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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music 2

Subjects : cset, performing-arts, music
Instructions:
  • Answer 29 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Multiple voices performing same melodic line with slight variations (blue grass - Asian - no harmony)






2. 1.A series of eight notes occupying the interval between two notes - one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other - Western 12 Arab 17 Indian 22






3. How a piece of music is arranged sonate - Beethoven fugue - melodic lines






4. Multiple voices - one leading - others form background accompaniment (barer shop)






5. Unique sound produced by a specific instrument or voice






6. How high or low a note is






7. The way sounds of different pitches are arranged - when arranged outside the accepted rules of order - dissonance is produced






8. The way notes are separated or blended together within a rhythm Staccato - distinct and separated Legato - flowing






9. Overall sound quality






10. Made of brass blowing into the instrument - lips vibrating - trumpet - trombone - horns - tubas - use your breath to make sounds






11. Asian and Middle eastern music small intervals






12. The repetitive timing or 'beat' of music (tapping foot)






13. Instruments that you hit or strike - kettledrums - bells - triangles - cymbals - xylophone






14. Piano - pipe organs - harpischords






15. Main family that makes up the orchestra - violins - violas - cellos - and basses






16. Mozart - Beethoven






17. Duration for which a note or rest is hels (time value)






18. Multiple voices each with an independent melody (pop music - backup singers)






19. Softness or loudness of a sound in terms of volume piano - means soft forte - means loud






20. Speed or pace of a piece's rhythm Largo - very slow (Key Largo - FL) Allegro - fast Presto - very fast (magician - fast trick)






21. Folk - jazz - blues - classical






22. Sounds of different pitches; arranged sequentially






23. Blowing into the instrument to make air move - clarinet & obooe use a reed - flute (oldest wind instrument) - blowing air over a hole; makes different notes by opening and closing holes that run along the body - trumpet and trombone






24. Commoners passed down orally






25. Combination of at least 3 different pitches






26. Modern american came from spiritual - country western and rock derive from the blues






27. Distinct american style - originated in the South - started by African Americans - prominent meter - improvisational (performance add their own made up parts; riffs) - Scott Joplin - Louis Armstrong - Duke Ellington






28. Grouping of beats - comprised of both stressed and unstressed beats






29. One voice or everyone singing the same melody (Christmas music)







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