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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. Vocal cords and musical instruments produce vibrations in the air; as the frequency of these vibrations change...
Oratorio
Pitch
Pizzicato
Pitch changes
2. Auditory skills - Translative skills - Creative skills - Performance skills - Singing - Playing instruments - Body movement - Conducting - Musical analysis
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Classroom expectations for music education
Lied
Sonata
3. Two or more tones played simultaneously that support the melody and give music texture or mood - A group of notes that are played behind the melody
Elements of music
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Oratorio
Harmony
4. Usually consists of four movements that are intended to stir up a wide range of emotions through contrasts in tempo and mood
A classical symphony
Opus
Violin and viola
Playing instruments
5. Music played by 1-20 performers
Motif
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Timbre
Chamber music
6. Heavily ornate style; counterpoint (technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole); melodic line; emphasis on contrast and volume; imitative polyphony (many - sounding melodic lines are presented by one voice or instrument and
Pizzicato
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Oratorio
Song form
7. 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)
Violin and viola
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Chromatic scale
Second rondo
8. A recurring group of notes - such as the four notes played at the beginning of (and restated throughout) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Mood
Lower
Motif
Dynamics
9. Opera (staged dramatic vocal music and entertainment) - orchestra - ballet - and sonata (solo instrument with accompaniment)
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Reed
Measure
Music
10. The pattern of musical movement through time - What makes music move and flow - Measured in units of time and organized by sets or patterns that can be repeated - The way sounds beat within different lengths and accents that combine into patterns
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Modern era - new genres
Tone
Rhythm
11. 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
Strings
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
A classical symphony
Gregorian chant
12. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre
Lyre
Music notation
Body movement
Elements of music
13. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length
Tone
120
Symphony
Italian terms that define tempo
14. Music offers a valuable opportunity to build active listening skills - shape the cognitive and mental processes in children - enhance other subject areas - particularly visual art - form of therapy that offers a unique medium for self - expression
Mood
Polyphonic style
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
15. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes
Two main clefs
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Dissonance
Energy - aggression - or vitality
16. Formed by barlines (vertical lines on the staff) and contains a set number of beats as determined by the time signature
Fugue
Lower
Gregorian chant
Measure
17. Moving to music is a learned skill that promotes acuity of perceptions - A wide range of music and modes should be used
Pitch changes
Body movement
Syncopation
Classroom expectations for music education
18. An ancient harp
Lyre
Cello and double bass
Staff
Chord
19. The structure of a song in which the first section of a simple ternary form is repeated
Harmony
Song form
Symphony orchestra's string section
6 broad categories of musical instruments
20. Presto: very fast - Allegro: fast - Moderato: moderate - Adagio: slow - Largo: very slow
Italian terms that define tempo
Timbre
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Reed
21. The symbol at the beginning of each staff indicating the pitch or the range of sounds that should be played
Orchestra
Symphony orchestra's string section
Polyphonic style
Clef
22. ABACABA
A classical symphony
Third rondo
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Playing instruments
23. 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
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Clarinet and saxophone
Beat
Timbre
24. Students should compare their listening and playing exercises - Students should be encouraged to verbalize their musical analysis
120
Musical analysis
Motif
Lower
25. 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
Fugue
Oratorio
Dynamics
Italian terms that define tempo
26. System of writing music - came in the 12th century
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Oboe and bassoon
Notation
Movement
27. 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
Music notation
Chord
Auditory skills
Scale
28. 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
Metronome
Two main clefs
Timpani
29. The volume or intensity of a tone - Music can be played loudly (forte) or softly (piano)
Creative skills
Dynamics
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
30. 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
Classroom expectations for music education
Translative skills
Reed
Energy - aggression - or vitality
31. When you play several different notes at the same time on a piano - you are using harmony - You can change how music sounds by...
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
changing the harmony
Clarinet and saxophone
Second rondo
32. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Staff
Orchestra
Pitch
Strong
33. (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
Symphony orchestra's string section
Two main clefs
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Staff
34. Rhythm is a steady pulse (___) - but it can also have different kinds of ____s (i.e. - some stronger or longer)
Mood
Third rondo
Beat
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
35. An instrumental ensemble composed of strings - woodwinds - brass - and percussion
Famous classical era musicians
Oboe and bassoon
Musical analysis
Orchestra
36. 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
Tempo
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Reed
37. 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
Singing
Harp and guitar
Rhythm
Woodwinds
38. Ttwo other string instruments that are not considered part of the string section of the orchestra; they are often plucked rather than bowed
Modern era - new genres
Dissonance
Woodwinds
Harp and guitar
39. 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
Conducting
120
Timpani
Notation
40. 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
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Time signature/meter
Mood
Music notation
41. String - woodwind - brass - percussion - keyboard - and electronic
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Oratorio
Music
A classical symphony
42. Hearing a note and being able to reproduce it either vocally or with an instrument
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Timbre
Pitch
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
43. 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
Second rondo
Pitch
Clarinet and saxophone
Note values
44. The sound produced by an individual instrument or singer - Each family of instruments and type of instrument is distinct from all others
Notation
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Tone
45. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Pizzicato
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Conducting
46. 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
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Classical style music elements
Harp and guitar
Time signature/meter
47. 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
Woodwinds
Musical instruments
Note values
Opera
48. Whether the pitch of a particular note is played in tune - sharp (higher) - or flat (lower)
Clef
Intonation
Woodwinds
Violin and viola
49. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Dissonance
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
50. Tempo is an important component to change the expressiveness of character and ____ of the musical composition
Mood
Gregorian chant
Famous classical era musicians
Vibration