The three main strands of music that contributed to the development of Rock n' Roll
What is Country and Western, Gospel, and Rhythm and Blues?
100
This texture of music dominated music from the Ancient era.
What is monophonic?
100
A famous type of dance found in Medieval music.
What is the estammpie?
100
The defining instrument of the Baroque Era.
What is the harpsichord?
100
The name for the term in which there is a single line of music.
What is monophonic?
200
Elvis appeared on this famous t.v. variety show but was only shot from the waist up.
What is the Ed Sullivan Show?
200
He established a system of ratios that correspond to intervals. What a math nut!
Who is Pathagorus?
200
A term used to describe both sacred and secular choral music from the Renaissance.
What is a capella?
200
The most important type of chamber music to develop in the classical era.
What is the string quartet?
200
One word that sums up the music of the Baroque era.
What is contrast?
300
The name of an early record label.
What is Atlantic or Chess records?
300
A predessor to the guitarra found in Medieval music.
What is the kithara?
300
The name given to French poet-composers in the Medieval era.
What is troubadour or trouvere?
300
The keyboard instrument was very prominent in the classical era.
What is the fortepiano or piano?
300
The term used to describe the form of the second movement from Haydn's Surprise Symphony.
What is Theme and Variations?
400
The name of a popular style of music that emerged in the 60s from Detroit.
What is Motown?
400
This ancient instrument was made out of a tortoise shell.
What is a lyra?
400
The term used when music underscores the meaning of the text.
What is word-painting?
400
This type of imitative piece begins with a subject and J.S. Bach was the master of these type of compositions.
What is the fugue?
400
Scales that predate major and minor scales and were used in Medieval music. The major/minor system developed out of these types of scales - particularly the Ionian______ and Aeolian______
What are modes?
500
Pat Boone made this song by Little Richard very famous.
What is Tutti Frutti?
500
The method of communicaiton of Greek Drama.
What is singing?
500
A very popular stringed instrument in the Renaisance that incorporates tabulature. In fact, this notational device was developed in the Renaissance.
What is the lute?
500
The term used to describe music that has a main section (A) which is intersperced with other sections. e.g. ABCACA