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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 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
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Timbre
Opera
Musical instruments
2. 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
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Intonation
Fugue
Mood
3. Several notes sounded together
Timbre
Chord
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Motif
4. 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
Harp and guitar
Auditory skills
Musical instruments
Modern era - new genres
5. 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 -
Auditory skills
Vibration
Creative skills
Percussion
6. ABACA
Pitch changes
Orchestra
Harp and guitar
Second rondo
7. 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
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Modern era - new genres
Simple rondo
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
8. If the tempo is fast - the mood of the music changes to reflect more...
Elements of music
Fugue
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Lower
9. Puccini (Italian) and his operas Madama Butterfly and La Boh
Syncopation
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Modern era music
Polyphonic style
10. A type of German song
Scale
Lied
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Notation
11. The slower the vibration - the _____ the pitch
Opus
Lower
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Motif
12. Some of the mouthpieces are made up of a thin piece of wood - called a...
Reed
Tempo
Vibration
Timbre
13. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes
Oratorio
Two main clefs
Brass
Clarinet and saxophone
14. 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
Body movement
Timbre
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Mood
15. 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
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Opera
Musical instruments
16. 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
Chord
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Music notation
Third rondo
17. A recurring group of notes - such as the four notes played at the beginning of (and restated throughout) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Motif
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Harp and guitar
Conducting
18. Auditory skills - Translative skills - Creative skills - Performance skills - Singing - Playing instruments - Body movement - Conducting - Musical analysis
Classical style music elements
Classroom expectations for music education
Mood
Staff
19. Instrument playing aids in understanding the concepts of sound - pitch - rhythm - and so on
Playing instruments
Strings
Cello and double bass
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
20. Usually consists of four movements that are intended to stir up a wide range of emotions through contrasts in tempo and mood
Music
Auditory skills
Energy - aggression - or vitality
A classical symphony
21. 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
Song form
Measure
Harp and guitar
Conducting
22. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Classical style music elements
Elements of music
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
23. Produce sound through breath as the vibrations from the players' lips buzz against a metal - cup - shaped mouthpiece
Movement
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Brass
Two main clefs
24. 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
Modern era music
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Italian terms that define tempo
Lyre
25. 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
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Mood
Fugue
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
26. 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
Pitch changes
Tempo
Woodwinds
Musical instruments
27. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length
Symphony
Opera
Pizzicato
Chord
28. Haydn - Mozart - and Beethoven
A classical symphony
changing the harmony
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Famous classical era musicians
29. 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
Second rondo
Translative skills
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
30. A machine that helps musicians adjust rates of speed (tempi) for faster or slower beats
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Metronome
Classroom expectations for music education
Gregorian chant
31. ABABA
Dissonance
Third rondo
Simple rondo
Woodwinds
32. A large section of a lengthy composition
Pitch changes
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Movement
Timbre
33. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Dynamics
Translative skills
Dissonance
Staff
34. Make higher - pitched sounds - small in size
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Violin and viola
Italian terms that define tempo
Symphony
35. The structure of a song in which the first section of a simple ternary form is repeated
Song form
Elements of music
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Strings
36. 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
Movement
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Harmony
Rhythm
37. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset
Elements of music notation
Timpani
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Syncopation
38. Use a double reed made of two pieces joined together
Staff
Creative skills
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Oboe and bassoon
39. 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
Chamber music
Lyre
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Pitch changes
40. Octaves of 12 notes - also came in the 12th century
Chromatic scale
Brass
Sonata
Scale
41. Music played by 1-20 performers
Chamber music
Rhythm
Dissonance
Strings
42. 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
Consonance
Sonata
Brass
Singing
43. A musical form whose main feature is the return of the main theme - which alternates with secondary themes
Rondo
Famous classical era musicians
Conducting
Measure
44. 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
Brass
Lied
Intonation
45. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus
Music notation
Percussion
changing the harmony
Oratorio
46. Two or more melodic lines - appeared at the end of the 12th century
Simple rondo
Polyphonic style
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
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47. 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)
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Scale
48. An ancient harp
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Pitch
Lyre
Rhythm
49. 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
Polyphonic style
Fugue
Measure
50. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Pizzicato
Simple rondo
Brass
Elements of music