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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music
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1. Creating music
Creative skills
Conducting
Italian terms that define tempo
Classroom expectations for music education
2. System of writing music - came in the 12th century
Timpani
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Modern era music
Notation
3. Instrument playing aids in understanding the concepts of sound - pitch - rhythm - and so on
Tone
Timpani
Playing instruments
Clarinet and saxophone
4. 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)
Scale
Song form
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
5. A work - usually identified by a number
Elements of music
Famous classical era musicians
Tone
Opus
6. Staff - Clef - Measure and bar lines - Note values - Time signature/meter - Scale
Elements of music notation
Metronome
Reed
Opus
7. An ancient harp
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Lyre
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
8. 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
Reed
Oratorio
Pitch
9. 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
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Violin and viola
Note values
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
10. Use a double reed made of two pieces joined together
Oboe and bassoon
Third rondo
Percussion
Cello and double bass
11. Most marches are performed at a rate of ____ beats per minute
Oratorio
Vibration
Singing
120
12. 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
Modern era music
Strings
Scale
Reed
13. When you play several different notes at the same time on a piano - you are using harmony - You can change how music sounds by...
changing the harmony
Italian terms that define tempo
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
14. Verdi (Italy) - Wagner (Germany); themes from literature and folk tales; very popular
Timpani
Rhythm
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Oratorio
15. (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
Staff
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Modern era music
Famous classical era musicians
16. The volume or intensity of a tone - Music can be played loudly (forte) or softly (piano)
Dynamics
Body movement
Beat
Symphony orchestra's string section
17. Octaves of 12 notes - also came in the 12th century
Chromatic scale
Rhythm
Pizzicato
Rondo
18. 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
Rhythm
Tempo
Simple rondo
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
19. The reed is used on the...
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Creative skills
Pitch
Consonance
20. 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
Harmony
Second rondo
Scale
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
21. A type of German song
Percussion
Two main clefs
A classical symphony
Lied
22. Two or more melodic lines - appeared at the end of the 12th century
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Lower
Polyphonic style
23. 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
Timpani
Modern era music
Opera
Musical analysis
24. Produce low - rich sounds - large in size
Classroom expectations for music education
Cello and double bass
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Singing
25. 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
Harmony
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Strings
Music
26. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Pizzicato
Translative skills
Vibration
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
27. Use a single reed made of one piece of wood
Elements of music
Notation
Strong
Clarinet and saxophone
28. 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
Italian terms that define tempo
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Style of music
Timbre
29. 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
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Singing
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Sonata
30. Whether the pitch of a particular note is played in tune - sharp (higher) - or flat (lower)
Simple rondo
Song form
Intonation
Clarinet and saxophone
31. Several notes sounded together
Pizzicato
Chord
Metronome
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
32. ABACABA
Opus
Third rondo
Rhythm
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
33. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Strong
Pizzicato
Tone
Creative skills
34. 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
Tempo
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Singing
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
35. Students should compare their listening and playing exercises - Students should be encouraged to verbalize their musical analysis
Movement
Musical analysis
Rondo
Scale
36. Presto: very fast - Allegro: fast - Moderato: moderate - Adagio: slow - Largo: very slow
Percussion
Italian terms that define tempo
Harp and guitar
Opera
37. Typically - a multi - movement instrumental work for solo keyboard - or keyboard and another instrument - or small chamber ensemble
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Singing
Sonata
Cello and double bass
38. If the tempo is fast - the mood of the music changes to reflect more...
Sonata
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Polyphonic style
Energy - aggression - or vitality
39. Make higher - pitched sounds - small in size
Beat
Fugue
Intonation
Violin and viola
40. 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
Note values
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Woodwinds
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
41. The slower the vibration - the _____ the pitch
Famous classical era musicians
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Lower
Time signature/meter
42. An instrumental ensemble composed of strings - woodwinds - brass - and percussion
Orchestra
Second rondo
Musical analysis
Chromatic scale
43. 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
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Lied
Modern era - new genres
Elements of music notation
44. 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
Pitch changes
Modern era - new genres
Conducting
Metronome
45. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Second rondo
Two main clefs
Tempo
Dissonance
46. 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
Opera
Pizzicato
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
47. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset
Style of music
Modern era music
Syncopation
Conducting
48. 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
Vibration
Time signature/meter
Timpani
Musical instruments
49. Opera (staged dramatic vocal music and entertainment) - orchestra - ballet - and sonata (solo instrument with accompaniment)
Chord
Sonata
Lied
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
50. A large section of a lengthy composition
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Movement
Classical style music elements
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