What is the sound created by multiple voices playing or singing together?
100
Timbre is __________?
What is the quality of sound that makes one instrument or voice distinguishable from the next?
100
This is a short conclusion that does not fit the form of the rest of a piece; Italian for “tail.”
What is coda?
100
A ______________ is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera.
What is libretto?
100
This voice range often plays the leading male character in an opera.
What is tenor?
200
The 'home pitch' on which a musical scale or key is based.
What is the tonic?
200
Correctly list the following voice types from lowest to highest: baritone, countertenor, tenor, bass
What is bass, baritone, tenor, countertenor?
200
In a song, this is a contrasting section to both the refrain and the verse.
What is the bridge?
200
In an opera, this piece is an opportunity for the orchestra to introduce operatic themes. In the early days of opera, it was a way of indicating that the audience should take their seats.
What is the overture?
200
A simple vocal form in which the music for each poetic stanza remains the same.
What is strophic?
300
______ describes the general relationship of musical lines or voices. This fundamental of music may range from thick (many voices) to thin (a single voice).
What is texture?
300
The highest female voice type is ______.
What is soprano?
300
This is a short section for a soloist to perform a detailed and virtuosic passage (without accompaniment).
What is a cadenza?
300
Opera was created in _________ (century and location).
What is 17th-century (1600s) Italy?
300
_____ form features two contrasting sections, then a return to the first section.
What is ternary?
400
Two or more harmonically uncomplimentary
pitches are considered ______.
What is dissonant?
400
This instrumental ensemble consists of two violins, a viola, and a cello.
What is a string quartet?
400
This form is often used in the first movement of multi-movement works such as symphonies or string quartets.
What is sonata form?
400
In Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), what is the vocal range of the Queen of the Night?
What is soprano?
400
In this type of texture, the same melody is sung or played by two or more parts at different times, with each line of equal importance. A round is an example of this texture.
What is imitative polyphony?
500
In this type of texture, voices are performing the same melody but at least one voice is elaborating and embellishing on the original melody.
What is heterophony?
500
Name three factors that may contribute to the timbre of an instrument.
Construction material, sound source and amplification, instrument maker, performer
500
In sonata form, this term describes the beginning of the second part (two possible answers).
What is fantasy (or development)?
500
This style of operatic piece is usually sung quickly, as though spoken. It carries the dramatic action and dialogue, moving the plot forward.
What is recitative?
500
Josquin des Prez was a well-known composer from which musical era?