Romantic Era
Modern Era
Italian Terms
Intervals and Chords
Melodies
100

This piece by Mendelssohn is based off of a play by Shakespeare, and is in sonata form

What is Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream?

100

This early form of electronic music involved manipulating raw sounds from tapes

What is musique concrete?

100

Return to the beginning, and play until "fine"

What is da capo al fine?

100

When inverting intervals, the total of the original interval plus the inverted should add to what number?

What is nine?

100

This type of cadence progresses from dominant to tonic

What is an authentic cadence?

200

The frequent use of notes outside of the key signature

What is chromaticism?

200

This piece by Ellington is structured as a 12-bar blues

What is Ko-Ko?

200

The Italian name for this symbol: 15ma

What is quindicesima?

200

This infamous interval, either a diminished 5th or an augmented 4th, is also know as a what?

What is a tritone?

200

These non-chord tones fill in the skips between chord tones

What are passing tones?

300

This Romantic composer "revolutionized" the etude

Who is Chopin?

300

The name of this ensemble features saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section

What is big band?

300

This can be described as the loudest dynamic

What is fortissimo?

300

What intervals (above root) make up a diminished triad?

What are a minor third and a diminished fifth?

300

A progression from subdominant to dominant can be labelled as what type of cadence?

What is a half cadence?

400

This type of music is inspired by art, nature, or literature, and paints an image in the listener's head

What is program music?

400

The Petrushka chord (a C major and and an F# major triad) is an example of what type of chord?

What is a polychord?

400

This phrase may be written under a passage that is to be played quiet and subdued, like a whisper

What is sotto voce?

400

What intervals (above root) make an augmented chord?

What are a major third and an augmented fifth?

400

These decorative notes appear adjacent to chord tones

What are neighbour tones?

500

Chopin is an example of this type of musical expression, as shown by his works inspired by Polish folk dances

What is nationalism?

500

ABACA or ABACABA structure is also known as what form?

What is rondo form?

500

Upon reading this phrase, the performer may play at their liberty, altering the tempo as they please

What is ad libitum?

500

I6 represents a triad in what inversion?

What is first inversion?

500

This melodic building block consists of an antecedent and consequent 

What is a period?

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