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Humanities - Music

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The early development of jazz in New Orleans from 1895 to 1906 is mostly associated with the popularity of which band leader?

Charles "Buddy" Bolden

Which decade was known as the Jazz Age?

Which of these statements is true?

New Orleans musicians began to travel extensively following World War I.

Whose band was known as the Hot Five and developed a concept that revolutionized the
jazz world?

Louis Armstrong

Who was famous for "scat" vocal, a practice that uses wordless syllables to create instrumental effects with the voice?

Louis Armstrong

Which of these statements is false?

A lower pitch sound has a higher frequency than a high pitch sound.

Which of these is not an accurate description of jazz bands in New Orleans from 1895 to 1927?

Jazz bands featured only black musicians.

Which of these is the best description of the ethnic and racial makeup of New Orleans during
the 1800s?

French, Spanish, Africans, Germans, and Irish

Who was brought to Chicago by Bill Johnson and became a magnet for other New Orleans musicians to follow him?

Which of these statements is true?

Dancing had always been an important part of the New Orleans culture even before the development of jazz.

By what other name is New Orleans known?

Who is recognized as the first great composer of jazz?

Jelly Roll Morton

Whose breathtaking display of technique, combined with ingenuity, confirmed his stature as the first superstar of jazz?

Louis Armstrong

type of music first developed by African Americans around the beginning of the 20th century. Originally drew on ragtime, gospel, black spiritual songs, West African rhythms, and European harmonies.

to make it up as you go.

the placing of accents in unexpected places.

characteristic of jazz.

jazz consists of many different

played by Big Bands in the 1930's and 1940's. Swing's hoppin rhythm and big band sound created a lively mood, one that made people want to dance.

smaller groups played this in the 1940s and 1950s.
Free-flowing style of jazz was developed in jam sessions where one musician would solo right after the next.
described as complex melodies over rapidly shifting chord progressions. Imagine a person playing the base while someone else is improvising a really cool and complex melody on their trumpet.

inspired by Miles Davis' cool or low-key trumpet. in the 1950 and 1960s. Unlike swing's toe-tapping sound, this music was for listening rather than dancing.

what city is considered the "birthplace of jazz?"

In addition to singing, Louis could play the cornet and bugle. He would later play what instrument?

what is scat singing?

singing in nonsense syllables and improvise sound with perfect timing.

what instrument did Miles David start to play at age 13?

financially speaking, what kind of childhood did Miles have?

a privileged one.

after abandoning bebop, Miles Davis created his own sound. It can be described as tender, dreamy, and poetic. What is this style called?

what instrument did Charlie Parker play and how did he learn to play this instrument?

saxophone and he taught himself by listening to jazz musicians.

what type of music did Charlie Parker help found?

Charlie Parker died at age 34. What were the causes?

Heroin and Alcohol.

was Billie Holiday a man or a woman?

In what area of NYC did Billie try to be hired as a dancer, but instead was hired as a singer?

Due in part to her drug and alcohol addiction, Billie died at the age of ___

how many pieces of music did Duke Ellington compose?

Why did Duke jokingly say he learned to play the piano?

to impress the ladies.

some say that Dukes _________ was his instrument (rather than his piano)

what religion was Benny Goodman?

what instrument did Benny play?

Benny formed his own _____ band and went on tour, the media later named him the "King of ________"

swing and swing.

was Benny black or white?

what was so special about Benny Goodman hiring Teddy Wilson and Lionel Hampton?

he hired black musicians, and it was the first time ever blacks and whites played together in a band.

music becomes more

music eventually gets more

Renaissance period

simple, religious, and small.

expresses emotion.

Classical period

motif serves as building blocks. Ludwig Van Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

Romantic period

music expresses nationality. Not religious, complex, huge orchestra.

a musical composition written in 3-4 movements.

who plays a symphony?

cello (vioncello)

4 strings 1500s 4 feet uses a bow

the largest, lowest sounding stringed instrument in an orchestra or band

47 strings, plucked, 70 inches tall 700s

Smallest of the woodwind and closely resembles the flute

cylindrical bore instrument. No reed

a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece. Highest woodwind

an alto oboe, pitched at the interval a fifth below the oboe, much favored by composers of the Romantic era. Baroque

a single-reed instrument with a straight tube

A bass instrument of the oboe family with a double reed. Curved mouthpiece called a crook.

horn musical instrument

a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide

A large brass wind instrument of bass pitch, with three to six valves and a broad bell typically facing upward. Lowest pitch.

