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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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
Oratorio
Scale
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
2. A type of German song
Lied
Time signature/meter
Fugue
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
3. Opera (staged dramatic vocal music and entertainment) - orchestra - ballet - and sonata (solo instrument with accompaniment)
Singing
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Motif
Second rondo
4. Presto: very fast - Allegro: fast - Moderato: moderate - Adagio: slow - Largo: very slow
Italian terms that define tempo
Rondo
Polyphonic style
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
5. Some of the mouthpieces are made up of a thin piece of wood - called a...
Chamber music
Reed
Auditory skills
Lied
6. 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
Time signature/meter
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Chord
Second rondo
7. 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
Brass
Body movement
Harmony
Rhythm
8. The sound produced by an individual instrument or singer - Each family of instruments and type of instrument is distinct from all others
Oratorio
Tone
Simple rondo
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
9. System of writing music - came in the 12th century
Pitch
Translative skills
Chord
Notation
10. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset
Music
Body movement
Measure
Syncopation
11. Whether the pitch of a particular note is played in tune - sharp (higher) - or flat (lower)
Italian terms that define tempo
Music notation
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Intonation
12. 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
Simple rondo
Opera
Style of music
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
13. Use a double reed made of two pieces joined together
Syncopation
Time signature/meter
Oboe and bassoon
Lower
14. Violin - viola - cello - and double bass
15. String - woodwind - brass - percussion - keyboard - and electronic
Song form
Metronome
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Brass
16. 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
Lyre
Elements of music
Elements of music notation
17. A recurring group of notes - such as the four notes played at the beginning of (and restated throughout) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Violin and viola
Dynamics
Elements of music
Motif
18. 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
Brass
Tempo
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Energy - aggression - or vitality
19. Make higher - pitched sounds - small in size
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Lyre
Violin and viola
Song form
20. 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
Timbre
changing the harmony
Scale
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
21. Staff - Clef - Measure and bar lines - Note values - Time signature/meter - Scale
Beat
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Music
Elements of music notation
22. When you play several different notes at the same time on a piano - you are using harmony - You can change how music sounds by...
Violin and viola
Two main clefs
changing the harmony
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
23. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Italian terms that define tempo
Tone
Timbre
Dissonance
24. Formed by barlines (vertical lines on the staff) and contains a set number of beats as determined by the time signature
Measure
Modern era music
Chromatic scale
Strong
25. 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
Pitch
Body movement
Musical instruments
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
26. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Timpani
Pizzicato
Pitch changes
Opera
27. 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
Elements of music
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Opus
Pitch changes
28. 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
Pitch changes
Musical instruments
Simple rondo
Singing
29. Instrument playing aids in understanding the concepts of sound - pitch - rhythm - and so on
Dissonance
Playing instruments
Oratorio
Brass
30. The symbol at the beginning of each staff indicating the pitch or the range of sounds that should be played
Syncopation
Elements of music notation
Clef
Strong
31. 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
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Tone
Dynamics
32. The reed is used on the...
Intonation
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Motif
33. 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
Measure
Scale
Harp and guitar
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
34. Puccini (Italian) and his operas Madama Butterfly and La Boh
Clarinet and saxophone
Modern era music
6 broad categories of musical instruments
120
35. 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
Modern era music
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Gregorian chant
36. The faster the ________ - the higher the pitch
Vibration
Oboe and bassoon
Third rondo
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
37. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Clef
Musical analysis
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Strong
38. Creating music
Symphony
Third rondo
Creative skills
Percussion
39. Most marches are performed at a rate of ____ beats per minute
Third rondo
Musical instruments
120
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
40. 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
Sonata
Creative skills
Timbre
41. ABACABA
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Third rondo
Rhythm
42. (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
Chord
Fugue
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Staff
43. 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 -
Pitch
Classical style music elements
Percussion
Creative skills
44. Several notes sounded together
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Classroom expectations for music education
Chord
Symphony
45. 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
Staff
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
120
Famous classical era musicians
46. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes
Percussion
Intonation
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Two main clefs
47. Tempo is an important component to change the expressiveness of character and ____ of the musical composition
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Body movement
Mood
Chord
48. 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
Elements of music notation
Symphony
Brass
Strings
49. Refers to the unique sound and style of a composer - culture - country - or period in history - Compositions created around the same time period often have similar styles based upon the historical influences from that era
Strong
Tone
Reed
Style of music
50. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length
Timbre
Symphony orchestra's string section
Staff
Symphony