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Elements of Music
Music Periods
Describing Music
Rhythm
Musical Figures
100
Describes how fast or slow a piece of music is going
What is TEMPO
100
chant music, little to no instruments.
What are the middle ages?
100
the highest voice of women.
What is Soprano?
100
a note that is worth 1 beat
What is a quarter note?
100
Child prodigy, composer of the classical period, wrote operas, orchestral pieces. Lived in Vienna.
Who is Mozart?
200
the four main components are: rhythm, pitch, dynamics, tempo
What are the elements of music?
200
fast moving music, instruments and voices used, polyphonic texture.
What is baroque music
200
a gradual increase in volumn.
What is a crescendo?
200
this note last for 2 beats
What is a half note?
200
composer in the baroque era.
Who is JS Bach?
300
Forte
What is the musical term for loud?
300
this time period had madrigals.
What is the renaissance?
300
sounds that are organized in to time
What is MUSIC
300
When a beat falls somewhere other than the beginning of a measure or pattern. Unexpected placement of the beat.
What is syncopation?
300
composer who was deaf and composed nearly all of his music without actually hearing it.
Who is BEETHOVEN
400
the italian musical term for "soft" volume
What is Piano
400
music during the classical period was composed primarily for these people
Who are royalty and the wealthy?
400
Homophonic, melodies accompanied by chords, 1750-1820
What is music from the classical period?
400
a note that takes up 2 beats of silence
What is a half rest?
400
Music that is written for the church.
What is Sacred Music
500
describes the loudness and softness of music
What are dynamics?
500
Time of rebirth, new inventions, and further use of texture and instruments in music.
What is the renaissance?
500
and example of this type of texture would be singing "row row row your boat" in a round.
What is Polyphony?
500
descrescendo
What is the musical term for a gradual slowdown?
500
depicted as a self-proclaimed villain, this person was around at the same time as Mozart, and was often compared to him.
Who is Salieri?