Percussion instrument of indefinite pitch, the largest of the orchestral drums. Low pitched sound

a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

one of a pair of brass plates used as a musical instrument

triangle of music

violin, viola, cello, bass, harp

piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bassoon

woodwinds family.

trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba

bass drum, timpani, snare drum, cymbal, triangle

percussion family.

measured in vibrations per second. There are actually 11,000 measurable but most Western music focuses on 88 pitches (think piano.) The highness or lowness of a tone

an arrangement of 8 pitches played in ascending or descending order. Pitch = Tone = Note. Ex. Do Re Me (Sound of Music.)

in a scale, some notes may be played as

sharps or flats. These notes are the black keys on the piano.

raises a pitch by a half step

lowers a note bya half step

the right hand on a piano uses the

how long a note is played.

the degree of loudness or softness.

pianissimo (pp).

moderately soft

mezzo piano (mp).

moderately loud

mezzo forte (mf).

fortissimo (ff).

rhythm consists of

beats and how beats are clustered (measures).

the individual pulses we hear.

beats are clustered into...

all of our music is in

rate of speed and composition.

rhythm + different pitches.

shortest recognizable part of the melody around which a composer may design a composition.

the central piece of the melody which is often restated and varied.

two or more tones sounded at the same time.

three or more tones.

harmony that is pleasing to the ear (in your culture) Most Western Music is consonant.

harmony that is not pleasing to the ear (in your culture.)

bringing the harmony/melody to an ending.

a single musical line exists without accompaniment. Have to be at the same note at the same time.

two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest are performed at the same time.

when chords accompany one main melody. They all support the main melody.

a composer creates the understanding of the song primarily through...

a song is written in either

open or closed form.

open or closed form

either repeats the beginning at the end or doesnt.

drama sung to orchestral accompaniment.

there are many different types of opera

some serious, some sad, and some humorous. In some operas, spoken dialogue is used.

text of the opera.

writes the libretto. May or may not be the composer. No real rule.

writes the music. Most associated with the opera.

highest female voice.

lowest female voice.

highest male voice.

lowest male voice.

beautiful long song. Think of it like a monologue in a play.

dialogue between characters that is sung.

drama told by interweaving songs and music with spoken dialogue. Usually have mics hidden in their wigs or costumes.

sung throughout with little or no spoken dialogue. Usually do not use microphones.

operas are sung in their

original language. Hence the need for subtitles.

Carmen composer

Madame Butterfly composer

Giacomo Puccini.

La Boheme composer

Giacomo Puccini.

La Boheme librettist

Rent composer and librettist

Jonathan Larson.

La Boheme City and Time

Paris and Christmastime.

Rent City and Time

New York City and Christmastime.

painter
Roomate of Rodolfo, Colline, and Schaunard
Used to be in a relationship with Musetta
Later lives with Musetta.

He was a filmmaker, roomate of Roger. used to be in a relationship with Maureen.

Poet
Lives with Marcello, Colline, and Schaunard
Falls in love with Mimi- later they break up

a songwriter, lives with Mark, falls in love with Mimi, lives with her for a while later they break up. Ex-junkie. HIV positive.

Falls in love with Rodolfo, has tuberculosis, and dies at the end.

Falls in love with Roger, Has AIDS, Junkie (addicted to heroin,) does not die in the end even though for a few minutes everyone thinks she is.

- used to date Marcello
- at the beginning of the show she dates Alcindoro, an older wealthy man
- very flirtatious
- ends the show back with Marcello

- used to date Mark
- she now dates Joanne
- very flirtatious
- she and Joanne break up and get back together a lot, but end the show together.

Lover of Musetta
He is much older than Musetta
He is being used by Musetta for his money-Musetta later breaks up with him.

Lover of Maureen
She is a woman/ lesbian
She and Maureen constantly break up and get back together but in the end, they remain as a couple.

roommate of Marcello, Rodolfo, and Colline.

Friends with Mark, Roger, and Collins. Homosexual, Transvestite, HIV Positive, Dies in the middle of the show from AIDS, and loves Collins.

Roommate of Rodolfo, Marcello, and Schaunard.

In a relationship with Angel, homosexual, HIV positive, friends with Mark, Roger, and Angel.

Rent, Wicked, and Hamilton

Tony for Best Musical.

HIV is the virus that causes

HIV attacks the

AIDS is the final stage of the

Having AIDS means that the virus has

weakened the immune system to the point at which the body has a difficult time fighting infection.

HIV was first identified in the US in

HIV is primarily found in

the blood, semen, or vaginal fluid of an infected person.

HIV is transmitted three ways

1. Having sex (vaginal, oral, or anal,) with someone infected with HIV.
2. Sharing needles and syringes with someone infected with HIV.
3. Being exposed (fetus or infant) to HIV before or during birth or through breastfeeding.

the world's leading infectious killer is

the world's second leading infectious killer

Is there a cure for HIV?

No, but effective antiviral drugs can control the virus and help prevent transmission so that people with HIV, and those at substantial risk, can enjoy healthy, long and productive lives.

volume of sound; how loud or quiet the music is

Changes can be subito or gradual (crescendo, decrescendo)

tone color/timbre

the individual quality of sound of an instrument or voice

(Generally speaking, tone color is what allows a listener to identify a sound as being produced by a specific instrument and to differentiate between instruments of the same type. For instance, a trumpet sounds quite different from a violin, even if they play a tone at the same frequency, amplitude, and for the same duration. However, one violin may also sound audibly different from another violin.)

a steady and gradual increase in volume

decrescendo/diminuendo

a steady and gradual decrease in volume

Used to suggest subsiding, relaxing, or becoming mysterious.

Can simulate the spatial effect of retreating or disappearing into the distance

medium soft (mp)

medium loud (mf)

Using fingers to pluck the strings of a stringed instrument

A regular, repeating pattern of strong and weak beats.

