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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music
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1. 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
Auditory skills
Staff
Singing
Classroom expectations for music education
2. Historical themes: spread of Christianity - development in Europe; the Crusades; the rise of universities; the influence of Islam; this was the longest period
Two main clefs
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
3. Produce low - rich sounds - large in size
Modern era - new genres
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Simple rondo
Cello and double bass
4. Creating music
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Creative skills
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Notation
5. 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)
Classroom expectations for music education
Modern era music
Motif
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
6. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length
Strings
Symphony
Musical instruments
Strong
7. A type of German song
Lied
Classical style music elements
Pitch
Playing instruments
8. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Strong
Music notation
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
9. 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
Conducting
Elements of music
Polyphonic style
10. 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
Orchestra
Strong
Chromatic scale
Modern era - new genres
11. 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
Third rondo
Opera
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Note values
12. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)
Famous classical era musicians
Symphony
Pizzicato
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
13. A work - usually identified by a number
Lower
Chamber music
Translative skills
Opus
14. 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
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Timbre
Music
Italian terms that define tempo
15. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes
Timbre
Oratorio
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Two main clefs
16. ABACA
Scale
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Second rondo
Notation
17. Produce sound through breath as the vibrations from the players' lips buzz against a metal - cup - shaped mouthpiece
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Brass
Rondo
Famous classical era musicians
18. 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
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Measure
Translative skills
Two main clefs
19. The sound produced by an individual instrument or singer - Each family of instruments and type of instrument is distinct from all others
Measure
Tone
Translative skills
Elements of music
20. 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 -
Lower
Modern era music
Third rondo
Percussion
21. The structure of a song in which the first section of a simple ternary form is repeated
Pitch
Measure
Song form
Italian terms that define tempo
22. Music played by 1-20 performers
Chamber music
Clef
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
23. If the tempo is fast - the mood of the music changes to reflect more...
Harp and guitar
Classical style music elements
Vibration
Energy - aggression - or vitality
24. 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
Rhythm
Measure
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Strong
25. Students should compare their listening and playing exercises - Students should be encouraged to verbalize their musical analysis
Musical analysis
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Timbre
Second rondo
26. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Dissonance
Creative skills
Modern era music
27. The faster the ________ - the higher the pitch
Two main clefs
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Vibration
Notation
28. 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
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Staff
Music notation
Symphony orchestra's string section
29. (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
Second rondo
Staff
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
30. The combination of tones that produces a quality of relaxation
Consonance
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Chord
Movement
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...
Metronome
Polyphonic style
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
changing the harmony
32. 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
Auditory skills
Classical style music elements
Brass
Tempo
33. 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
Musical intrument categories used by symphony orchestras
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
changing the harmony
Symphony orchestra's string section
34. A musical form whose main feature is the return of the main theme - which alternates with secondary themes
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Rondo
Orchestra
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
35. A major orchestral piece with solo voices and chorus
Singing
Sonata
Oratorio
Timpani
36. Typically - a multi - movement instrumental work for solo keyboard - or keyboard and another instrument - or small chamber ensemble
Second rondo
Sonata
Reed
Symphony orchestra's string section
37. 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
Polyphonic style
Measure
Opus
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
38. 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
Lied
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
Scale
Consonance
39. The volume or intensity of a tone - Music can be played loudly (forte) or softly (piano)
Rhythm
Dynamics
Singing
Tone
40. A recurring group of notes - such as the four notes played at the beginning of (and restated throughout) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
120
Motif
Conducting
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
41. 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
Timbre
Song form
Opera
Conducting
42. Composers Chopin - Liszt - Berlioz - Mendelssohn - and Schumann; style was expressive - melody prominent - and folk music was used to express cultural identity
Opus
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
43. The symbol at the beginning of each staff indicating the pitch or the range of sounds that should be played
Oratorio
Simple rondo
Clef
Scale
44. Staff - Clef - Measure and bar lines - Note values - Time signature/meter - Scale
Sonata
Body movement
Elements of music notation
Creative skills
45. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre
Opus
Lower
Elements of music
Woodwinds
46. Two or more melodic lines - appeared at the end of the 12th century
Two main clefs
Syncopation
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Polyphonic style
47. System of writing music - came in the 12th century
Famous classical era musicians
Opera
Style of music
Notation
48. ABABA
changing the harmony
Simple rondo
Harmony
Strings
49. 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
Rhythm
Opera
Creative skills
50. Opera (staged dramatic vocal music and entertainment) - orchestra - ballet - and sonata (solo instrument with accompaniment)
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Woodwinds
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Beat