Music Midterm (Chpt 1-2)

The study if how sound is produced and behaves in physical spaces is

Acoustics

The structure of the phrases and sections within muscial composition is called

Form

A Chord Progression is

a series of chords

the variation in the volume of sound is

dynamics

The distance in pitch between two notes is

Interval

The tone color or tone quality of a sound is

timbre

A repetition of a motive or phrase at a different pitch level is

Sequence

A musical tecture comprised of one melodic line accompained by chords

Homophonic

A time signature provides the following information about the piece

how many beats per measure and which note represents that beat

A series of pitches ordered by the intervals between its notes is

Scale

intervals and chords that sound sweet and pleasing to the ear are called

Consonant

The way in whcih music is organized in respect time is

Rhythm

A melody with wide leaps and rapids changes in direction is called

Disjunct

A set of pitches on which a composition is based is called

Key

Instruments traditionally made of wood whose sound is generated by forcing air through a tube is called

Woodwinds

A succession of single tones in muscial composition is

Melody

The violin is an instrument in which group of instruments

Strings

Tonic in a muscial composition is

The note from which the other pitches are derived

We often conisder pieces written in a minor key to be

Melancholy

Vocal music without intrumental accompaniment is called

A cappella

The ending of a music phrase is a

Cadence

Polyphony is

musical textures that simultaneously features 2 or more independent melodic lines

The Middle Ages is defined by which time period

450-1450

Multiple pitches sung to one syllable of text is

Melisma

The five sections of the Mass Ordinary are

Kyrie, Gloria,Credo,Sanctus, Angus Dei

Ars novawas a 14th Century muscial movement started in which country?

France

The first known polyphonic setting of the Mass Ordinary was written by

Machaut

A style of architecture characterized by rounded arches, thick walls, and small windows is

Romanesque

In what year did the Roman Empire cease to exist

476 CE

The renaissance is defined by whcih time period

1450-1600

The use of music to represent poetic images called

Word painting

The Counter Reformation group who developed a policy about music in 1562 is

Council of Trent

A type of music performed at court during the Renaissance is called

Madrigal

The Renaissance Madrigal originated on which country

Italy

A popular combination of Renaissance dances is

Pavane and Galliard

Three common metaphors in Madrigals are

Love,Nature, Death

Martin Luther started a movment in 1517 called

Protestant Reformation

The composer credited with saving polyphony is

Palestrina

A higly varied sacred choral composition of the Renaissance is called

Motet