Foundations
Patients with this memory related disease can often still recall and sing along to music from their youth
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
This element involves timbre, texture and dynamic.
What is sound?
This form of verse comes to us through broadsides
What are ballads?
The more upbeat tempo predecessor to reggae.
What is ska?
Aaron Copeland’s ‘Appalachian Spring’ features variations on this hymn tune.
What is Simple Gifts?
A person in this profession is responsible for overseeing the recording process, guiding the artistic and technical aspects of a track
Who is a music producer?
This is the vertical element of music.
What is harmony?
This term refers to a recurring musical theme associated with a particular character, place, or idea. Famously used by composer Richard Wagner in his operas.
What is a leitmotif?
Born in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, this genre combines Afrobeat and hip-hop influences, with lyrics that are often criticized due to their violent and sexually explicit nature.
What is Funk Carioca?
In 2013, she became the youngest person to ever win the Pulitzer Prize.
Who is Caroline Shaw?
This genre is the root of American popular music, and is known for its 12-bar structure.
What is the blues?
This is the temporal element of sound.
What is rhythm?
This type of instrumental music tells a story or paints a scene without words, as heard in works like The Four Seasons or Symphonie Fantastique.
What is program music?
This genre’s name is its literal translation in Portuguese
What is Bossa Nova?
The instrumental group Alarm Will Sound featured works of this composer in their premier concert.
Who is Steve Reich?
Unlike fixed composition, this type of musical practice involves involves spontaneous creation, common in jazz and Indian classical music.
What is improvisation?
This is the horizontal element of music.
What is melody?
This groundbreaking musical blends hip-hop, R&B, and traditional show tunes to tell the story of a Founding Father through a modern cultural lens.
What is Hamilton?
These melodic frameworks provide the basis for improvisation in Indian classical music.
What are ragas?
The beat for the prize winning track DNA was originally made for Gucci Mane by this hit-making duo
Michael Len Williams II (Mike Will Made It) & Kendrick Lamar
In western culture, this type of chord is considered to have a happy connotation
What is major?
This element concerns the manner in which music unfolds over time.
What is form (or growth)?
Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker includes dances representing different cultures, using musical stereotypes to evoke foreign lands—a prime example of this musical concept.
What is exoticism?
This percussion pattern is essential to Cuban music.
What is son clave (3+2 or 2+3)
This cellist is perhaps the most visible individual to make a career as a classical crossover artist.
Who is Yo-Yo Ma?