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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. Several notes sounded together
Simple rondo
Scale
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Chord
2. 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
Brass
Auditory skills
Modern era music
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
3. 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
Classical style music elements
Orchestra
Chromatic scale
Strong
4. Historical themes: spread of Christianity - development in Europe; the Crusades; the rise of universities; the influence of Islam; this was the longest period
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
Music
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Rhythm
5. A type of German song
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Lied
Italian terms that define tempo
Timpani
6. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset
Consonance
Fugue
Syncopation
Style of music
7. 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
Musical instruments
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Percussion
Body movement
8. The volume or intensity of a tone - Music can be played loudly (forte) or softly (piano)
Motif
Body movement
Woodwinds
Dynamics
9. (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
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Music notation
Third rondo
Staff
10. A recurring group of notes - such as the four notes played at the beginning of (and restated throughout) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Note values
Motif
Harp and guitar
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
11. Whether the pitch of a particular note is played in tune - sharp (higher) - or flat (lower)
Intonation
Cello and double bass
Dynamics
Beat
12. Some percussion instruments require tuning (e.g. - _____) - while others are untuned (e.g. - cymbals and castanets)
Timpani
Modern era music
Clarinet and saxophone
Elements of music notation
13. 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
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Modern era music
Symphony
14. 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
Harp and guitar
Scale
Conducting
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
15. 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
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Polyphonic style
Rhythm
Reed
16. Formed by barlines (vertical lines on the staff) and contains a set number of beats as determined by the time signature
Violin and viola
Measure
Cello and double bass
Lyre
17. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre
Musical instruments
Elements of music
Percussion
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
18. ABABA
Modern era - new genres
Simple rondo
Clarinet and saxophone
Translative skills
19. Produce low - rich sounds - large in size
Elements of music
Cello and double bass
Brass
Third rondo
20. 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
Tone
Orchestra
Beat
21. The symbol at the beginning of each staff indicating the pitch or the range of sounds that should be played
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Lyre
Clef
Motif
22. Tempo is an important component to change the expressiveness of character and ____ of the musical composition
Mood
Strings
Brass
Motif
23. The organization of sound in time
Symphony
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Music
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
24. Presto: very fast - Allegro: fast - Moderato: moderate - Adagio: slow - Largo: very slow
Second rondo
Tempo
Time signature/meter
Italian terms that define tempo
25. Typically - a multi - movement instrumental work for solo keyboard - or keyboard and another instrument - or small chamber ensemble
Sonata
Auditory skills
Body movement
Music notation
26. ABACA
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Two main clefs
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Second rondo
27. Vocal cords and musical instruments produce vibrations in the air; as the frequency of these vibrations change...
Pitch changes
Strings
Dissonance
6 broad categories of musical instruments
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
Modern era - new genres
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Pizzicato
Chord
29. 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
Third rondo
Pitch
A classical symphony
30. Use a single reed made of one piece of wood
Body movement
Clarinet and saxophone
Pizzicato
Dissonance
31. Violin - viola - cello - and double bass
32. 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
Music
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Timbre
Translative skills
33. 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
Motif
Note values
Modern era music
Music notation
34. The reed is used on the...
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
Song form
Time signature/meter
Clarinet and saxophone
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
Rondo
Modern era - new genres
Musical analysis
Gregorian chant
36. Two or more melodic lines - appeared at the end of the 12th century
Symphony orchestra's string section
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Staff
Polyphonic style
37. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Sonata
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Clef
Strong
38. 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
Simple rondo
Chromatic scale
Modern era - new genres
Song form
39. The sound produced by an individual instrument or singer - Each family of instruments and type of instrument is distinct from all others
Cello and double bass
Tone
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Timbre
40. An instrumental ensemble composed of strings - woodwinds - brass - and percussion
Translative skills
Timbre
Tempo
Orchestra
41. 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
Sonata
Metronome
Style of music
Harp and guitar
42. Music played by 1-20 performers
Chamber music
Classroom expectations for music education
Oboe and bassoon
Lyre
43. 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
Second rondo
Chamber music
Rhythm
Pitch changes
44. Staff - Clef - Measure and bar lines - Note values - Time signature/meter - Scale
Elements of music notation
Classical style music elements
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
Simple rondo
45. Octaves of 12 notes - also came in the 12th century
Opera
Sonata
Chromatic scale
Harmony
46. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Dissonance
Opus
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Note values
47. A musical form whose main feature is the return of the main theme - which alternates with secondary themes
Rondo
Orchestra
Pitch
Rhythm
48. Hearing a note and being able to reproduce it either vocally or with an instrument
Woodwinds
Pitch
Lied
Creative skills
49. 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
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Staff
Fugue
Clef
50. Composers Chopin - Liszt - Berlioz - Mendelssohn - and Schumann; style was expressive - melody prominent - and folk music was used to express cultural identity
Timbre
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Woodwinds
6 broad categories of musical instruments