This piece by Mendelssohn is based off of a play by Shakespeare, and is in sonata form
What is Overture to a Midsummer Night's Dream?
This early form of electronic music involved manipulating raw sounds from tapes
What is musique concrete?
Return to the beginning, and play until "fine"
What is da capo al fine?
When inverting intervals, the total of the original interval plus the inverted should add to what number?
What is nine?
This type of cadence progresses from dominant to tonic
What is an authentic cadence?
The frequent use of notes outside of the key signature
What is chromaticism?
This piece by Ellington is structured as a 12-bar blues
What is Ko-Ko?
The Italian name for this symbol: 15ma
What is quindicesima?
This infamous interval, either a diminished 5th or an augmented 4th, is also know as a what?
What is a tritone?
These non-chord tones fill in the skips between chord tones
What are passing tones?
This Romantic composer "revolutionized" the etude
Who is Chopin?
The name of this ensemble features saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section
What is big band?
This can be described as the loudest dynamic
What is fortissimo?
What intervals (above root) make up a diminished triad?
What are a minor third and a diminished fifth?
A progression from subdominant to dominant can be labelled as what type of cadence?
What is a half cadence?
This type of music is inspired by art, nature, or literature, and paints an image in the listener's head
What is program music?
The Petrushka chord (a C major and and an F# major triad) is an example of what type of chord?
What is a polychord?
This phrase may be written under a passage that is to be played quiet and subdued, like a whisper
What is sotto voce?
What intervals (above root) make an augmented chord?
What are a major third and an augmented fifth?
These decorative notes appear adjacent to chord tones
What are neighbour tones?
Chopin is an example of this type of musical expression, as shown by his works inspired by Polish folk dances
What is nationalism?
ABACA or ABACABA structure is also known as what form?
What is rondo form?
Upon reading this phrase, the performer may play at their liberty, altering the tempo as they please
What is ad libitum?
I6 represents a triad in what inversion?
What is first inversion?
This melodic building block consists of an antecedent and consequent
What is a period?