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100
This note is the most important in a triad.
What is tonic?
100
This historical period gave rise to the fugue.
What is Baroque?
100
This means to play "strong".
What is forte?
100
This composer was famously deaf.
Who is Beethoven?
100
The first chair first violinist is usually given this title.
What is "concert master"?
200
This cadence moves from V-I.
What is a authentic cadence?
200
Sonata-allegro form became common during this historical period.
What is classical?
200
This technique asks for orchestral strings to be plucked.
What is pizzicato?
200
Mozart died before completing this, perhaps his most famous work.
What is the Requiem Mass in D Minor?
200
6/8 time is an example of this type of meter.
What is compound duple.
300
This chord is built on the flatted second scale degree in minor.
What is the Neapolitan?
300
Prior to the development of modern notation, composers used these to denote relative pitch.
What are neumes?
300
This sung dialogue is "dry"
What is secco recitative?
300
This composer invented the Leitmotiv.
Who is Richard Wagner?
300
A scale from 'D' to 'D' on the white keys of the piano will produce a scale in this mode.
What is Dorian?
400
This is the quality of a diatonic triad built on the seventh degree of a major scale.
What is diminished?
400
Debussy and Ravel were members of this movement.
What is Impressionism?
400
This is the precise point where the beat occurs when conducting.
What is the ictus?
400
Ordo Virtutum, perhaps the oldest surviving morality play was written by this composer.
Who is Hildegard Von Bingen?
400
A melody and chordal accompaniment would be an example of this texture.
What is homophony?
500
This chord contains the flatted sixth, flatted third, and raised fourth scale degrees.
What is the German Augmented Sixth?
500
This Grecian developed the mathematical foundations for acoustics and tuning.
Who is Pythagoras?
500
Some say Hector Berlioz composed this dreamy programmatic work at least partially under the influence of opium.
What is Symphonie Fantastique?
500
Gene Kelly's filmed dance to this piece by George Gershwin was the longest and most expensive dance sequence ever produced.
What is an American in Paris?