Music Appreciation Final

What do we call an organized pitch of notes?

Melody

What do we call a chord that sounds unstable?

Dissonant

What do we call the fundamental home pitch?

Tonic

What do we call a gradual increase in volume?

cresendo

Softest? Forte, pianissimo, piano

pianissimo

Moving from one key to another in the middle of a song

Modulation

What is the lengthy ceremony in churches?

Mass

Name of music with single line melodies?

Plain chant

True or False? Plain chant is non-metrical and uses medieval modes (no time signature)

True

Where was instrumental musis most commonly heard in Renaissance ?

Courts

Monteguri Orface is what?

Opera

Which instrumental group or family is the core of baroque orchestra?

Strings

Was baroque music slow and graceful or complex and sequenced?

Complex and sequenced

What do we call a collection of miscellaneous dances together?

Dance suite

The main instrument bach performed on?

Organ

Largest and most versatile group to write for?

Orchestra

What condition did Beethoven have?

Deafness

What genre is Beethoven associated?

Symphony

Where was most common venue to play in Romantic era?

Concert halls

Who is not a romantic composer? Schuman, Motzart, Schupan

Motzart

19th century German genre consisting of short poem for voice and piano?

Lied

Music for small group or ensemble?

Chamber music

Schoenberg system that treats notes equally?

12 tone system; serialism

Leading composer and performer of ragtime

Scott Jomplin

Schoenberg 2 most famous students

Vaburn and Berg

Which style of music suddenly lost popularity after WWII

Swing; Big Band Jazz