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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music

Subjects : cset, performing-arts, music
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1. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length






2. 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






3. 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






4. Moving to music is a learned skill that promotes acuity of perceptions - A wide range of music and modes should be used






5. 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






6. Puccini (Italian) and his operas Madama Butterfly and La Boh






7. ABACA






8. Dynamics - Harmony - Pitch - Rhythm - Tempo - Tone - Timbre






9. 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






10. Verdi (Italy) - Wagner (Germany); themes from literature and folk tales; very popular






11. System of writing music - came in the 12th century






12. String - woodwind - brass - percussion - keyboard - and electronic






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






14. 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






15. The sound produced by an individual instrument or singer - Each family of instruments and type of instrument is distinct from all others






16. Several notes sounded together






17. An ancient harp






18. Staff - Clef - Measure and bar lines - Note values - Time signature/meter - Scale






19. A type of German song






20. Formed by barlines (vertical lines on the staff) and contains a set number of beats as determined by the time signature






21. Auditory skills - Translative skills - Creative skills - Performance skills - Singing - Playing instruments - Body movement - Conducting - Musical analysis






22. Most marches are performed at a rate of ____ beats per minute






23. 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 -






24. Haydn - Mozart - and Beethoven






25. Students should compare their listening and playing exercises - Students should be encouraged to verbalize their musical analysis






26. 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






27. 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






28. The symbol at the beginning of each staff indicating the pitch or the range of sounds that should be played






29. Whether the pitch of a particular note is played in tune - sharp (higher) - or flat (lower)






30. 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)






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






34. The slower the vibration - the _____ the pitch






35. 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






36. Music played by 1-20 performers






37. Ttwo other string instruments that are not considered part of the string section of the orchestra; they are often plucked rather than bowed






38. Typically - a multi - movement instrumental work for solo keyboard - or keyboard and another instrument - or small chamber ensemble






39. Composers Chopin - Liszt - Berlioz - Mendelssohn - and Schumann; style was expressive - melody prominent - and folk music was used to express cultural identity






40. A recurring group of notes - such as the four notes played at the beginning of (and restated throughout) Beethoven's Fifth Symphony






41. String - woodwind - brass - and percussion






42. The structure of a song in which the first section of a simple ternary form is repeated






43. A large section of a lengthy composition






44. 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






45. When you play several different notes at the same time on a piano - you are using harmony - You can change how music sounds by...






46. Creating music






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. ABACABA