Impressionism
This device was invented to give brass instruments a unique sound. It was placed in the bell of the instrument.
What is a mute?
This is when multiple rhythms are used simultaneously during a piece of music.
What is polyrhythm?
This is the continent where blues originated.
What is Africa?
This is a plucked string instrument from the middle ages similar to a guitar.
What is a lute?
This is a set of pieces of music during the Baroque time, usually for dances.
What is a suite?
This is when a piece of music does not have a "home base" pitch?
What is atonality?
Who was Mamie Smith?
This is another term for chant
What is Plainsong?
This is music played by a low instrument, such as a viola da gamba
What is continuo?
This is two chords where the 2nd chord doesn't have a strong sound of the central tone.
What is an unresolved cadence?
This is when notes have a "clashy" sound when they are played at the same time.
What is dissonance?
This blues singer made a "deal with the devil" at the Crossroads.
Who was Robert Johnson?
This is what the music of the church was called.
What is sacred?
This is music that features a soloist, often with keyboard accompaniment, with 3 or more movements.
What is a sonata?
This Impressionist composer was known for his love of American jazz and blues and for his song "Bolero"
Who is Ravel?
This is a method of composing where all the notes of the chromatic scale are used, with no note being repeated.
What is chromaticism?
This is what the original blues was called.
What is the "Delta Blues" or "Country Blues"?
This is what music outside of the church was called.
What is secular?
This is a homorhythmic sacred song for four voices.
What is a chorale?
What are 9ths and 11ths?
He wrote almost 10 symphonies which were highly emotional and very lengthy
Who was Mahler?
These were used on guitars to produce a cool effect on the strings.
What were glass bottleneck slides?
This was a poet/composer in the Medieval times who was usually educated.
What is a troubadour?
This is a specific type of imitative polyphony.
What is a fugue?