History and Literature
This song and dance genre stems from the Afro-Cuban movement of the 1940s and is performed by an ensemble usually consisting of double bass, bongo, tumbadora, trumpet, guitar, and voice.
What is mambo?
This cadence defies the expected progression resolution by shifting dominant-sounding harmony into non-tonic harmony.
What is deceptive cadence?
The unifying tool for all members of an ensemble to begin listening to each other and adjust individual contribution according to the group sound.
What is warm-up?
This pedagogy by a Hungarian educator emphasizes that music is an innate part of every human's experience and that musical literacy should be an integral part of every child's education.
What is the Kodály method?
This is a common shape structure to demonstrate ensemble blend.
What is a pyramid model?
He is the French composer accredited for his expansion of the orchestral instrumentation and composition as seen in his Symphonie Fantastique.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
A group of closely spaced notes played simultaneously.
What is a tone cluster?
A musical structure built of a chord played note by note, successively.
What is an arpeggio?
This pedagogy is a more modern and Americanized approach to general music recognized by its characteristic "8 Steps" centralized in being tuneful, beatful, and artful.
What is the Feierabend Method?
A unique policy that develops a support system specialized for the specific student; involves a committee made up of teachers, administrators, parents, and student.
What is the Individualized Education Program (IEP)?
He is the Austrian Theorist who developed the 12-tone technique of music.
Who is Arnold Schoenberg?
A rhythm of three notes in a space that usually only has two notes, whether in succession or simultaneously.
What is hemiola?
This physical element of conducting technique helps communicate dynamic and expressive contrast to the ensemble.
What is body language?
This pedagogy is an experiential, child-centered approach to music education integrating singing, movement, speech, and percussion to foster creativity and improvisation; folk music is a central tool.
What is Orff-Schulwerk?
This organization is a collaborative community that supports music educators and advocates for equitable access to learning opportunities.
What is the National Association for Music Education (NAfME)?
Unlike opera, this large-scale musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists tells a dramatic musical narrative without set pieces or costumes.
What is oratorio?
This is the form of allowable dissonance in tonal counterpoint which involves a leap to a dissonance followed by a descending step.
What is appoggiatura?
The additional frequencies that vibrate through the resonant space of a sound.
What are overtones?
This method by a Swiss pedagogue features the body as the instrument with students discovering expression, musicality, tempo, dynamics, style, and phrase structure through physical dialogue with the music.
What is the Dalcroze Method?
Set by the 1976 Copyright Act, this policy exempts educators from certain copyright laws, given the appropriate distribution of the copyrighted materials.
What is Fair Use?
It refers to a reoccurring fragment or phrase that musically represent a plot element of a musical drama.
What is leitmotif?
This is the musical response to a fugal subject which is transposed loosely in the dominant key, modified to maintain harmonic congruity or to facilitate modulations.
What is tonal answer?
These are the different frequencies of a complex sound wave that change the displacement of the combine frequencies, outlined through the harmonic series.
What are partials?
This method was developed by a Japanese violinist and emphasizes substantial parent involvement, an early start, listening, and repetition.
What is the Suzuki Method?
These are the four National Core Arts Standards.
What are Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting?