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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music

Subjects : cset, performing-arts, music
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Auditory skills - Translative skills - Creative skills - Performance skills - Singing - Playing instruments - Body movement - Conducting - Musical analysis






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






3. ABACA






4. 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 -






5. If the tempo is fast - the mood of the music changes to reflect more...






6. The reed is used on the...






7. Vocal cords and musical instruments produce vibrations in the air; as the frequency of these vibrations change...






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






9. Music played by 1-20 performers






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






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






12. A large section of a lengthy composition






13. 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






14. A musical form whose main feature is the return of the main theme - which alternates with secondary themes






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






16. Haydn - Mozart - and Beethoven






17. 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






18. Rhythm is a steady pulse (___) - but it can also have different kinds of ____s (i.e. - some stronger or longer)






19. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes






20. Each note has a specific duration represented by a solid black or hollow oval shape - Some have flags and others have stems attached representing different values






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






22. 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)






23. Hearing a note and being able to reproduce it either vocally or with an instrument






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Produce low - rich sounds - large in size






31. 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






32. Make higher - pitched sounds - small in size






33. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time






34. Instrument playing aids in understanding the concepts of sound - pitch - rhythm - and so on






35. A work - usually identified by a number






36. String - woodwind - brass - and percussion






37. Presto: very fast - Allegro: fast - Moderato: moderate - Adagio: slow - Largo: very slow






38. (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






39. 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






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






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






42. ABACABA






43. Violin - viola - cello - and double bass


44. Two or more melodic lines - appeared at the end of the 12th century






45. The slower the vibration - the _____ the pitch






46. Usually consists of four movements that are intended to stir up a wide range of emotions through contrasts in tempo and mood






47. 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






48. 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






49. String instruments are usually played with a bow - but they may also be plucked (________)






50. An elaborate musical composition - many of which are between 20 and 45 minutes in length