Melody
Harmony
Form & Texture
Music & Drama
Composer Connection
100
This is the term for a musical tone that vibrates at a specific frequency.
What is pitch?
100
These are known as the "home key" chords.
What are tonic chords?
100
These three principles form the basic building blocks of form.
What are repetition, contrast, and variation?
100
This is the term for solo song in an opera that's usually used to display the character's thoughts and emotions?
What is an aria?
100
This Classical Austrian composer wrote operas like Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro, as well instrumental music like Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
200
This symbol is placed at the beginning of a musical staff, centers around the line representing the pitch G, and includes medium to higher pitches.
What is a treble clef?
200
This is the minimum number of pitches required for a chord.
What is three?
200
This is the most simple type of texture: one melody with no accompaniment.
What is monophony?
200
This type of staged music drama was created in American in the early 20th (1900s) century.
What is (American) musical theatre?
200
This American Modern composer wrote musicals like Oklahoma, South Pacific, and the Sound of Music
Who is Richard Rodgers?
300
This is the vertical distance between two given pitches.
What is an interval?
300
This interval represents a frequency doubling in pitch.
What is an octave?
300
This form has three sections (exposition, development, recapitulation) and can often be used in the first movement of a multi-movement wok.
What is sonata form?
300
This style of Italian opera related to ancient Greek comedy and was popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
What is opera buffa?
300
This German Baroque composer is most famous for his instrumental work, Canon in D.
Who is Johann Pachelbel?
400
This type of melodic motion features larger intervals and non-consecutive pitches.
What is disjunct melodic motion?
400
This term refers to the principle of musical organization around a central pitch.
What is tonality?
400
Most Classical and Romantic symphonies and string quartets have this many movements.
What is four?
400
This is the name of the first opera that's still performed today. It's about an ancient Greek rock star and was written by Claudio Monteverdi.
What is Orfeo?
400
This American Modern composer wrote musicals like Lady, Be Good and operas like Porgy & Bess.
Who is George Gershwin?
500
This is the highest point in a melodic line, usually representing a peak in intensity and range.
What is a climax?
500
This term refers to a music theoretical system where chords are used in specific sequences and progressions to construct musical works.
What is functional triadic harmony?
500
This compositional practice describes the nature of independent melodic lines in polyphonic texture.
What is counterpoint?
500
This compositional practice invented by Richard Wagner associated specific melodies with people, places, things, or ideas throughout an opera.
What is Leitmotiv?
500
This Italian Renaissance composer wrote mostly religious choral music for the Catholic Church, including pieces like Sicut cervus.
Who is Giovanni Perluigi Palestrina?
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