Baroque
The abrupt change in dynamics between p and f excluding any crescendos or decrescendos
Terraced dynamics
Commonly cited years of the romantic period.
What is 1820 to 1910?
Input → Manipulation → Output
What is the signal path of electronic effects?
This dynamic is represented as fff
What is fortississimo? (Or forte-fortissimo)
This accompaniment type follows a low, high, middle, high pattern
What is Alberti bass?
Religious opera with no costumes, sets, or movement
Oratorio
The composer who wrote many piano compositions famously known as the ‘poet of music’
Who is Frederic Chopin?
Found in the form of a pedal, stompbox, rackmount or built into other physical audio equipment.
What are hardware effects?
This clef is known as the C clef as it places Middle C on the middle line of the staff
What is an alto clef?
An aesthetic style that features balance, clarity, and simplicity.
What is neoclassicism?
When a minor passage resolves the tonic major chord
Terice de picardie
The full name of a Russian composer who composed ballet music such as The Nutcracker.
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
Creates a seasick effect or a warbling/out of tune effect.
What is vibrato?
This Italian musical term tells a performer to gradually slow down the speed of the music
What is a ritardando? (Or rallentando)
This section features a primary theme (Tonic, I) , a transition, a secondary theme (Dominant, V), and a closing.
What is exposition?
A large, plucked string instrument developed in late 16th-century Italy. With 14 strings
Theorbo
This technique was commonly used in the romantic period and refers to the slight speeding up or slowing down to create more expression.
What is rubato?
A change in pulse group, beat and accents, based on a prior subdivision.
What is metric modulation?
This compositional device involves the second voice entering before the first voice has finished stating the subject
What is stretto?
Composer of Sonata C Major, Op. 7 (I. Allegro Spirito)?
Who is Maria Hester Park
A lot of grand music was commissioned by ___ to build public support/adoration.
What did The Catholic Church commission?
The translation to ‘song’, refers to German art songs that use voice and piano.
What is leid?
Clean, overdrive, distortion, fuzz.
What are the levels of distortion?
An arpeggio consisting of scale degrees 1, flat-3, and flat-5 produces this type of chord.
What is a diminished chord?
This movement placed focus and importance on science and reason rather than spirituality.
What is the Enlightenment?