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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. 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
Syncopation
Scale
Harmony
Musical analysis
2. The combination of tones that produces a quality of tension
Dissonance
Second rondo
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
6 broad categories of musical instruments
3. Composers Chopin - Liszt - Berlioz - Mendelssohn - and Schumann; style was expressive - melody prominent - and folk music was used to express cultural identity
Oratorio
Movement
Lower
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
4. 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
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Second rondo
Musical instruments
Measure
5. Produce sound through breath as the vibrations from the players' lips buzz against a metal - cup - shaped mouthpiece
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Italian terms that define tempo
Famous classical era musicians
Brass
6. Formed by barlines (vertical lines on the staff) and contains a set number of beats as determined by the time signature
Measure
Classroom expectations for music education
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Clarinet - saxophone - oboe - and bassoon
7. 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
Gregorian chant
Rondo
Dissonance
Song form
8. 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
Third rondo
Music notation
Famous classical era musicians
Middle Ages/Medieval (500-1400)
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
Musical Developments of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
Symphony
Musical analysis
Translative skills
10. 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
Chromatic scale
Modern era - new genres
6 broad categories of musical instruments
11. Typically - a multi - movement instrumental work for solo keyboard - or keyboard and another instrument - or small chamber ensemble
Dissonance
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
Classical Era (1750-1820) music
Sonata
12. Students should compare their listening and playing exercises - Students should be encouraged to verbalize their musical analysis
Musical analysis
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Violin and viola
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
13. 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
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Fugue
Strong
Playing instruments
14. String - woodwind - brass - percussion - keyboard - and electronic
Motif
6 broad categories of musical instruments
Notation
Dissonance
15. Traditionally made of wood - metal - plastic - or some combination thereof - These instruments consist of narrow pipes with an opening at the bottom end and a mouthpiece at the top (and holes throughout the pipe) - The smaller woodwinds play higher p
Woodwinds
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Metronome
changing the harmony
16. A rhythmic effect produced when the expected rhythmic pattern is deliberately upset
Percussion
Syncopation
Intonation
Two main clefs
17. An ancient harp
Lyre
Singing
Woodwinds
Metronome
18. 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
Conducting
Strings
Harmony
Strong
19. 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
Harmony
Italian terms that define tempo
Chamber music
Opera
20. Creating music
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Vibration
Measure
Creative skills
21. 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
Energy - aggression - or vitality
Oratorio
Metronome
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
22. Some of the mouthpieces are made up of a thin piece of wood - called a...
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Second rondo
Reed
Oratorio
23. Vocal cords and musical instruments produce vibrations in the air; as the frequency of these vibrations change...
Pitch changes
Intonation
Movement
Musical styles/elements of Baroque Era (1600-1750)
24. 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
Movement
Lower
Scale
Renaissance Era (1400-1600)
25. The organization of sound in time
Musical analysis
Chamber music
Note values
Music
26. Verdi (Italy) - Wagner (Germany); themes from literature and folk tales; very popular
Harp and guitar
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Reed
Oboe and bassoon
27. Two or more tones played simultaneously that support the melody and give music texture or mood - A group of notes that are played behind the melody
Harmony
Chamber music
Scale
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
28. Hearing a note and being able to reproduce it either vocally or with an instrument
Violin and viola
Famous classical era musicians
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Pitch
29. ABACABA
Third rondo
Musical instruments
Opera
Cello and double bass
30. 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)
Vibration
Gregorian chant
Pizzicato
31. 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
Romantic Period (1820-1900) Opera
Time signature/meter
Second rondo
Intonation
32. The faster the ________ - the higher the pitch
Measure
Classical style music elements
Vibration
Opus
33. 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
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Conducting
Simple rondo
Cello and double bass
34. (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
Staff
Oboe and bassoon
Fugue
Gregorian chant
35. The volume or intensity of a tone - Music can be played loudly (forte) or softly (piano)
Strings
Clef
Dynamics
Music
36. An instrumental ensemble composed of strings - woodwinds - brass - and percussion
Orchestra
Famous classical era musicians
Musical instruments
Two main clefs
37. 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
Elements of music
Pitch
Musical instruments
Auditory skills
38. Tempo is an important component to change the expressiveness of character and ____ of the musical composition
Lyre
Mood
Two main clefs
Reed
39. 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
Musical styles/elements of the Renaissance Era
Two main clefs
Gregorian chant
Implications for teaching music in the classroom
40. Music played by 1-20 performers
Scale
A classical symphony
Middle Ages/Medieval Music styles/elements
Chamber music
41. ABABA
Timbre
Simple rondo
Percussion
Violin and viola
42. Some percussion instruments require tuning (e.g. - _____) - while others are untuned (e.g. - cymbals and castanets)
Timpani
Cello and double bass
Creative skills
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music
43. Rhythm is a steady pulse (___) - but it can also have different kinds of ____s (i.e. - some stronger or longer)
Musical analysis
Two main clefs
Italian terms that define tempo
Beat
44. 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 changes
Creative skills
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres
Clef
45. The treble clef for the higher range of notes - and the bass clef for the lower range of notes
Mood
Music notation
Two main clefs
Staff
46. The first beat of a bar is typically a _______ beat - It is typified by a waltz in 3/4 time
Piano - harpsichord - and organ
Conducting
Strong
Brass
47. Whether the pitch of a particular note is played in tune - sharp (higher) - or flat (lower)
Intonation
Translative skills
Modern era music
Harp and guitar
48. Violin - viola - cello - and double bass
49. The structure of a song in which the first section of a simple ternary form is repeated
Modern Era (1900s) Evolution in the musical world
Pitch changes
Song form
Motif
50. A machine that helps musicians adjust rates of speed (tempi) for faster or slower beats
Simple rondo
Harp and guitar
Metronome
Romantic Period (1820-1900) music Genres