Meter alternates strong-weak

Meter alternates strong-weak-weak

quadruple meter

Meter alternates strongest-weak-strong-weak

___ consists of three smaller beats grouped together into larger beats that form the metric pattern.

___ duple = ([1] 2 3 [4] 5 6)

The large beats in a compound meter may fall into any kind of metric pattern, such as duple, triple, or quadruple.

The speed of the beat in a piece of music

The tempo may change suddenly, or may become gradually faster (accelerando) or slower (ritardando)

tempo gets gradually faster

tempo gets gradually slower

The placement of sounds in musical time.

In almost all music, rhythms occur within the beats of a meter.

Because rhythm is the placement of sounds within the beat, the speed of a rhythm is dictated by the speed of the tempo.

rhythm on unimportant beats

A musical stress that gives emphasis to a point in time within the musical flow

A metric accent occurs on a strong beat in a metric pattern.

An independent accent occurs when a moment of the music is stressed which does not coincide with a strong beat in a metric pattern.

A continuous, periodic pulse that underlies most types of music. (background of the music)

The first and strongest beat in the pattern of strong and weak beats that defines the meter.

A musical theme

Ex: Handel's Messiah "For Unto Us a Child is Born" - three main themes

Syllabic: musical line is syllabic
Melismatic: multiple pitches per syllable
Dotted: "long, short, long, short, long"

An event that ends some span of music in a characteristic way.

Full cadences end with the tonic triad, built on the first degree of the scale.

Half cadences end with the dominant triad, built on the fifth degree of the scale.

Deceptive cadences prepare to end with the tonic triad, but then end with some other triad or chord.

Although music that is not tonal does not have cadences of the types listed above, it usually has cadences of some kind. What kind of cadences there are, and how often they appear, depends on the style of the music.

A chord is the simultaneous sounding of three or more tones.

The most common type of chord in Western music is the triad.

Chords may be either consonant or dissonant.

Chords appear in both tonal and atonal music.

In triadic or triadically-based tonal harmonies, a chord can be sounded as individual notes, called an arpeggio, and still be heard as a chord.

Chords are the most straightforward manifestation of harmony.

Relative -> criteria arises from the overall harmony of the work

The quality of relative stability that is attributed to certain harmonies in a piece of music.

consonance is the quality of stability that is attributed contextually to a harmony.

The consonance of a harmony is relative and varies depending on the other harmonies present in the progression.

Consonance provides a sense of rest at the ends of most cadences.

Dissonance is an instability attributed to a harmony.

Dissonant harmonies are relative, and are defined by the other harmonies around them.

Dissonant harmonies are used to build tension that is resolved, in the course of a harmonic progression, by consonant harmonies.

Composers sometimes use dissonant harmonies as analogues to pain, discomfort, or other disagreeable sensations.

A technique of composing two or more melodic lines against one another in accordance with certain rules.

"Counterpoint" thus differs subtly from "polyphony," the latter stressing the resultant texture, the former the relationships between the lines of that texture. Put another way, polyphony describes the coexistence of several discernible lines, while counterpoint suggests the movement of the lines against one another.

Counterpoint is thus composition conceived in linear terms, as horizontal layers. Its opposite is harmony, which is composition conceived in vertical terms, or in chords:

contrapuntal

Counterpoint is a technique of composing two or more melodic lines against one another in accordance with certain rules.

The term also indicates the product of such composition.

Beginning with the Baroque era, counterpoint has enjoyed a variety of connotations.

There are two kinds of counterpoint: imitative and non-imitative.

The distance between two tones

An interval bounded by two pitches sharing the same identity but separated from one another through a difference of register

The division of a range of musical pitches into high, medium, and low.

The act of playing the notes of a chord one after the other rather than simultaneously.

The major mode is a type of diatonic scale having a particular arrangement of whole- and half-steps; more specifically, it is an ordering of the diatonic scale in which the half-steps occur between notes three and four and seven and eight

The major mode has an ethos generally characterizable as outgoing, often contented.

The minor mode is a type of diatonic scale having a particular arrangement of whole- and half-steps; more specifically, it is an ordering of the diatonic scale in which the half-steps occur between tones two and three and five and six.

The minor mode has an ethos generally characterized as sad and reflective, but this is by no means always the case.

A scale is a collection of tones traversing the interval of the octave.

A musical texture consisting of one melody and an accompaniment that supports it—one melody predominates.

Chords move together with the melody (i.e. Church hymns)

A musical texture comprising a single line of musical tones—a single melody or intonation, or cantillation.

Can be instrumental, vocal, or both.

Does not matter if there is one, several, or many singers as long as they sing the same notes together.

Additions of drones and percussion do not alter the monophonic sound

A musical texture featuring two or more equally prominent melodic lines played at the same time—melodies in their own right but their interaction creates ___.

Can be instrumental, vocal, or both.

