Vocabulary
Music Genres
Music Character
Music Notes
Culture
100

What is the definition of the stem?

The straight vertical line indicating the duration

100

What are the 2 types of Religious Music?

Liturgical & Non–Liturgical

100

What adjectives suggest music is TRANQUIL?

Calm, serene, placid, relaxed, paused, restful, soothing, pleasant, delicate, gentle, harmonious, tranquil, slow, agreeable.

100

What is the most common clef?

Treble clef or G clef

100

In which period did music undergo experimentation, innovation, and new combinations to create sensations that some could not understand?

20th century

200

The result of classifying different types of music depending on their purpose or aim – the reason why it was composed.

Musical genre

200

What is used in vocal music?

Human voices only; a cappella

200

What adjectives suggest music is ENERGETIC?

Agitated, accelerated, lively, exalted, vigorous, compulsive, bright, brave, vivacious, powerful, energetic, strong.

200

What is the round part of a music note and indicates the name of the sound?

The notehead

200

In what period did music become grandiose, ostentatious, imposing, dramatic, surprising and splendid?

The Baroque period

300

Refers to the kind of feelings, emotions and sentiments we feel when we listen to a piece of music.

Musical character

300

What are the 2 types of instrumental music?

Descriptive and Pure

300

What adjectives suggest SUSPENSE in music?

Stressful, impressive, mysterious, exciting, nervous, exhausting, tense.

300

What note has a black head and a stem?

Crochet

300

What happened to music in the Romanticism period?

Music expressed sentiments in an extreme and passionate way, breaking away from the balance of the preceding period.

400

What are ledger lines?

Lines written on notes that are too high or too low to fit on the 5-line staff.

400

Popular and Worship are two types of WHAT genre of music?

Profane

400

What adjectives suggest GRANDEUR in music?

Spectacular, grandiose, ostentatious, fulsome, pompous, extraordinary, bombastic, grandiloquent, presumptuous, ceremonious, splendid, glorious, astonishing, admirable.

400

What note has ONLY a white head?

Semibreve

400

In which period was music intended ONLY for prayer and communication with God?

The Middle Ages

500

What is the definition and description of a staff?

The grid on which music is written. The staff is formed of 5 horizontal parallel lines, where the different musical notes and signs are placed.

500

What is Advertising music used for?

To capture consumer attention and promote the products or services that are being sold.

500

What is the difference between adjectives suggesting UNPLEASANT FEELINGS and SADNESS in music?

Unpleasant: depressing, horrible, disagreeable, hateful, disquieting, strange, complicated, terrifying, distressing, dismal, dramatic, tormented, irritating, strident, aggressive, nasty, obnoxious, displeasing, repulsive.

Sad: Quiet, monotonous, melancholic, languishing, heartbroken, sorrowful, unhappy, unfortunate, painful, despondent, sombre, downcast, blue, grief-stricken, troubled, doleful.

500

What note has a black head, stem, and double flag?

Semiquaver

500
In which period did intelligence and reason reign supreme thanks to the kind of music played?

The Classical period

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