Music Theory I
Meaning of "piano".
Soft
A mode used in Medieval music
A female composer of the Medieval era.
Hildegard von Bingen
Another word for "renaissance".
Rebirth
Dates of the Classical era
1750 - 1820
(b) Duple compound time
The degrees of the scale that are raised in an ascending melodic minor scale.
6th and 7th
The two main music eras of the Medieval era
Ars Antiqua + Ars Nova
Vocal texture, predominant in the Renaissance period, consisting of multiple melodies occurring simultaneously.
Polyphony
Two composers of the Classical era
Mozart, Beethoven OR Haydn
The number of sixteenth notes in a whole note.
16
C, E, G#
Name three instruments of the Medieval era.
Lute, Hand drum, Viol, Gemshorn
The name of the group of singers who traveled and sang secular music. They played instruments such as bagpipes.
Troubadours
Common accompaniment pattern used in the Classical era (root, 5th, 3rd, 5th)
Alberti bass
ABA form is also called .................. form.
Ternary
Name the cadence: Chord V to VI
Tierce de Picardie
The difference between sacred and secular music.
Secular music is non-religious music written in the vernacular. Sacred music is religious written in Latin.
This is the term for when the music tries to imitate the emotion, action, or natural sounds as described in the text.
Word Painting
Sections of the Orchestra
Strings, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion
A minor key with 4 sharps.
C# minor
The second inversion of G diminished minor
Db, G, Bb
Characteristics of Plainsong
Monophonic, free metre, no harmony, no accompaniment, sacred music, Latin
An invention that impacted the distribution of music - invention + inventor.
Printing Press / Johannes Gutenburg
The structure of Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 4 III Movement.
Rondo