Usually divided into two subgroups: imitative and non-imitative. Both types may mic with or succeed each other in a musical passage.

imitative polyphony

polyphony with melodic lines that are similar in shape and sound

non-imitative polyphony

polyphony with melodic lines that are dissimilar in shape and sound.

singing in unison (church hymns)

Soprano - Female high register
Alto - Female low register
Tenor - Male high register
Bass - Male low register

A brief recurring instrumental passage in Baroque music, vocal or instrumental. (A recurring musical theme)

In L'Orfeo, it is always instrumental

Usually abridged or modified after its first appearance

Song in an opera sung by many voices that comments on the events of the drama

A style of singing with instrumental accompaniment that imitates the natural inflections of speech.

A half song: half spoken, half sung, and no clear meter

Sung by one singer at a time, though often in alteration between 2 or more singers in the manner of a conversation.

Most action in the opera takes place during the recitative. The aim is to give information and push the plot forward.

Words are usually one note per syllable—repetition is used sparingly.

Two types: secco accompanied by basso continuo and accompagnato

recitative accompagnato

A recitative accompanied by a fuller ensemble

recitative secco (basso continuo)

A recitative accompanied by a chord-producing instrument (ex: piano) and a bass instrument (ex: cello)

A song for solo voice with orchestral accompaniment.

Considered to be a true song as it has a clear meter.

Reflects on the action described in a recitative, are more melodic, use a good deal of repetition, and have a fuller instrumental accompaniment.

A symbol that directs a musician to hold a note or rest for an unspecified period of time—duration depends on taste of musician

A group of pitches sung to one syllable of text.

Has the effect of extending, or embellishing, that syllable.

A melody with frequent melismas is called melismatic.

a shift of the rhythmic pulse from a division of 2 to a division of 3 although the meter remains duple throughout.

A special type of syncopation.

[1] 2 3 [4] 5 6 / [1] 2 [3] 4 [5] 6

Ex: America -> West Side Story
Ex: L'Orfeo Vi Ricorda

The joining of a word, phrase, or idea to a musical analogy.

Musical representation of specific poetic images.

An aria that consists of two sections followed by a repeat of the first with embellishments.

A-B-A

A musical genre featuring sections of imitative polyphony based on a single theme, which alternate with free sections

Answer is the same subject but with different pitch

Exposition of a fugue ends once every voice has done the subject.

After the exposition, there are alternating sections of episodes (free, new material) and subject entries.

Subject entries are the reentry of the subject and are sung throughout the composition. They sound exactly like the beginning subject

ex: Handel's Messiah: "And With His Stripes" -> Soprano, Alto, Tener, Bass

A musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text.

Costumes and scenery were not needed and English singers could be used.

Drama that is sung to orchestral accompaniment

tierce de picardie (or picardie third)

A minor that resolves major (example: L'Orfeo ritornello)

Handel, Messiah (1741)

A late Baroque English oratorio

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (1607)

An early Italian Baroque opera

can be defined as the art of creating and arranging audible sounds into a specific structure or organization

usually represents a specific time period; current commercial value

classical music

used in the performance of symphonies, ballets, and operas

a broad field of study that includes all aspects of creating, analyzing, and performing music

refers to the lowness or highness of a tone

a pleasing arrangement of sounds, including both rhythms and pitches

combination of pitches sounded together

refers to the arrangement and organization of the notes with regard to how long they will be played

refers to any sound made on a musical instrument

also known as timbre; refers to the quality of the sound being made by the notes

combination of 3 or more notes that are played at the same time

the way the elements of music are put together to form a piece of music

a person who directs an orchestra

use vibrations of a reed to produce sound

wind instruments made of brass or other metal and are played by vibrations produced by the lips

played with a bow, by plucking the strings with the fingers, or by striking the strings with a hammer

produce sound when one object strikes another or by shaking or striking them with an object such as a stick or hammer

electronic musical

use electricity to produce, amplify, or increase a sound

1 person singing or playing

a group of 2 singing or playing

a group of 3 singing or playing

a group of 4 singing or playing

a group of 5 singing or playing

a group of 6 singing or playing

a group of 7 singing or playing

a group of 8 singing or playing

a group of 9 singing or playing

Which of these would most likely feature popular music?

a bluegrass festival

Which of these words is a synonym for tone?

A drum is an example of what type of instrument?

Which of these is an example of classical music?

What kind of musical instrument uses a reed to produce vibrations?

How would this instrument be classified?
Piano.

Which of these statements is the best description of popular music?

Popular music usually represents a specific time period, region, or ethnic group.

What type of music is most often used to tell a traditional story about a culture? Woody Guthrie. Popular during 1950s and 19602

Which of these statements is false?

Music is placing sounds into an unorganized structure.

How would this instrument be classified?
Trombone.

What type of instrument produces sound when one object strikes another?

What determines the highness or lowness of a sound?

How would this instrument be classified?
Saxophone.

In harmony, what is created by the combination of three or more notes together?

What term is defined as the actual writing of a piece of music?

music compostion

Which of these best describes music theory?

The study of the creation and performance of music

What term is defined as a group of two or more persons that perform music?

What term is defined as a person who directs music that is being played by others?

What term is defined as the patterned, recurring alternation of contrasting sounds?

What type of instrument uses vibrations of the lips to produce sound?

