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