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Beat in music is the regular and consistent rhythm of the music.
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Syncopation are beats occurring after the accented beat.
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Music Appreciation

Mid-Term

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Beat in music is the regular and consistent rhythm of the music. False
Syncopation are beats occurring after the accented beat. True
Tempo is the grading of speed in a composition. True
Speeds vary from slow to very fast. True
Notation is the system of writing music so that specific pitches and rhytmns can be heard. True
Notated notes on a staff can have a stem and flag. True
A chord played broken with separated notes is an Arpeggio. True
The key of a composition is the tonal center of that piece. True
Keys are used to give variety, flexibility, and tonal color, another word for key is tonality. True
There are major and minor keys in music. True
Monophonic texture means having one sound, or unison. True
Polyphonic texture means one single, primary melody. False
The using of one melody with accompanied harmony is called Homophonic texture. True
Most medieval music was dominated by the church. True
Women were not allowed to sing or perform in church liturgy. True
The 14th C was an age of disintegration, plagues, and a weakening of the feudal system. True
Most medieval music was intended for the voice. True
Medieval instruments were used primarily for accompaniment. True
For over 1,000 years the official music of the Roman Catholic Church was the Gregorian Chant. True
Gregorian Chant was polyphonic in texture. False
Women were used as virtuoso singers in the Italian Court. True
The main texture of Renaissance music was polyphonic. True
Choral music unaccompanied is in concerto form. False
The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music, that are the same in style, are the motet and the mass. True
A troubadour, like Guillaume IX came from Southern France. True
A trouvere, Chastelain de Couci came from Northern France. True
The most important Italian Renaissance composer was Giovani Palestrina (1525-1594). True
Gradually music shifted from the Church to the Courts. True
Music of the trouvere and troubadours differ from the chant in that they have a clear and defined rhythm and beat. True
Renaissance music was fuller because of the use of the stringed instruments. True
Early Baroque style favored homophonic over polyphonic texture, more typical of Renaissance music. True
32)The violin family of instruments became one of the most popular instruments starting in the Renaissance. False
During the Baroque period, instrumental music became as important as vocal music for the first time. True
The main keyboards of the Baroque were the organ and harpsichord. True
The dominant texture of the Baroque was polyphony. True
Bach composed more consistently with homophonic texture. False
Handel contrasted more between polyphony and homophony. True
A towering figure of the late Italian baroque was Vivaldi. True
The high point of the baroque period was found in the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach. True
40)Bach was almost forgotten for his genius, until 1829, Felix Mendelssohn presented his St. Matthew Passion. True
Opera is a drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment. True
The cornerstone of baroque music is the fugue. True
Opera demands performers to sing and act simultaneously. True
Opera began in Florence, Italy around 1575 among a small group of nobles, poets, and composers. True
A groups from Italy, known as the Camerata, began a new form of secular music called "Opera". True
Chief among baroque virtuoso singers were the castrato, a male singer who is castrated before puberty. True
One of the most important composers of the early baroque was Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643). True
The greatest English composer was Henry Purcell (1659-1695). False
Together with the opera and cantata, oratorios stand as a major development in baroque vocal music. True
50)The oratorio, a large scale composition, has narrative text, vocal solos, large choruses, with acting, scenery, and costumes. False
Handel's first opera, Rinaldo, was a triumph when performed in England. True
George Fredric Handel, master of Italian opera and English oratorio, was born in Halle, Germany. True
Handel's triumph oratorio was "Messiah", composed in 1741. True
In music history there was a transition period form the baroque to the classical called the Rocco, was from 1730-1770. True
Classical music stresses the balance of clarity and structure. True
The classical style includes unexpected pauses, syncopation and frequent changes from long to shorter notes. True
Contrasting with the baroque, classical texture is basically monophonic. False
Textures in the classical period can change from homophonic to polyphonic equally as well. True
Haydn started in music at the age of six. He was recognized for his talent, but not until he was 29 did he enter the service of the Esterhazy's. True
60)The desire for more gradual dynamic changes in music led to the replacement of the harpsichord with the piano. True
61)Four elements of Music: D) pitch, timbre, dynamics, duration
62)Distance between two pitches: A) octave
63)The four major sections of the orchestra are; A) All are correct [strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion]
64)Rhythm has: A) beat
65)Notation includes: All) notes, staff, clef, accidentals
66)A grand staff has: C) Treble and bass
67)Rests in notation are: D) Silence
68)Ars Nova in Latin means: C) New Art
69) A revolutionary form used from 700-900 with Gregorian Chant: C) Organum
70) A motet is: C) polyphonic
71) The Madrigal was: B) Secular vocal
72) Italian Opera stressed: C) drama and text
73) the development of printed music help spread: D) secular music
74)Baroque expressions of emotion were called: D) Affections
75) Basso Continuo in Italian means: C) Continuous bass.
76) A Catrato singer is a: D) a male castrated at puberty.
77) Figured bass in the baroque was: D) numbered bass part.
78)Concerto Grosso belongs to what period: C) baroque
79) the fugue is a complex composition in what texture: C) Polyphonic
80)During the classical period the basso continuo became: A) extremely popular
81) Moteverdi's music bridged with the: B) 17th & 18th C
82) A chorale of the Baroque was a: B)Hymn tune
83) Mozart broke away from: C) the patronage system
84)the group called the camerata rejected: D) polyphony
85) A baroque oratorio is: C)Large choral Work
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