Music Theory
Note name for the first line on a treble clef.
What is an E?
Melodic motion that has no leaps.
What is stepwise motion?
Any sounds or sounds behind which there is a conscious thought process.
What is music?
What is "The Moldau"?
This person wrote over 500 violin concerti.
Who was Antonio Vivaldi?
Note name for the second line in bass clef
What is B?
What is harmonic dictation.
What is polyphony?
Variations written about the composer's friends and peers.
What are the Enigma Variations?
This building had a piece written for the addition of a dome around 1420-1436.
What is the Florence Cathedral?
Interval between F to A.
What is a major third?
Hearing a melody in your head, even with nothing playing.
What is audiation?
Very first form of music.
What is Gregorian Chant?
Symphonic illustrations based on sonnets.
What are "The Four Seasons"?
This composer worked at the "City Lunatic Asylum", where he wrote pieces that were used as music therapy for patients.
Who was Edward Elgar?
There are 6 beats in a measure, made of 8th notes.
What is 6/8?
What is a plagal cadence?
Commonly used in movies and in latin masses.
What is the dies irae?
A symphony written to create an American style of music.
What is "The New World Symphony"?
This composer was eventually institutionalized due to his self-destructive tendencies.
Who was Bedřich Smetana?
What is a tritone?
What is a cadential 6/4?
Composer of "Messiah" (and "Hallelujah").
Who was George Frideric Handel?
Movement written about a hunter and friend.
What is "Nimrod"?
People stand during this portion of Handel's Messiah.
What is "Hallelujah"?