When describing the loudness or softness of a piece of music, you are describing this.
What is dynamics?
100
This tradition means to receive music rather than notate it.
What is oral tradition?
100
These songs are said to have a lost or forgotten origin.
What are folk songs?
100
Tuneful settings of Psalms were also called this.
What are psalm tunes?
100
This man invented the glass harmonic or armonica.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
200
The four elements of music consist of timbre, harmony, melody, and ________.
What is rhythm?
200
Many songs of Native American Indians is this type of musical texture. No matter how many voices are performing, they are performing the same melody in unison.
What is monophonic?
200
This type of ballad tells a story.
What is a narrative ballad?
200
This man instigated the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
Who is Martin Luther?
200
Public concerts began to be performed in larger American cities in this century.
When is the mid 18th century?
300
This is another word for the smallest group of notes having an identifiable character.
What is a motive?
300
This type of singing is done by a solo voice alternating with a group of singers.
What is call and response?
300
This Spanish folk song is homophonic and texture and is traditionally played by a solo voice accompanied by guitar.
What is a corrido?
300
The First Americans to write music with a non-European or American sound were members of this school.
What is the First New England School?
300
These two cities were early centers of musical activity.
Where are Charleston (N.C.) & Williamsburg (V.A.)?
400
The most basic chord in the tonal system is also known as a ______, consisting of three alternate tones that are stacked vertically.
What is a triad?
400
Carlos Nakai utilized this instrument while performing with jazz ensembles.
What is the Navajo Flute?
400
The C pentatonic scale consists of these notes.
What are C D E G A?
400
This was the first book printed in the New World.
What is the Bay Psalm Book?
400
The first American military bands were established during this war.
What is the Revolutionary War?
500
This is an Italian term meaning moderately soft.
What is mezzopiano?
500
Neutral syllables such as "hey" "yah" and "neh" are examples of this.
What are vocables?
500
This is the musical term for using a repeated tone of a constant pitch.
What is a drone?
500
This word, meaning "common language" encouraged church goers to sing psalms in their common language rather than in Latin.
What is vernacular?
500
This man justified is love for musical theater by arguing that it had the ability to elevate manners of those involved. This however, was untrue.