Music Theory
Describe the Music
Music History
American Music
Vocabulary
100
Examples of these are "piano" and "forte"
What are Dynamics?
100
very soft, in Italian
What is pianissimo?
100
A word to describe the music of the Romantic Period would be...
What is Extreme?
100
Native Americans believed that the this created music and all around them
What is the gods?
100
Religious
What is Sacred?
200
Timpani, cymbals, wood blocks belong in this family of instruments
What is percussion?
200
This is the background part of any song
What is the accompaniment?
200
Nationalism is defined as having this in one's country
What is Pride?
200
The original name for this was "Defence of Fort McHenry"
What is "The Star Spangled Banner?"
200
A secular story that is acted out on stage
What is Opera?
300
The bottom number of any time signature tells you this
What is what note equals the beat/gets one count?
300
Of the following, the slowest tempo mark: Largo, Moderato, Andante
What is Largo?
300
Aaron Copland's music often represented this area of the world
What is the American West?
300
The most famous blues song written by W. C. Handy
What is St. Louis Blues?
300
Having no central tone
What is Atonality?
400
The meaning of ritardando
What is to slow down?
400
Thick, Thin, Full, and Empty are some words that can help describe this in music.
What is Texture?
400
His 9th Symphony is often referred to as "Ode to Joy"
Who is Beethoven?
400
Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" is this type of music, where dancing takes center stage
What is ballet?
400
Having multiple melody lines sounding at once
What is Polyphony?
500
To change from soft to loud very suddenly, I would have to put this marking in the music
What is subito forte?
500
To speed up the tempo is to do what
What is accelerando?
500
Exposition, Development, and Recapitulation are the three parts of this form of music, popular during the classical era
What is Sonata Allegro Form?
500
This form of composition uses a melody and then changes that melody to create a song
What is Theme and Variation?
500
Tone Quality
What is Timbre?
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