Impressionism
This MR HIGS element is relaxed and laid back, with rubato and gentle pulses.
What is rhythm?
The revitalization of this MR HIGS characteristics is a highlight of modern music.
What is rhythm?
Expressionism as an artistic movement belongs to this nation.
What is Germany?
This improvisational genre of music is considered uniquely American.
What is jazz?
In film, this term refers to the "invisible orchestra," where the characters are unaware of the music.
What is underscoring?
Impressionism as an artistic movement belongs to this nation.
What is France?
In Modernism, this MR HIGS element becomes the primary characteristic, displacing melody for the first time in music history.
What is harmony?
The organization of music by using the twelve tones of the chromatic scale was pioneered by this composer.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
Scott Joplin is considered the King of this African American piano playing style, which features 4 strains as its organizational principle.
What is ragtime?
This classic Nintendo game revolutionized video games, featuring atmospheric game play that reacted to actions by the player.
What is Super Mario Brothers?
This man is the most important 20th century French composer.
Who is Claude Debussy?
This composer's music for the Ballet Russes, featuring a high bassoon solo, nearly caused a riot at its premiere.
Who is Igor Stravinsky?
This vocal characteristic requires the soloist to speak at approximate pitches, rather than sing them.
What is Sprechstimme?
The blues uses this number of bars as its harmonic organizational principle.
What is twelve bar blues?
In a movie, music that the characters can hear and interact with is called this.
What is source music?
This work, featuring a chromatic wavelike flute solo, was later choreographed for the Ballet Russes.
What is Prelude to "The Afternoon of a Faun?"
In the modern orchestra, this instrument joins the percussion section.
What is the piano?
The composers Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern make up this group.
What is the Second Viennese School?
The "First Lady of the Blues" is widely considered to be the greatest jazz singer of all time.
Who is Billie Holiday?
This video game had the first soundtrack ever: a conjunct 4 note descending ostinato pattern that sped up as game play progressed.
What is Space Invaders?
This MR HIGS element becomes increasingly nuanced and colorful in Impressionistic music.
What is harmony? parallel and gliding chords, whole tone and chromatic scales, etc.
In Modern music, this harmonic quality is the new normal.
What is dissonance?
This composer proved that 12 tone or serialism compositional techniques could apply to opera in his masterpiece Wozzeck.
Who is Alban Berg?
This style of jazz features the melody in the trumpet, a countermelody above in the clarinet, and a countermelody below in the trombone.
What is New Orleans Jazz?
This game platform, released in 2001, provided movie-quality sound.
What is the X Box?