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MUSI 100 Exam 1
Question | Answer |
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What is the instrument meaning "to strike"? | Percussion |
Where do strings sit in an orchestra? | Front |
Who wrote the Pope Marcellus Mass? | Palestrina |
Where did music originate? | Ancient Greeks |
Who composed Pale Lingua | Joaquin |
What is a sequence of notes, either half or full? | Scale |
What is multiple lines of melody? | Polyphony |
What are the note values within the measure? | Rhythm |
What are the five horizontal lines and four spaces that represent pitch? | Staff |
What are a set of notes played at the same time that sound good together? | Chords |
What are the two halves of the musical spectrum called? | Bass and Treble |
What is the global count? | Meter |
What tracks your beats per minute? | Metronome |
What is it called when you change keys mid-piece? | Modulation |
What are multiple notes in one syllable? | Melisma |
What is it called when notes appear between the beats? | Syncopation |
What is a form of early medieval church song? | Organum |
What is the speed of the piece called? | Tempo |
What is a travelling court musician called? | Troubadour |
What is the loudness or softness of a piece called? | Dynamics |
What is the main Latin liturgical church song called? | Gregorian Chant |
What is the tune of a piece as a whole called? | Melody |
What are two lines of melody called? | Motet |
What is a single line of music called? | Phrase |
What it called when you highlight a certain word in music? | Text painting |
When a song has a pleasing effect it has...? | Harmony |
A group of notes to be sung in a single syllable | Neumes |
One line of music/sound | Monophony |
What is applied to the bow to create more friction against the strings? | Rosin |
What is music performed without instrumental accompaniment? | Acapella |
What is the way an individual applies the mouthpiece of an instrument to their mouth called? | Embouchure |
What is the repetition of a polyphonic texture called? | Imitation |
What is the part that rests between your shoulder and your chin on a small string instrument called? | Chin rest |
What is the tool at the bottom of large string instruments that adjusts the height called? | Endpin |