Massive Masses
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Musical Lexicon
100
The prescribed order for the religious service.
What is the Liturgy?
100
A mnemonic device to help singers learn melodies.
What is the Guidonian Hand?
100
This is the term for humanly organized sound.
What is music?
100
He composed the famous piece 4'33".
Who is John Cage?
100
Gregorian chant is purposefully simplistic and therefore uses this musical texture.
What is monophonic texture?
200
This is a prayer service that monks might participate in that lasts all night long.
What is a vigil?
200
This is the term used to identify ALL of the notes included on the Guidonian hand.
What is "gamut?"
200
This is the term for the volume of the music.
What is/are dynamics?
200
This instrument was originally known as the sack-but.
What is the trombone?
200
This person wrote dozens of chants, is a Doctor of the church and believed to have visions from God from the age of 3.
Who is Hildegard?
300
Of the following, this is not part of the Catholic Mass:
1. Kyrie
2. Accio
3. Credo
What is Accio?
300
This is achieved when the full scale could be sung using syllables, ex. Do, Re, and Mi.
What is solmization?
300
Of the two Catholic masses, this one has parts that never change.
What is the Ordinary Mass?
300
This person was Richard Wagner's father-in-law.
Who is Franz Lizst?
300
This pope did not invent chant.
Who is Pope Gregory the Great?
400
This portion of the Mass is a chanted version of the Nicene Creed.
What is the Credo?
400
These six notes were first designated as a related unit by Guido.
What is a hexachord?
400
Ancient Jewish text used in the liturgy.
What are psalms?
400
Identify the pre-notation term for writing with this style of symbols.
What are neumes?
400
The first known piece of written music was composed in this year.
1 C.E.
500
The second half any Catholic mass is known as this.
What is the Eucharist?
500
This modern day colloquial phrase is derived from one digit in the Guiodonian hand.
What is the "rule of thumb?"
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!! How much would you like to wager? NAME THIS TUNE!
What is Sanctus?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! How much would you like to wager?
Name this tune...
What is the Epitath of Seikilos?
500
Schalltriller Auf, a term frequently used by Mahler in his orchestral works, means a player should do THIS.
What is "Bells Up?"