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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Middle Ages/Medieval Music style - named after Pope Gregory I - was a melody set to sacred Latin texts. This monophonic style music (one melodic line and no accompaniment) was the official music of the Roman Catholic church
Chord
Chromatic scale
Percussion
Gregorian chant
2. Traditionally made of wood - metal - plastic - or some combination thereof - These instruments consist of narrow pipes with an opening at the bottom end and a mouthpiece at the top (and holes throughout the pipe) - The smaller woodwinds play higher p
Note values
Woodwinds
Fugue
Cello and double bass
3. Includes any instrument that produces a sound when it is being hit - shaken - rubbed - or scraped - e.g. tambourine - maracas - castanets - claves - xylophone - timpani - cymbals - gong - triangle - bass drum - chimes - celesta - bells - wood block -
Percussion
Auditory skills
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Fugue
4. Octaves of 12 notes - also came in the 12th century
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Cello and double bass
Chromatic scale
Modern era - new genres
5. Presto: very fast - Allegro: fast - Moderato: moderate - Adagio: slow - Largo: very slow
Lied
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Time signature/meter
Italian terms that define tempo
6. The unique tonal quality of a musical sound - The tone 'color' - It could be described as bright - shrill - brittle - or light; or it could be dull - harsh - forceful - or dark - makes one instrument sound different from another
Chord
Timbre
Two main clefs
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
7. Use a single reed made of one piece of wood
Elements of music notation
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Famous classical era musicians
Clarinet and saxophone
8. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length
Movement
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Symphony
Scale
9. The volume or intensity of a tone - Music can be played loudly (forte) or softly (piano)
Dynamics
Playing instruments
Notation
Tempo
10. Violin - viola - cello - and double bass
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11. The organization of sound in time
Rhythm
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Music
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
12. The pace of the beat - The speed at which a composer desires his musical composition to be performed - Measured by the number of beats per minute - The faster the _____ - the more beats per minute
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Tempo
Elements of music
Dissonance
13. The combination of tones that produces a quality of relaxation
Measure
Classroom expectations for music education
Consonance
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
14. These curvy - wooden - shaped bodies are the largest family of the orchestra - Strings stretch over the body and neck of the instrument and attach to small ornamental heads where they are tuned by turning pegs
Symphony
Third rondo
Strings
Mood
15. The slower the vibration - the _____ the pitch
Strong
Lower
Lyre
Chromatic scale
16. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
A classical symphony
Modern era - new genres
Dissonance
Clarinet and saxophone
17. The language system of writing music so the reader can see what is being communicated - Similar to using written words to communicate thoughts and ideas
Musical analysis
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Music notation
Timpani
18. Most marches are performed at a rate of ____ beats per minute
120
Oratorio
Scale
Lower
19. A musical form whose main feature is the return of the main theme - which alternates with secondary themes
Intonation
Rondo
Modern era music
Third rondo
20. Rebellion; unique sounds; usage of technology; electronic; difficult to quantify; nationalism; folk idiom was prevalent (e.g. - in Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody - Coplan's Appalachian Spring); widening gap between 'art' and popular music (Beatles) - Pol
Creative skills
Violin and viola
Modern era - new genres
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
21. Rhythm is a steady pulse (___) - but it can also have different kinds of ____s (i.e. - some stronger or longer)
Beat
Pitch changes
Lied
Staff
22. Typically - a multi - movement instrumental work for solo keyboard - or keyboard and another instrument - or small chamber ensemble
Consonance
Sonata
Movement
Pizzicato
23. Whether the pitch of a particular note is played in tune - sharp (higher) - or flat (lower)
Intonation
Rhythm
120
Third rondo
24. Musical selections should be chosen based on the physical development of students' voices - Listening while singing should be encouraged to develop interpretive skills and understanding of the structure and elements of music
changing the harmony
Singing
Reed
Italian terms that define tempo
25. Influence of blues (sorrowful black folk music) and jazz (roots in African rhythms and harmonies with modern instrumentation - improvisation - and syncopation) - Rock 'n' roll - R&B (rhythm and blues) - country - folk (cultural link - passed on by wo
