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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre
Pizzicato
Elements of music
Clarinet and saxophone
Simple rondo
2. An instrumental ensemble composed of strings - woodwinds - brass - and percussion
Orchestra
Body movement
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Staff
3. When you play several different notes at the same time on a piano - you are using harmony - You can change how music sounds by...
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Staff
Opus
changing the harmony
4. 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
Woodwinds
Strong
Fugue
Polyphonic style
5. 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
Lower
A classical symphony
Brass
Tempo
6. Composers Chopin - Liszt - Berlioz - Mendelssohn - and Schumann; style was expressive - melody prominent - and folk music was used to express cultural identity
Famous classical era musicians
Polyphonic style
Oratorio
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
7. A large section of a lengthy composition
Staff
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Movement
Motif
8. Produce sound through breath as the vibrations from the players' lips buzz against a metal - cup - shaped mouthpiece
Brass
Violin and viola
Scale
Harp and guitar
9. ABACABA
Third rondo
120
Violin and viola
6 broad categories of musical instruments
10. String - woodwind - brass - and percussion
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Violin and viola
Reed
11. 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
Music notation
Auditory skills
Symphony orchestra's string section
Notation
12. 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
Chamber music
Musical instruments
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
6 broad categories of musical instruments
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
Classroom expectations for music education
Two main clefs
Time signature/meter
Tone
14. 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
Percussion
Intonation
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
15. Moving to music is a learned skill that promotes acuity of perceptions - A wide range of music and modes should be used
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Body movement
Style of music
Modern era music
16. Staff - Clef - Measure and bar lines - Note values - Time signature/meter - Scale
Elements of music notation
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Scale
Translative skills
17. Music played by 1-20 performers
Opus
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Chamber music
Gregorian chant
18. 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
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Gregorian chant
Symphony orchestra's string section
Lower
19. Puccini (Italian) and his operas Madama Butterfly and La Boh
Elements of music
Modern era music
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Motif
20. 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
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Clef
Chord
21. A musical form whose main feature is the return of the main theme - which alternates with secondary themes
Rondo
Percussion
Reed
Intonation
22. 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)
Pizzicato
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Clarinet and saxophone
Note values
23. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Reed
Pizzicato
Orchestra
Symphony
24. 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
Strong
Scale
Harmony
Translative skills
25. 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
Orchestra
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Classroom expectations for music education
Chamber music
26. Use a double reed made of two pieces joined together
Motif
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Oboe and bassoon
Simple rondo
27. Opera (staged dramatic vocal music and entertainment) - orchestra - ballet - and sonata (solo instrument with accompaniment)
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Lower
Auditory skills
Polyphonic style
28. 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 -
Staff
Percussion
Clef
Brass
29. ABABA
Third rondo
Movement
Modern era - new genres
Simple rondo
30. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length
Auditory skills
Clarinet and saxophone
Consonance
Symphony
31. An ancient harp
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Chromatic scale
Lyre
Musical instruments
32. The organization of sound in time
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Motif
Elements of music
Music
33. 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
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Opera
34. 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
Third rondo
Singing
Symphony
Lower
35. Verdi (Italy) - Wagner (Germany); themes from literature and folk tales; very popular
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Dissonance
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Music notation
36. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Two main clefs
Music notation
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
37. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
120
Strong
Tone
Symphony orchestra's string section
38. 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
Brass
Opera
Timpani
Percussion
39. 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
Classical style music elements
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Gregorian chant
40. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset
Syncopation
Movement
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
41. The symbol at the beginning of each staff indicating the pitch or the range of sounds that should be played
Beat
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Clef
42. Some percussion instruments require tuning (e.g. - _____) - while others are untuned (e.g. - cymbals and castanets)
Timpani
Metronome
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Dynamics
43. The sound produced by an individual instrument or singer - Each family of instruments and type of instrument is distinct from all others
120
Playing instruments
Tone
Measure
44. 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
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Dynamics
Chromatic scale
Scale
45. 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
Creative skills
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Dissonance
Rhythm
46. Violin - viola - cello - and double bass
47. Vocal cords and musical instruments produce vibrations in the air; as the frequency of these vibrations change...
Lied
Simple rondo
Time signature/meter
Pitch changes
48. The slower the vibration - the _____ the pitch
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Lower
Cello and double bass
Polyphonic style
49. 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
Harp and guitar
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Consonance
Classical style music elements
50. Formed by barlines (vertical lines on the staff) and contains a set number of beats as determined by the time signature
Brass
Measure
Elements of music
Song form