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Course Overview
What is Music?
Music Elements
Texture & Form
Critical Listening
100

This course aims to improve your ability to ________ to music critically.

What is listen

100

Music has been studied as an...

What is an art, a science, a therapy, and a power.

100

What element of music tells us how high or how low sound is?

What is Pitch?
100

A fugue, where multiple melodies compete, is an example of this texture...

What is Polyphony

100

The difference between hearing and listening, is that listening engages this organ.

What is the brain.

200

What music eras and styles will we study?

What is Early Music, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th Century Jazz, and World Music


200

Who believed music was cosmically related to science and culture?

Who are the Greeks

200
This shows whether music is soft or loud...

What are Dynamics

200
One melody with no harmony is this texture

What is monophony

200

This tool maps out music form so listeners can follow along.

What is a listening map.

300

Music is a product of its ________ and requires historical understanding.

What is time.

300

What was music used for in primitive cultures?

What are Sacred rituals

300

The pattern of long and short sounds in music is called this

What is Rhythm

300

A hymn with one melody and supporting harmony is an example of this texture

What is homophony

300

To get the best sound quality, students are encouraged to use these.

What are headphones or quality speakers

400
This course provides tools sucha as musical terms, styles, and ______ information.

What is contextual

400

Today, music therapy is used for at least three purposes - name two.

What are...reduce stress, promote wellness, manage pain, enhance memory, improve concentration, aid rehabilitation.

400
The main tune of a song that you can hum is called this...
What is the Melody
400

This Beethoven symphony begins with the famous "da-da-da-daaaaa" motif.

What is Symphony No. 5 in C minor

400

Listening goals encourage you to apply concepts to this type of music

What is your own modern/popular music

500

True or False: The course focuses on all the world's music.

What is False

500

John Cage's piece 4'33" is based on this unusual element?

What is silence.

500

This element refers to the organization of musical elements - melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and timbre

What is Form
500

In music form, large sections are labeled with these symbols.

What are capital letters

500

Critical Listening means noticing specific ________.

What are music elements