What kind of music would most likely be performed by a symphony orchestra?

music popular from 1900-1920 that that preceded jazz, was influenced by African American songs and featured syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm St. Louis, MO

Originally referred to as hillbilly or "old-timey" music, this genre evolved out of Irish and Scottish folk music, Mississippi blues, and Christian gospel music and grew in the 1950s and 1960s with the so-called Nashville sound

Bluegrass music

Nashville Sound

Country music style involving polished arrangements and a sophisticated approach to vocal presentation. The recordings of Patsy Cline were among the most important manifestations of the Nashville sound.

The roots of Latino music came from both Central and South America.

Honky Tonk Music

a popular style of country music that evolved in the late 1940's and early 1950's around small bars catering to a working-class, white crowd. Hank WIlliams is considered among the greatest Honky-Tonk singers and songwriters

The flugelhorn is a brass instrument that is usually pitched in B♭ but occasionally found in C. It resembles a trumpet, and the tube has the same length but a wider, conical bore. Combo of trumpet and trombone

Which statement is the best description of of the most important aspect of music production

Every musical instrument produces sound through vibration.

Helicon is the predecessor

what moves air into different parts of instruments and changes the length of the column of air

a hollow chamber filled with air that amplifies sound when the air inside of it vibrates

a brass instrument without valves used in military

which of these pairs of instruments most closely resembles each other in appearance

Euphonium and baritone horn

Instruments that sound by means of vibrating air. Brass and Woodwinds

a small thin piece of cane, metal or plastic in some musical instruments such as the oboe

capped double reed instrument

cover over the reed. crumhorn.

a small musical, instrument, like an accordion

a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole

a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows. Like a pipe organ

egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes. oval NO BELLOWS

organ (musical instrument)

a curved wind instrument made of brass with a reed mouthpiece and keys for the fingers

Seven holes, thumb on side

King of instruments (lagest

over 20 different types of clarinet

Any instrument-such as a flute or trumpet-whose sound is generated by a vibrating column of air.

Instruments with strings that can be plucked or bowed

instrument used to play instruments

an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound. Struck. The clavichord produces sound by striking brass or iron strings with small metal blades called tangents.

hammers strike strings, or pluck strings 1400s 70 strings

A plucked keyboard instrument from the Baroque period of music. Similar to piano but smaller

pear-shaped, flat-topped instrument held like a guitar and played by plucking the six (or more) sets of strings

small harp NOT like a piano

a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum

a small, guitarlike musical instrument associated chiefly with Hawaiian music. Originated in Portugal

larger than a violin, pitch is lower

a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box Germany

(noun) a musical instrument like a small guitar with a round body, a long neck and usually five strings. goatskin or calfskin

divisions of the fingerboard on a guitar

what term is given to a person who makes and repairs stringed instruments

instruments that produce sound using electricity

waxlike substance used to coat violin bow strings. friction

Instruments that produce sound by being struck.

drum-type instruments that are sounded from tightly stretched membranes

a set of bells (often in a tower) capable of being played. keyboard with arrangements of 23 to 77 bests

a small percussive keyboard instrument using hammers to strike metal bars, thereby producing a bright, bell-like sound

melodeon accordion

diatonic button accordion that has keyboards arranged on either side of the bellows.

MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

Interface between a computer and a device for simulating musical instruments.

electronic instrument that produces a wide variety of sounds by combining sound generators and sound modifiers in one package with a unified control system

diatonic accordion

It plays different notes as the bellows are compressed and expanded

a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

sets of tuned bells, the sounds that tuned bells make. tubular

Claves (instrument)

Instrument consisting of a pair of thick, round sticks that are struck together. Identified with the clave rhythm. dowels

Large drum shaped like a bowl

Metal bars of different thicknesses. Like a xylophone. associated with bell-lyra and orchestra bells

a wooden or plastic musical instrument that is similar to a xylophone

A musical instrument from Trinidad made from steel oil drums.

a percussion instrument resembling a shallow drum with small metal disks in slots around the edge, played by being shaken or hit with the hand.

a series of metal bars...resonators under bars...each tube has an electric valve causing a vibrato

an instrument of wooden bars that makes a ringing sound when struck. Rosewood or plastic

songs, choral, operas, oratorios

middle female voice

the lowest female singing voice Alto

The number of octaves a person can sing

vocal music with more than one singer to a part - uses 4 voice classifications

male voice between bass and tenor. Most common

what effect is created when the vocal chords are stretched

which group carries the american flag in a drum and bugle corps?

Which person leads musicians in tuning their instruments?

What type of band usually has one or two lead singers, a guitarist, bass guitarist, and drummer?

What are the components of the rhythm section of a jazz band?

Piano, string bass, and drums

Which type of instrument is normally not included in a marching band?

What is the main difference between a concert band and a marching band?

The way the music is performed

The swing bands of the 1930s and 1940s were an extension of what kind of musical groups?

Which section in an orchestra has the most instruments?

Which of these statements is false?

The singers in a vocal group are divided according to their height.

Which of these groups would have the most musicians?

What type of musical group was the forerunner of the jazz bands that developed in New Orleans in the late 1800s and early 1900s?

