Vocab
The steady pulse of a piece or work of music.
What is the beat?
Look closely at this image, stripped of its caption, and join the moderated conversation about what you and other students see.
What is What is Going on in this Picture?
A verbal cue to a group to begin performing a certain rhythm.
What is Ready, Set, Go?
Pablo Casals discovered this in an old music store.
What is the Unaccompanied Cello Suite?
A characteristic of music in terms of speed (fast and slow)
What is pulse?
An air or melody. an elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio.
What is Aria?
A tool to help spark thoughtful discussions and guess who wrote the answers.
What is Icebreaker?
The three kinds of rhythms learned and practiced.
What is 1, 2, 4?
The author of the Unaccompanied Cello Suite.
What is Johann Sebastian Bach?
A characteristic of music in terms of loudness or softness.
What is dynamic?
A bass instrument of the violin family, held upright on the floor between the legs of the seated player.
What is cello?
A time to stretch and practice rhythmic skills in a repetitive nature.
What is Circles?
Performing or clapping a rhythm in the moment without much preparation.
What is improvisation?
A collection of concertos written for each season of the year.
What are the Four Seasons?
A famous pianist known for both his recordings of the Goldberg Variations.
What is Glenn Gould?
a musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra, usually in three consecutive movements.
What is concerto?
A sound prompting the immediate attention of students to Mr. Rodriguez.
A performance of body percussion where each level becomes more intricate and rhythmically complex.
What is Gumboot?
An Italian contemporary of Bach who wrote four prominent violin concertos.
What is Antonio Vivaldi?
A famous cellist known for his lifelong musical relationship with Bach's Cello Suite.
What is Yo-Yo Ma?
a popular musical form in which a composer states a melody and then repeats it several times with changes to create more interest and variety.
What is Theme and Variations?
A role taken of who is here and who is not.
What is Attendance?
A form of performing with two people playing the same or different rhythm at the same time.
What is a duet?
What is Germany?
What is Marco Ricci?