Vocabulary
Pleasant sounding chord
What is Consonance?
Same Sound
What is homophonic?
Strict music rules. Started Dynamics, just not extreme yet.
What is classical?
Lived in Baroque period, which ended the day he died.
Who is Bach?
Root, 3rd, 5th
What is a chord in root position?
Unpleasant chord
What is dissonance?
One Sound
What is monophonic?
Monophonic, sacred music
What is Pre-Renaissance?
Started writing songs at the age of 4
Who is Mozart?
3rd, 5th, root
What is 1st inversion?
Homophonic
What is same sound?
Many sounds. More then one melody
What is Polyphonic?
Ended on a specific day, started to use the system we use now to write music.
What is Baroque?
Wrote extreme dynamics. Transitioned from classical to romantic during his life. Lost his hearing.
Who is Beethoven?
5th, root, 3rd
What is 2nd inversion?
When the 3rd is the bottom of the chord
What is 1st inversion?
Different Sounds
What is heterophonic?
Printing press invented, used square notation
What is Renaissance?
Wrote Ragtime, which influenced other forms of music.
Who is Scott Joplin?
A lowered 3rd and 5th of a major chord
What is a diminished chord?
When the 5th is the bottom of the chord
What is 2nd inversion?
How a musical composition is built.
Example AABAABCB
What is form?
Extreme dynamics, long compositions, chromatics
What is Romantic?
Wrote the Hallelujah Chorus
Who is Handel?
Raising the 5th on a major chord
What is a augmented chord?