What type of orchestra has from fifteen to forty players?

What is the highest voice range for a female singer?

Many of the aspects of which two cultures were combined following a military conquest in
146 BC?

rome and greece

What is the oldest type of musical horn in use today?

Which of these people founded the religion of Judaism?

Which ancient civilization conquered the lands that bordered on the Mediterranean Sea

Where did the world's first civilization develop?

Singing was part of Egyptian religious ceremonies, but the pharaohs did not allow dancing.

Which civilization brought the music of the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East regions
to Europe?

Which of these is an ancient Greek stringed instrument?

Which of these is a gentle dance performed in many of the Greek tragedy plays?

Which of these is not a part of the musical culture of Greece?

Which of these was not a Greek philosopher?

Which of these is the best description of a shofar?

A wind instrument used by the Hebrews

What was the double-reed wind instrument that was an important part of ancient Greek music?

What is the correct order of the existence of these civilizations?

Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome

Which of these were composers and poets from the region of northern France?

What are the Divine Offices?

Prayers, psalms, or readings that were read during a certain time of the day.

Who authorized the organization of many of the Latin hymns and chants of the Catholic church?

What were the most important religious vocal musical compositions of the medieval period?

why was much of the music of the early medieval period created?

religious purposes

Which of these terms refers to the music written by Philippe de Vitry that featured the introduction and use of rhythm?

Who was the first to identify the notes on a scale such as do, re, mi, and fa?

What is a cleric?

a priest or religious leader, especially a Christian or Muslim one.

Who was the first Holy Roman Emperor?

What is a goliard?

A cleric or student who wandered throughout Europe from as early as the 800s.

Which of these were composers and poets from the region of northern Italy and southern France?

How were the first chants sung?

As part of a religious ceremony of the religion of Judaism.

Which of these were entertainers such as singers, tumblers, jugglers, clowns, or storytellers who wandered about Europe during the medieval period?

Minstrels and jongleurs

What type of music has two or more parts?

What type of music has two or more parts, some of which could be written for a musical instrument?

Where did the development of music during the Renaissance begin?

What was the most popular musical instrument of the Renaissance?

Why was the invention of the printing press important to the development of music during the Renaissance?

More individuals were able to sing and play musical instruments.

Who provided the most financial support for musicians and composers during the Middle Ages?

catholic church

Who was the inventor of moveable type, which revolutionized printing in Europe?

Johannes Gutenberg

dancing was popular

Which of these is the best description of the Renaissance?

It was a gradual change in the way people viewed themselves and the world around them.

Which of these is most closely associated with Italy?

What were two types of stringed instruments of the Renaissance?

Harpsichord and clavichord

Which of these is identified as the national music of France?

Which of these men was not a leader of the Protestant Revolution?

who provided the most financial support for musicians and composers during the Middle Ages?

catholic church

Which of these locations is most closely associated with John Calvin?

Which of these was a German hymn that was sung in unison by the people at a worship service?

What location was the center of music and other intellectual activities in Europe from 1400 to 1450?

Which of these is a synonym for polyphonic music?

Which of these is an example of a free form of music composition?

Which of these most closely resembles a symphony?

Which of these is a shorter version of an opera or oratorio?

What is passion music based on?

Gospel stories from the Bible

Which of these is the best definition of opera?

A drama that is set to music

What was the dominant music style in Europe during the Baroque period?

Who wrote Messiah?

George Frideric Handel

What was the most common musical instrument of the Baroque period?

What are the divisions of orchestral music?

Symphonies, concertos, and overtures

When did the Baroque period occur?

What is the best description of Baroque music?

Music that focused on the production of the Gregorian chant in the Catholic church

Which of these were hymns sung at religious services?

Anthems and chorales

How were many of the operas in the Classical period performed?

For the general public in the common language of the people

What was the most prominent musical style of the Classical period?

Which composer changed the style of the Italian opera in which the music was more important than the drama or story?

Christoph Willibald Gluck

What was the most prominent musical style of the Baroque period?

What instrument replaced the harpsichord as the most dominant instrument of the
Classical period?

Who is considered by some scholars to be the leading composer of the pre-Classical period
of music?

Carl Philip Emanuel Bach

There were few differences between opera of the Baroque period and the Classical period.

Whose work was an important link between the Classical and Romantic periods of music?

Ludwig van Beethoven

What is the correct time order of these musical periods?

Baroque, pre-Classical, Classical

Who was probably the first music composer to make a living without the help of rich patrons or religious organizations?

Ludwig van Beethoven

Which two famous composers from the Baroque period were still successful during the pre-Classical period?

Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel

Which of these best describes the Classical period of music?

The music of ancient Greece and Rome

How many movements did the sonata of the Classical period have?

What kind of music was the most important music of the Classical period?

Which of these terms is a synonym for the pre-Classical period of music?

Who served as the music director for the Austrian royal court for thirty-six years and supposedly was on unfriendly terms with Mozart?

Antonio Salieri

Which country was the center of opera from the late 1700s into most of the 1800s?

How did the orchestral music of the Romantic period compare to that of the Classical period?

It was usually longer

Who wrote Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker?

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

What was the leading style of opera in Europe until the mid 1800s?

