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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 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
Intonation
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Rondo
Lower
2. The slower the vibration - the _____ the pitch
Reed
Rhythm
Lower
Lied
3. Puccini (Italian) and his operas Madama Butterfly and La Boh
Harp and guitar
Brass
Note values
Modern era music
4. Composers Chopin - Liszt - Berlioz - Mendelssohn - and Schumann; style was expressive - melody prominent - and folk music was used to express cultural identity
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Harmony
Playing instruments
5. Use a double reed made of two pieces joined together
Metronome
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Oboe and bassoon
6. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre
Vibration
Lower
Elements of music
Musical analysis
7. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset
Simple rondo
Timbre
Syncopation
Symphony
8. A musical form whose main feature is the return of the main theme - which alternates with secondary themes
Timbre
Rondo
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Energy - aggression - or vitality
9. 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
Staff
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Vibration
Note values
10. 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 -
Singing
Third rondo
Percussion
Violin and viola
11. 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
Strings
Lyre
Orchestra
Singing
12. 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)
Clef
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
13. 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
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Reed
Harp and guitar
Time signature/meter
14. ABACABA
Lied
Violin and viola
Third rondo
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
15. When utilized as part of an orchestra - the ______________ are sometimes included in the percussion family - Often - when used as a solo instrument - they are referred to as the keyboard family
Timbre
Chamber music
Vibration
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
16. Staff - Clef - Measure and bar lines - Note values - Time signature/meter - Scale
Opera
Timbre
Chord
Elements of music notation
17. An instrumental ensemble composed of strings - woodwinds - brass - and percussion
Polyphonic style
Opus
Orchestra
Style of music
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
Conducting
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Scale
Modern era - new genres
19. Auditory skills - Translative skills - Creative skills - Performance skills - Singing - Playing instruments - Body movement - Conducting - Musical analysis
Movement
Classroom expectations for music education
Metronome
Note values
20. 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
Style of music
Pitch
Tempo
Music notation
21. Use a single reed made of one piece of wood
Conducting
Clarinet and saxophone
Fugue
Pitch changes
22. Symphonic poem (orchestral work that portrayed a story) and concert overture (e.g. - Rossini's William Tell). Emphasis was on the sonata and symphony - and included the introduction of dissonance to create emotion; featuring virtuoso performers
120
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Fugue
Musical instruments
23. A large section of a lengthy composition
Movement
Pitch changes
Rhythm
Opus
24. Tempo is an important component to change the expressiveness of character and ____ of the musical composition
Tempo
Chord
Dynamics
Mood
25. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus
Oratorio
Consonance
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
26. Two or more melodic lines - appeared at the end of the 12th century
Percussion
Musical instruments
Polyphonic style
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
27. Make higher - pitched sounds - small in size
Violin and viola
Modern era - new genres
Beat
Simple rondo
28. Several notes sounded together
Oboe and bassoon
Sonata
Chord
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
29. Presto: very fast - Allegro: fast - Moderato: moderate - Adagio: slow - Largo: very slow
Italian terms that define tempo
Strings
Oratorio
Consonance
30. Music played by 1-20 performers
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Strings
Musical instruments
Chamber music
31. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Two main clefs
changing the harmony
32. (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
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Staff
Rondo
33. 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
Symphony
Dynamics
Musical instruments
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
34. 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
Percussion
Gregorian chant
Chromatic scale
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
35. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Second rondo
Simple rondo
Pizzicato
36. Usually consists of four movements that are intended to stir up a wide range of emotions through contrasts in tempo and mood
Classical style music elements
Strings
Elements of music notation
A classical symphony
37. An ancient harp
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Oboe and bassoon
Rhythm
Lyre
38. String - woodwind - brass - percussion - keyboard - and electronic
Chamber music
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Tone
39. Ttwo other string instruments that are not considered part of the string section of the orchestra; they are often plucked rather than bowed
Harp and guitar
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Symphony orchestra's string section
40. 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
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Reed
Mood
41. System of writing music - came in the 12th century
Elements of music notation
Timbre
Notation
Modern era - new genres
42. 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
Scale
Measure
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Dynamics
43. The volume or intensity of a tone - Music can be played loudly (forte) or softly (piano)
Pitch changes
Symphony
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Dynamics
44. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Symphony orchestra's string section
Lied
Strong
Translative skills
45. Hearing the sounds of music - Children engage in attentive listening and further develop aural acuity - This means that children must be able to hear and reproduce the tones of music in their minds when no sound is actually being produced
Brass
Auditory skills
Second rondo
Pitch
46. ABACA
Symphony orchestra's string section
Second rondo
Style of music
Auditory skills
47. 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
Chromatic scale
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Translative skills
Harmony
48. 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
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Vibration
Beat
Intonation
49. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Italian terms that define tempo
Dissonance
Song form
Energy - aggression - or vitality
50. Instrument playing aids in understanding the concepts of sound - pitch - rhythm - and so on
Woodwinds
Singing
Musical instruments
Playing instruments