Music Appreciation Final Exam Prep
Arithmetic, grammar, geometry, and music
Music, geometry, astronomy and logic
Music, arthimatic, geometry, and astronomy
None of the above
Rhetoric, music, arithmetic, astronomy
Italy
Greece
France
Germany
England
Melody
Motive
Concerto
Chord
Diminuendo
Accent
Rhythm
Meter
Harmony
Syncopation
Meter
Rhythm
Ritard
Upbeats
Tempo
The strongest beat in any given measure
The first beat in a measure
More accented than other beats
Indicated by a downward movement of the conductor's hand
All of the above
Ritard
Tempo
Syncopation
Triad
Pickup
Tempo
Syncopation
Accent
Dissonance
Homophony
Measure
Tempo
Phrase
Beat
Ritard
A recognizable and memorable series of notes that form a cohesive musical line
An arrangement of pitches that ascend and descend in a fixed, unvarying pattern
The movement of music through time
A short, distinctive figure
The element that adds depth and dimension to music
Phrase
Consequent
Clef
Key
Tonic
Modulation
Cadence
Tonality
Syncopation
Counterpoint
Great staff
Key signature
Mode
Ritard
Timbre
Arpeggio
Blues
Interval
Chord
Meter
Homophonic
Syncopated
Consonant
Motivic
All of the above
Homophony
Crescendo
Texture
Dynamics
Sforzando
Crescendo
Glissando
Tremolo
Timbre
Counterpoint
Consonant
Monophony
Homophony
Counterpoint
Timbre
Homophony
Contrast
Rallentando
Polyphony
Variation
Unaccompanied monophonic vocal music
Setting of sacred Latin texts for the eight monastic hours of prayer and the Mass
Composed over the course of fifteen centuries, from the time of the earliest Fathers of the Church to the Council of Trent
Lacks a sense of meter or regular rhythmic structure
Pope Gregory the Great initiated the practice of composing chant, and wrote so many that this music was named after him
Pope Gregory the Great
Hildegard of Bingen
St. Benedict
Leoninus
Machaut
Melismatic singing
Chanson
Motet
Rondaeu
Organum
Hildegard of Bingen
Machaut
Dufay
Leoninus
Josquin
Estampie
Mass
Organum
Plainchant
Chanson
Monophonic music sung mainly in notes of equal value without clearly marked rhythms
Polyphony has dissonant phrases that end with open, hollow-sounding chords
Duple meter used almost exclusively throughout the period
Mainly vocal music, few instrumental compositions survive
Melodies mostly move by step within a narrow range and rarely uses the chromatic notes of the scale
Organum
Antiphonal
Syllabic
Responsorial
Melismatic
The literary curriculum of three academic disciplines taught in Renaissance schools and universities
The belief that people have the capacity to shape their world, and create good and beautiful things; emphasizes self-esteem and human worth
The philosophy that people are faceless objects in a great, divine pageant
A society of amateur musicians dedicated to the performance of music, nowadays music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Baroque eras
A movement in music wherein composers sought to emphasize indigenous qualities in their music by incorporating folk songs, native scales, dance rhythms and local instrumental sounds
Early polyphony of the Western Church from the ninth though the thirteenth centuries
A slow, elegant triple meter dance with a strong accent of the second beat
A composition, with form similar to a Mass, sung in a capella with varying text.
One of the five sung portions of the Mass for which the texts are invariable
All of the above
A capella
Falsetto
Castrato
Discant
Counterpoint
Word painting
Counerpoint
Imitation
Sequence
Falsetto
Palestrina
Dufay
Machaut
Josquin
Lully
True
False
Josquin
Machaut
Lully
Palestrina
Vivaldi
Sprechstimme
Bel canto
Falsetto
Divertimento
Invertible counterpoint
Palestrina
Vivaldi
Weelkes
Josquin
Corelli
Machaut
Dufay
Palestrina
Josquin
Corelli
It emerged in Italy about the year 1530
Sung by a large a cappella choris
Sung in some vernacular (non-Latin) language
Emphasizes the meaning of the poetry at any given moment
Men and women could perform this music together
A madrigal
Point of imitation
Falsetto
Word painting
Canonic
Melody mainly consists of stepwise motion within a moderately narrow range
The triad, a consonant chord, becomes the basic building block of harmony
Exciting, driving, energized rhythms propel music forward with vigor
The predominant sound remains that of unaccompanied vocal music, whether for soloists or for choir
Polyphony for four or five vocal lines is the dominant texture, through occasional passages of chordal homophony are inserted for variety
Kyrie, Gloria, Communion, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Ave Maria, Sanctus
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Ave Maria
Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei
None of the above
Machaut
Josquin
Palestrina
Lasso
Weelkes
Recorder
Lute
Sackbut
Viol
Organ
Baroque
Renaissance
Classical
Middle Ages
Modern
Poetry, painting, music, architecture
Poetry, painting, dance, architecture
Poetry, drama, music, architecture
Music, painting, sculpting, poetry
Music, dance, painting, poetry
Grandeur
Drama
Rational restraint
Overt sensuality
Extravagance
1475-1600
1750-1820
476-1475
1600-1750
1500-1650
Around 1475 in Paris
Around 1600 in northern Italy
Around 1685 in central Germany
Around 1710 in London
Around 1725 in Austria
Madrigal
Monody
Terraced dynamics
Motet
Chanson
Figured bass
Basso ostinatio
Basso continuo
Canon
Counterpoint
Harpsichord and cello
Organ and theorbo
Low sting instrument and bassoon
Piano and organ
Harpsichord and flute
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