of music (A, B, A', B') |
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Binary Form (Example) |
A B aa bb |
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Ternary Form (Example) |
A B A' |
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Middle Ages (Dark Ages)(Years) |
450-1450 |
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Gregorian Chant |
-Official music of the Roman Catholic church in the Middle Ages (Dark Ages) -Named for Pope Gregory I -Monophonic melody with Latin text -Flexible Rhythm with no sense of pulse -Notated with Neumes |
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Syllabic Singing Style |
One note for each syllable |
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Melismatic Singing Style |
Multiple notes per syllable |
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Church Modes (Medieval Modes) |
-Old scales (Different patterns of whole and half steps) -Other worldly sound |
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Hildigard of Bingen |
-Wrote Columba Aspexit -Abbess (Leader of an abbey) -First known female composer -Wrote books on botany and medicine |
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Bernart De Ventadorn |
Wrote "La Dousa Votz" (The sweet voice) |
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Estampie |
Very fast triple meter music written to accompany a dancer |
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Renaissance (Years) |
1450-1600 Music began to have harmonies instead of just melodies. |
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Declamation |
Vocal rhythms matching spoken rhythms |
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Gillaume Dufay |
-Wrote "Ave Maris Stella" -French -Wrote sacred and secular compositions |
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Catholic Masses 5 parts |
Kyrie (Prayer) Gloria (Hymn) Credo (Beliefs) Sanctus (Hymn) Agnus Dei (Prayer) |
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Josquin Desprez |
-Wrote Pange Lingua Mass -Wrote "Mille Regrets" -French -Composed sacred and secular music |
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Giovanni Palestrina |
-Wrote Pope Marcellus Mass -Italian -Composed mostly sacred music -Used declamation for clear text presentation -Mostly homophonic music |
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Madrigal (Genre) |
-Usually written in English -Secular -Declamation -Word Painting -Imitative Polyphony -Between 2 and 8 voices each with a seperate part |
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Thomas Weelkes |
-Wrote "As Vesta was [from Latmos Hill] Descending -English -Started the collection of madrigals "The Triumphs of Oriana" |
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Pavans and Galliards |
Paired dance -Pavan (Duple Meter) -Galliard (Triple Meter) |
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Piano p (Dynamic Marking) |
Quiet |
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Pianissimo pp (Dynamic Marking) |
Very Quiet |
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Mezzo Piano mp (Dynamic Marking) |
Slightly quiet |
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Mezzo Forte mf (Dynamic Marking) |
Slightly Loud |
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Forte f (Dynamic Marking) |
Loud |
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Fortissimo ff (Dynamic Marking) |
Very Loud |
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Adagio (Tempo Indication) |
Slow |
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Andante (Tempo Indication) |
On the slow side but not too slow |
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Moderato (Tempo Indication) |
Moderate |
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Allegretto (Tempo Indication) |
On the fast side but not too fast |
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Allegro (Tempo Indication) |
Fast |
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Presto (Tempo Indication) |
Very Fast |