Classical style music elements
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Modern era - new genres
Opus
26. A way to measure rhythmic units - It is noted at the beginning of a composition and looks like a mathematical fraction - The top number denotes the number of beats in a measure and the bottom number denotes what type of note will receive the beat
Motif
Percussion
Elements of music
Time signature/meter
27. String - woodwind - brass - and percussion
Consonance
Timpani
Playing instruments
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
28. Staff - Clef - Measure and bar lines - Note values - Time signature/meter - Scale
Fugue
Rhythm
Elements of music notation
Lower
29. Historical themes: the end of feudalism; a new concept of humanism; rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman culture and ideals; art and music for their own sake; scientific advances; the age of patronage - Instrumental dance music developed: music and
Famous classical era musicians
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Clef
30. Orchestra gained in importance; increasing use of flutes and oboes; string and wind sections developed; by the 1800s - trombones were introduced; refinement of sonata (instrumental music with a soloist and standard structure for opening movement); de
Elements of music notation
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
31. Each note has a specific duration represented by a solid black or hollow oval shape - Some have flags and others have stems attached representing different values
Metronome
Cello and double bass
Orchestra
Note values
32. Homophony (a single melodic line and an accompaniment); simpler textures and melodies; expansion of textures - melodies - and variation. String quartet (two violins viola - and cello); Haydn 'the father' of the string quartet; orchestral symphony (or
Classical style music elements
Strong
Tone
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
33. The succession of notes arranged in an ascending order - 7 of the 12 pitches (tones) that create an octave in western music are named after the first 7 letters of the alphabet: A - B - C - D - E - F - and G - This sequence repeats itself over and ove
Movement
Scale
Classroom expectations for music education
Musical instruments
34. Produce low - rich sounds - large in size
Scale
Mood
Cello and double bass
Lower
35. Polyphonic emphasis on harmony (in which two or more notes are sounded simultaneously as in a chord); sacred (liturgical - such as masses); secular (madrigals/songs)
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Strings
Music
Consonance
36. A recurring group of notes - such as the four notes played at the beginning of (and restated throughout) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Motif
Song form
Simple rondo
Strong
37. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus
Clarinet and saxophone
Sonata
Oratorio
Creative skills
38. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Strong
Reed
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
39. String - woodwind - brass - percussion - keyboard - and electronic
Syncopation
Timpani
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Measure
40. Puccini (Italian) and his operas Madama Butterfly and La Boh
Harmony
Modern era music
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Time signature/meter
41. ABACABA
Symphony orchestra's string section
Third rondo
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Music notation
42. Opera (staged dramatic vocal music and entertainment) - orchestra - ballet - and sonata (solo instrument with accompaniment)
Oratorio
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Metronome
Auditory skills
43. Hearing a note and being able to reproduce it either vocally or with an instrument
Song form
Note values
Pitch
Movement
44. Use a double reed made of two pieces joined together
Opus
Body movement
Oboe and bassoon
Scale
45. Music played by 1-20 performers
Elements of music notation
Chamber music
Third rondo
Tempo
46. Vocal cords and musical instruments produce vibrations in the air; as the frequency of these vibrations change...
Harp and guitar
Simple rondo
Pitch changes
Motif
47. Creating music
Playing instruments
Chord
Creative skills
Lower
48. Based upon a short theme called a subject - The ____ subject contains both rhythmic and melodic motifs - The opening of the ____ is announced by one voice alone - A second voice then restates the subject - usually on a different scale - A third and t
Clarinet and saxophone
Fugue
Violin and viola
Conducting
49. Historical themes: spread of Christianity - development in Europe; the Crusades; the rise of universities; the influence of Islam; this was the longest period
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Reed
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Metronome
50. An instrumental ensemble composed of strings - woodwinds - brass - and percussion
Symphony orchestra's string section
Two main clefs
Orchestra
Lower