music appreciation exam practice

Medieval Period Dates

1100-1450

Renaissance Period Dates

1450-1600

Baroque Period Dates

1600-1750

Classical Period Dates

1600-1750

Romantic Period dates

1820-1900

The highness or lowest of sound

Pitch

The pulse of music

Beat

In ragtime the ragged off beats

Syncopation

The speed of the beat

Tempo

Loudness or softness of sounds

Dynamic level

Music outline

Form

Sung without instruments

Acapella

The quality of musical sound

Timbre

Sound of two or more pitches at the same time harmony

Harmony

A series of pitches sounded one at a time that forms as musical idea

Melody

The primary music of the early church it was monophonic acapella and sung in Latin

Chant

The central worship service of the Roman Catholic Church

Mass

An art form

Contributing together music and the visual aspects of body movement costumes and scenery

Ballet

A renaissance type of music designed to be sung in the home or at social gatherings

madrigal

Lengthy sacred musical work for voices and orchestra

Oratorio

Multi movement that contrasts a solo with an orchestra

Solo concerto

Solo song in the opera,ortario,cantata

Aria

A style of singing found in opera etc that covers the texts expressively

Recititative

A collection of dance pieces

Suite

A polyphonic keyboard composition with the main theme imitated in several parts

Fugue

A work for orchestra usually in four movements

Symphony

A group made of two violins a viola and a cello

String quartet

Multi movement work that contracting a small group of soloist with an orchestra

Concerto grosso

Literally the meaning “to sound” what is a multi movement work for one or more instruments

Sonata

A genre written for an ensemble to be performed in a small venue with one person per part

Chamber music

Instrumental works expressing a mood or idea

Chapter piece

Instrumental works that composers consciously associate with non musical ideas

Program music

A conscious attempt to develop art works that are characteristic of a particular country or region

Nationalism

Works of art inspired by the distant past particularly non western cultures

Primitivism

Music that gives a hint of a subject rather than a exact representation

Impression