Vocabulary
Original music written for a film, video game, tv show, etc.
Score
The city best known for its musical theater.
New York City (Broadway)
"No sorry, I only write the notes and rhythms. You'll have to ask someone else for the lyrics."
The American Revolution.
This is the room number for our Music 8 class.
1104
Music that we as the movie watcher get to hear, that the characters don't.
What is non-diegetic music
The place where the orchestra sits and plays from during a musical or opera.
Orchestra pit
"This is my new invention. I call it the 'Circle of 5ths' and it can explain, like, everything in music!"
Pythagoras
Before we had MIDI Messages in games, the music you heard were created using this (little) unit of measurement.
Bits
This is Mr. Thomas's favorite sport to watch
Basketball
The metal tool used to give a consistent pitch, typically A = 440 Hz
Fill in the blanks:
_________________ invented the tuning fork in ______.
John Shore, 1711
in Greek: "I believe music should be taught in all schools!"
Plato
This instrument was used to provide musical accompaniment to silent films.
Piano
The number of strings on a Banjo
5
Text that is sung on one sustained note with little music accompaniment; typically found in opera.
Recitative
The ancient civilization that first combined music and numbers to create modern music theory.
Ancient Greece.
"Hey, are you done with the music? I need to write the book for this new musical about the rise and fall of Pogo Sticks."
The Librettist
Italy
The invention of this allowed people to record music for the first time ever.
Wax cylinder
Music composed for the microchip-based audio hardware of early home computers and gaming consoles.
Chiptunes
This caused both countries, AND musicians to stop fighting.
The Treaty of Versailles
"Everyone add a vamp around measures 23 and 24. The cast needs more time to change costumes."
The Conductor
This was the first video game released with sound.
This was the first album to ever win a grammy for "Album of the Year" without selling a single hard copy.
Coloring Book by Chance The Rapper (2016)