Which Polish composer and performer was one of the leading pianists of the Romantic period?

Frederic Chopin

Which of these is an accurate description of an Italian opera during the Romantic period?

The story of this opera style was more important than the music.

Which of these men was not a famous composer of opera during the Romantic period?

Which of these is an accurate description of a German opera during the Romantic period?

This opera style focused on folk legends from medieval times or mythology.

The popularity of the opera remained at a high level during the Romantic period.

Which composer brought together the elements of performance, music, design, and drama to the German opera?

Who was the most influential composer of the Romantic period?

Ludwig van Beethoven

What type of piano composition was played between the acts of an opera?

Which of these was not an element of an operetta?

Operettas actually used songs instead of spoken dialogue.

Which of these is an accurate description of a French opera during the Romantic period?

This opera style focused on the performance of elaborate productions using costumes, scenery, and music.

Which style of music used a synthesizer to create new compositions?

What is considered by many to be the only art form that originated in America?

Composers of which style of music wrote music for traditional instruments but used them in unusual ways?

Which two American composers combined their talents to produce Oklahoma, South Pacific, and The Sound of Music?

Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers

Which American composer wrote "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning" and "You'll Never
Walk Alone"?

Oscar Hammerstein II

Which of these is not a style of country music?

Who was the leading composer of experimental music in the 1900s?

What is atonal music?

Music that has no central key and has a harsh non-harmonious tone

Who was Karlheinz Stockhausen

A leader in the creation of electronic music

Who were considered to be the two leading composers of the 1900s?

Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg

Who was a leading composer of the impressionism style of music?

What is Neoclassicism?

The combination of classical stylistic features with newer musical ideas

Who composed the music for the famous opera Porgy and Bess and the famous orchestral piece Rhapsody in Blue?

George Gershwin

What is impressionism?

A style of music that was similar to the art and literature of the Modern period of music

Who was the creator of the twelve-tone system of atonal music?

Arnold Schoenberg

What style of music during the Modern period was a continuation of the previous period
of music?

Romantic period

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Commedia dell'arte.

A boisterous form of stage play from Italy in which an actor improvises much of the dialogue

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Melodrama.

Plots centered on a moralist conflict in which the main characters were archetypes of good versus evil

Who wrote Le Femmes Savantes?

What is a theatron?

Who banned theater productions in England?

Under what pen name did François-Marie Arouet write?

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Downstage.

The front part of the stage nearest the audience

Ludovico Ariosto was known for writing which genre of plays?

Who implemented the Federal Theatre Project?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Which civilization originated the custom of using the symbolic tragedy/comedy masks?

Who supported copyright legislation?

Dion Boucicault

Early theater had its beginnings in which civilization?

What is the genre of The Octoroon?

Which artistic movement resulted in plays centered on social and humanitarian issues?

How many actors did early Greek theater usually have?

Which acting company was Shakespeare connected with?

Lord Chamberlain's Men

Stage fighting should be done under the guidance of professional instructors.

Which of these is one element of sound in a theatrical production?

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Director.

An individual who enhances a script by initiating the creative flow and direction of a stage play production

Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies, histories, and poetry.

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Props.

Stage properties

What was one of the largest and most frequented theaters in London?

The collaborative efforts of artists in the theater date back to which civilization?

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Distressing.

Aging or roughening the appearance of a costume

Which of these is a factor that all designers take into consideration during the production of
a play?

Which term is defined as the writer of a script for theater?

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Blocking.

Choreography of an actor's movements

Which term is defined as a written story used in theater?

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Places.

A call to cast and crew to take their place in readiness for the curtain to rise and the play to begin

The use of different lighting effects can enhance the mood of a play.

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Audition.

A trial performance by actors for a particular role

Which of these is true of the Bernoulli effect?

It involves pushing air through the closed vocal cords

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Aria.

The solo vocal performance of a song

Jean-Baptiste Lully helped establish ballet and opera in France.

Which of these is important to opera singers?

They must master the use of diaphragm muscles.

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Libretto.

What is the lowest range of pitch for a male voice?

In which country did opera originate?

How many musical compositions did Mozart write?

Jacopo Peri is known for writing which opera?

Onomatopoeia is used to imitate which of these?

The Rocky Horror Picture Show and The Wall fit which genre?

Which of these terms refers to music productions that used dialogue and instrumentals, similar to the opera comique?

What does aerobic dancing stimulate?

Oxygen and blood flow

Which of these is true of the Renaissance?

It was a time period of a renewed pursuit of the arts.

What is the tjeref?

A type of funerary dance

Which of these individuals is not closely associated with ballet?

Which of these is the best definition of choreography?

Choreography involves detailed, planned movements.

Dance flourished during the age of romanticism.

What was the emmeleia?

A dance performed in Greek tragedies

What did the Greeks believe about dance?

It contributed to overall education.

Where were the first examples of dance found?

On cave wall paintings and tomb walls

When was the allemande and minuet popular?

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

What is the function of hand movements in some dances?

To tell a story

In what type of dancing does a "cuer" call out moves?

Which of these is a type of fungus that can bring on neurological problems when over-ingested?

