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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. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Scale
Strong
Metronome
Tempo
2. A recurring group of notes - such as the four notes played at the beginning of (and restated throughout) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Translative skills
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Motif
Polyphonic style
3. 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
Third rondo
Note values
Staff
Conducting
4. Two or more melodic lines - appeared at the end of the 12th century
Polyphonic style
Timpani
Metronome
Measure
5. 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
Music
Violin and viola
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Fugue
6. An instrumental ensemble composed of strings - woodwinds - brass - and percussion
Clarinet and saxophone
Musical instruments
Orchestra
Lyre
7. 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
Fugue
Simple rondo
Singing
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
8. Even young children can experience elements of music through conducting speech chants - involving changes in tempo - dynamics - pitch - and so forth - Conducting fosters sensitivity to musical expression
Timpani
Conducting
Lyre
Famous classical era musicians
9. A work - usually identified by a number
Opus
Chromatic scale
Measure
changing the harmony
10. If the tempo is fast - the mood of the music changes to reflect more...
Pitch
Rondo
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Movement
11. Music played by 1-20 performers
Chamber music
Movement
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Two main clefs
12. A large section of a lengthy composition
Movement
Timbre
Symphony
Style of music
13. Tempo is an important component to change the expressiveness of character and ____ of the musical composition
Note values
Mood
Orchestra
Two main clefs
14. 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
Musical analysis
Mood
Time signature/meter
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
15. ABABA
Note values
Rhythm
Classical style music elements
Simple rondo
16. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Strong
Metronome
Italian terms that define tempo
Pizzicato
17. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length
A classical symphony
Beat
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Symphony
18. 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
Modern era - new genres
Playing instruments
Rondo
Staff
19. Whether the pitch of a particular note is played in tune - sharp (higher) - or flat (lower)
Tone
Staff
Intonation
Second rondo
20. The Church dominated society for most of the era (900 years); sacred music was the most prevalent (liturgical) - Musical notation originally consisted of just the pitch of the notes; notated rhythm was added at the end of the 12th century
Tempo
Rondo
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Musical instruments
21. A machine that helps musicians adjust rates of speed (tempi) for faster or slower beats
Metronome
Creative skills
Intonation
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22. Puccini (Italian) and his operas Madama Butterfly and La Boh
Brass
Modern era music
Pizzicato
Lied
23. Usually consists of four movements that are intended to stir up a wide range of emotions through contrasts in tempo and mood
Chromatic scale
Opera
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
A classical symphony
24. Often associated with being part of a family - As in human families - the instruments are related to each other Instruments within a family are often manufactured from the same types of materials
Musical instruments
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Mood
Chamber music
25. 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 -
Gregorian chant
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Notation
Percussion
26. Reading and writing music - For example - using memorization to understand time signatures would not produce the same benefits as if the students participated in playing or singing
Musical analysis
Simple rondo
Gregorian chant
Translative skills
27. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre
Elements of music
Singing
Tempo
Syncopation
28. 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
Note values
Body movement
Pitch
Tempo
29. Produce sound through breath as the vibrations from the players' lips buzz against a metal - cup - shaped mouthpiece
Brass
Creative skills
Auditory skills
Translative skills
30. Violin - viola - cello - and double bass
31. Use a single reed made of one piece of wood
Famous classical era musicians
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Percussion
Clarinet and saxophone
32. The slower the vibration - the _____ the pitch
Reed
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Lower
Movement
33. The combination of tones that produces a quality of relaxation
Simple rondo
Consonance
Syncopation
Woodwinds
34. Some percussion instruments require tuning (e.g. - _____) - while others are untuned (e.g. - cymbals and castanets)
Auditory skills
Gregorian chant
Timpani
Symphony orchestra's string section
35. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Pitch
Chord
Two main clefs
36. 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
Mood
Note values
Music notation
Lower
37. The sound produced by an individual instrument or singer - Each family of instruments and type of instrument is distinct from all others
Italian terms that define tempo
Tone
Gregorian chant
Two main clefs
38. The reed is used on the...
Opus
Staff
Pitch changes
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
39. Typically - a multi - movement instrumental work for solo keyboard - or keyboard and another instrument - or small chamber ensemble
Chord
Sonata
Lyre
Tone
40. 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)
Timbre
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Metronome
41. (Staves) - A set of five horizontal lines and four spaces - This is where notes are positioned - The higher the note on a staff - the higher the pitch
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Harp and guitar
Staff
Consonance
42. The faster the ________ - the higher the pitch
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Vibration
Clef
Lower
43. When you play several different notes at the same time on a piano - you are using harmony - You can change how music sounds by...
Percussion
Movement
changing the harmony
Body movement
44. Hearing a note and being able to reproduce it either vocally or with an instrument
Percussion
Sonata
Second rondo
Pitch
45. A drama - either tragic or comic - that sung to an orchestral accompaniment - Often based on biblical stories - Typically a large - scale composition with vocal soloists - a chorus - and orchestra
Style of music
Notation
Syncopation
Opera
46. Creating music
Creative skills
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Polyphonic style
Auditory skills
47. Composers Chopin - Liszt - Berlioz - Mendelssohn - and Schumann; style was expressive - melody prominent - and folk music was used to express cultural identity
Vibration
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Auditory skills
Two main clefs
48. The structure of a song in which the first section of a simple ternary form is repeated
Song form
Two main clefs
Modern era music
Notation
49. String - woodwind - brass - percussion - keyboard - and electronic
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Musical instruments
Intonation
Body movement
50. 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
Gregorian chant
Brass
Time signature/meter
Song form