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| What musical era was Beethoven from? |
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| What musical era was Mozart from? |
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| What musical era was Ravel from? |
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| What musical era was Brahms from? |
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| A multi-movement work played by an orchestra |
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| A multi-movement work played by a single pianist, or by one instrument with piano accompaniment |
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| A multi-movement work played by 2 violins, viola, and a cello |
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| A 3-movement work for a solo instrument with orchestral accompaniment |
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| What was the problem with the first pianos? |
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| T or F: "Call and Response" and "polyrhythm" are two important aspects of all African musics. |
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| T or F: The Indonesian island of Bali is especially known for its complex Gamelan tradition. |
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| A 2-stringed Chinese instrument |
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| A Middle-Eastern pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument |
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| An African 13-stringed bridge harp |
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| A long-necked stringed instrument of India |
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| A Japanese plucked instrument with 13 strings and moveable bridges |
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| A pair of drums used to accompany the music of India |
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| A small clay Middle-Eastern drum that changes pitch by the player's finger pressure |
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| Define: Call and Response |
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| The native-African tradition of a leader's improvised phrases alternatingly "answered" by a larger group |
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| A traditional Mexican group comprised of guitars, violin, trumpet, etc |
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| A 3-stringed Japanese "banjo" |
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| A 5-note family of pitches (often used in Japanese music) |
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| Creating new music "on-the-spot" (at the same time it is being performed) |
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| A large Chinese instrument with 13 to 21 strings |
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| Several independent rhythms sounding at the same time |
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| A bronze "pot"-like instrument used in the gamelan |
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| India's best-known guru/sitarist |
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| A white, more heavily-arranged adaptation of "swing" |
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| A symphonic style that incorporates certain elements of jazz, but has no improvisation |
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| A "mellow" "West Coast" jazz style developed in the 1950s |
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| An outgrowth of Rhythm & Blues with its well-known "*-to-the-bar rhythmic structure |
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| A lively early style of "Dixieland" jazz developed in the 1920s/30s |
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| An intensely improvisatory/virtuosic style of jazz developed in the 1950s |
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| A style of improvised jazz singing on colorful nonsense syllables |
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| A "Big Band" jazz style prominent in the 1930s-50s |
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| A "random" loosely-structured style of jazz promoted by Coleman |
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| A combination of Jazz and Rock styles |
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| Define: Jazz "Rhythm Section" |
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| Usually Bass, Piano/Guitar and Drums |
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| Which style did Miles Davis promote? |
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| Which style did Charlie Parker promote? |
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| Which style did Ornette Coleman promote? |
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| Which style did Louis Armstrong promote? |
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| Which style did Benny Goodman promote? |
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| Which style did Dave Brubeck promote? |
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| Which style did Duke Ellington promote? |
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| Which style did George Gershwin promote? |
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| Which style did The Andrews Sisters promote? |
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| The characteristic sound of an instrument/voice |
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| The horizontal presentation of pitch |
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| The vertical relationship of pitches |
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| The interrelationship of simultaneously-sounding musical lines |
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| The element of "time" in music |
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| The structural design of a musical work |
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| The relative loudness/quietness of musical sound |
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| A melody that is the basis for an extended musical work |
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| Beats organized in a recurring accent pattern |
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| A very LOUD dynamic level |
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| The speed of the musical beat |
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| A very QUIET dynamic level |
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| A harmonic cluster of three or more pitches |
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| The relative highness/lowness of a musical sound |
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| What is the correct chronological order of the six musical eras? |
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| MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, BAROQUE, CLASSIC, ROMANTIC,MODERN |
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| Which era is Josquin Desprez from? |
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| Which era is Schoenberg from? |
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| Which era is Brahms from? |
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| Which era is Vaughan Williams from? |
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| Which era is Palestrina from? |
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| Which era is Handel from? |
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| Which era is Ligeti from? |
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| Which era is JS Bach from? |
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| A term that means "on the forefront" of experimentation |
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| A long multi-movement work based on a Biblical text, for solo singers, chorus, and orchestra |
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| A short multi-movement work for solo singers, chorus, and orchestra, usually set to a German text for performance in a Lutheran church service |
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| A polyphonic choral work based on religious words that are NOT from the Mass |
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| T or F: Mozart died at age 35 while working on a Requiem Mass |
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| What does the "double escapement" mechanism on a modern piano allow the player to do? |
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| Quickly repeat the same note. |
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| T or F: "Chamber music" is written for a small ensemble with one player on each part |
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| What instruments does a String Trio consist of? |
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| What instruments does a Wind Quintet consist of? |
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| Horn, oboe, flute, bassoon and clarinet |
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| Which instruments do a String Quartet consist of? |
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| Two violins, viola and cello |
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| What instruments does a Brass Quintet consist of? |
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| Two trumpets, tuba, trombone and horn |
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| What instrument does a Piano Trio consist of? |
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| Define: Theme and Variations Form |
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| A main melodic idea is presented then undergoes a series of variations (Theme, Variation 1, Variation 2, Variation 3, etc.) |
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| Define: Scherzo and Trio Form |
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| After 1800, the usual 3rd movement design |
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| The standard Classic 1st movement design: a musical debate with Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation sections |
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| Define: Minuet and Trio Form |
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| Before 1800, the standard Classic 3rd movement design based on an aristocratic dance in 3/4 meter |
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| Commonly used in final movements, this form features an easily-recognized melody ["A"] that returns either two or three times after contrasting material (ABACA or ABACABA) |
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| What are the 4 most common keyboard instruments? |
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| Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, and Harpsichord |
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| How is sound made in a Harpsichord? |
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| When a key is pressed, a tetter-todder motion raises a plectrum that plucks the string |
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| How is sound made in a Synthesizer? |
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| When a key is pressed, electrical current moves through a microchip to produce sound |
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| How is sound made in a Piano? |
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| When a key is pressed, a complex mechanism causes a felted hammer to strike the string |
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| How is sound made in an Organ? |
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| When a key is pressed, air is forced through a fixed set of pipes |
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| What is the largest musical instrument in both size and scope? |
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| An understated, static style promoted by Debussy |
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| An ultra-shocking, dissonant style fostered by Schoenberg |
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| Modern music based on the hypnotic repetition/distortion of short patterns |
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| The compositional technique besed on a pre-arranged series ("row") of 12 notes |
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| The process of attaching objects to the strings of a piano to create unusual new sounds |
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| A language that allows computers and digital music devices to communicate together |
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| Modern music that has no tonal center |
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| Music that sounds in two or more keys at the same time |
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| A compositional style in which aspects of the work are left to chance |
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| A half-spoken, half-sung style of singing on approximate pitches |
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| Describe: Copland: Appalachian Spring |
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| Describe: Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire |
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| Describe: Bernstein: West Side Story |
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| Jazz-Influenced Musical Theatre |
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| Describe: Cowell: The Banshee |
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| Describe: Glass: Einstein on the Beach |
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| Describe: Schoenberg: A Survivor From Warsaw |
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| Describe: Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun |
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| Describe: Varese: Poeme Electronique |
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