Who wrote The Orchesography?

How many forms of dance are there at the basic level?

Which of these is not a function of dance?

What did the Catholic church officials of the Middle Ages believe about dance?

It was associated with pagan rituals.

Who wrote Le Triomphe de l'Amour?

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Who founded the Royal Academy of Music?

Which of these ballets was written by Filippos Taglioni?

Which dance form does ballet fit?

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Pirouette.

A spin or turn in one place on one foot for a series of revolutions

From which of these terms is the word ballet derived?

What did ballet d'action add to ballet?

Telling a story through dance movements

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Plié.

What dance treatise was written by Domenico da Piacenza?

De Arte Saltandi et Choreas Ducendi

Who were the first dancers of the ballet?

The aristocracy

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Labanotation.

A series of marks used to define and record dances

Where is ballet believed to have originated?

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Jeté.

Jumping from one foot to the other

Whose birthday is celebrated on International Dance Day?

Jean-Georges Noverre

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Bourrée.

A quick run performed by lifting onto the toes

What movie replaced Gone with the Wind as the most financially successful movie?

Which of these films was directed by D.W. Griffith?

The Birth of a Nation

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Trailers.

Short clips of scenes from a movie arranged to showcase particular highlights of the film

Where was the kinetoscope first presented to the public?

The World's Columbian Exposition

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Cut.

A command from the director to stop the scene in progress

Who directed the movie Psycho?

Alfred Hitchcock

Which of these silent film stars never made a talkie

Motion picture actors perform in front of a live audience.

Who invented the kinetoscope?

Many super stars of silent film made the transition from silent to talking movies.

Choose the definition that best fits this term.
Talkies.

What was unique about the release of the film The Godfather?

It was the first to be released simultaneously throughout the United States.

How long was the movie The Great Train Robbery?

Which silent horror film about a vampire thrilled and terrified audiences?

When did projectionists begin to set up their projection machines in various towns?

In the late 1800s

How did World War II affect television?

It caused a hold to be put on all television production and research.

Which decade introduced music television?

At what speed do electromagnetic waves travel?

Which of these is not an element of television technology?

Printing capability

What was John Baird's early invention called?

How does television differ from movies?

Television is delivered instantly to a global audience.

Who was the first television star?

The title "Father of Television" is often attributed to which of these men?

Vladimir K. Zworykin

What technology was introduced in the 1990s that will eventually replace analog television?

Digital television

Which element of television is also found in printed media?

Mass communication

What is the relation of the Nielson Media Company to television?

It conducts research on the size of the audience for both radio and television.

Who invented the electronic scanning method?

Philo T. Farnsworth

Which of these are television sets designed to do?

Receive broadcast signals

When was cable television (CATV) invented?

In the late 1940s

Who was the first American President to appear on television?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

With regard to the late 1980s, which of these statements is true?

Over 80% of Americans watched television each day.

What type of music was very popular in New Orleans following the Civil War?

What instrument did Jelly Roll Morton play?

Which country sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

Which of these was the first jazz band to cut a commercial recording in 1917?

Original Dixieland Jazz Band

When did the United States purchase the Louisiana Territory?

Which of these best describes the Creole culture in New Orleans?

Catholic and French speaking

What was the standard front line of a New Orleans jazz band?

Cornet, clarinet, and trombone

Which of these events brought the elements of the blues, spirituals, and rural dances to New Orleans music?

Black Americans came to New Orleans first as slaves and later as free people.

By the mid-eighteenth century, slaves gathered socially on Sundays in which area of New Orleans?

What were the syncopated piano compositions that were popular in the 1890s called?

European immigrants came to New Orleans around the time of the Civil War.

Which of these is the best description of jazz music in New Orleans in the early 1900s?

Many jazz musicians were leaving New Orleans to go to Chicago.

Who was a famous leader of the white ragtime bands in New Orleans in the late 1800s and
early 1900s?

A growing economy in which northern city during World War I made it a center for jazz music?

Chicago, Illinois

Which of these is not an accurate description of jazz bands in New Orleans from 1895 to 1927?

Jazz bands featured only black musicians.

Whose band was known as the Hot Five and developed a concept that revolutionized the
jazz world?

Louis Armstrong

Who was a bandleader at the age of fourteen and dominated jazz music for the next decade?

Edward "Kid" Ory

Jazz bands at the turn of the century featured a front line of which instruments?

Cornet, clarinet, and trombone

The early development of jazz in New Orleans from 1895 to 1906 is mostly associated with the popularity of which band leader?

Charles "Buddy" Bolden

Who is recognized as the first great composer of jazz?

Jelly Roll Morton

New Orleans musicians began to travel extensively following World War I.

Which decade was known as the Jazz Age?

Which of these is the best description of the ethnic and racial makeup of New Orleans during
the 1800s?

French, Spanish, Africans, Germans, and Irish

What instrument did Jelly Roll Morton play?

Who organized the original Creole Orchestra in Los Angeles?

By what other name is New Orleans known?

A lower pitch sound has a higher frequency than a high pitch sound.

Who was brought to Chicago by Bill Johnson and became a magnet for other New Orleans musicians to follow him?

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