Singing schools
were singing schools formed to promote secular or religious music ?
What’s the rhythm for common meter ?
6 8 6 8
What was the name of Martha Washington’s grandchild who went on to become an avid pianist?
Nelly Washington
What are the two types of musical sounds?
Pitched and non pitched
Who was a notable Loyalist who turned to writing music when they were deemed too small in “stature” to join the continental army?
Francis Hopkinson
What did ministers hope to spread through dining schools ?
Regular singing or musical literacy
What does diatonic mean ?
Within the key
Who wrote Federal Overture?
Benjamin Carr
How many families of instruments are there?
5
Who wrote the text The Liberty Song?
John Dickinson
How did singing schools affect young people in colonial times?
it was a social outlet
What is chromatic ?
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner, and what piece did they base it off?
Francis Scott Key; The Anacreontic Song
What are all 4 of The sachs /hornbostle classifications for instruments?
Chordophones, aerophones, membranaphones and idiophones.
What does the term “Yankee” represent
The colonial soldiers under General James Wolfe
How many singing schools were there in the year 1800?
Your team gets 400 free points !
What is heterophony?
When 2 performers are playing versions of the same melody but aren’t playing in unison
What book did Francis Hopkinson Publish?
Seven [Eight] Songs
With both hands; one controls amplitude and other controls frequency.
What is an encore?
An audience-requested repetition of a musical composition in a performer’s repertoire.
What abolitionist, printer and legislator attended singing school?
Moses Cheney
what term describes the main theme of a fugue ?
fugue subject
What was John Gay’s contribution to music and theatre? (Hint: did he found anything?)
The Beggar’s Opera
what is musique concrete?
Electronically generated sounds by live instruments were recorded and then played via loudspeaker.
What is a common theme among many tribal groups?
A belief in an interconnectedness of human beings with the world around them