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CSET Domain 2 Performing Arts Music 2
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performing-arts
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music
Instructions:
Answer 29 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
harmony
monophonic
Jazz
music notation
2. One voice or everyone singing the same melody (Christmas music)
meter
blues
octave
monophonic
3. Sounds of different pitches; arranged sequentially
dynamics
melody
octave
structure
4. The repetitive timing or 'beat' of music (tapping foot)
dynamics
monophonic
rhythm
string instruments
5. Multiple voices performing same melodic line with slight variations (blue grass - Asian - no harmony)
heterophonic
timbre
texture
pitch
6. Duration for which a note or rest is hels (time value)
music notation
western styles
string instruments
meter
7. How a piece of music is arranged sonate - Beethoven fugue - melodic lines
chord
dynamics
octave
structure
8. Combination of at least 3 different pitches
chord
texture
brass
polyphonic
9. Multiple voices each with an independent melody (pop music - backup singers)
Jazz
heterophonic
structure
polyphonic
10. Overall sound quality
rhythm
pitch
microtonal
texture
11. Asian and Middle eastern music small intervals
classical music
western styles
octave
microtonal
12. Multiple voices - one leading - others form background accompaniment (barer shop)
polyphonic
homophonic
octave
articulation
13. The way notes are separated or blended together within a rhythm Staccato - distinct and separated Legato - flowing
articulation
string instruments
woodwinds
rhythm
14. Grouping of beats - comprised of both stressed and unstressed beats
timbre
rhythm
structure
meter
15. Instruments that you hit or strike - kettledrums - bells - triangles - cymbals - xylophone
monophonic
percussion
rhythm
woodwinds
16. How high or low a note is
melody
meter
pitch
articulation
17. Main family that makes up the orchestra - violins - violas - cellos - and basses
brass
classical music
tempo
string instruments
18. The way sounds of different pitches are arranged - when arranged outside the accepted rules of order - dissonance is produced
Jazz
rhythm
harmony
classical music
19. 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
folk
string instruments
woodwinds
texture
20. Made of brass blowing into the instrument - lips vibrating - trumpet - trombone - horns - tubas - use your breath to make sounds
timbre
brass
blues
pitch
21. 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
octave
keyboard
rhythm
harmony
22. Folk - jazz - blues - classical
western styles
pitch
classical music
heterophonic
23. Speed or pace of a piece's rhythm Largo - very slow (Key Largo - FL) Allegro - fast Presto - very fast (magician - fast trick)
heterophonic
tempo
texture
folk
24. Mozart - Beethoven
heterophonic
rhythm
classical music
keyboard
25. Commoners passed down orally
heterophonic
folk
brass
meter
26. Softness or loudness of a sound in terms of volume piano - means soft forte - means loud
dynamics
homophonic
western styles
heterophonic
27. Modern american came from spiritual - country western and rock derive from the blues
classical music
percussion
melody
blues
28. Unique sound produced by a specific instrument or voice
folk
timbre
texture
western styles
29. Piano - pipe organs - harpischords
string instruments
melody
keyboard
timbre