Styles
pieces of music which are performed by a small group of musicians.
What is Chamber Music?
the final chord from music which was Modal (see Modal) or written in a Minor key.
What is Tierce de Picardie?
The popular name for our friend who is famous for stalling his car.
What is stalliver
a bass instrument such as a cello or bassoon, and a chordal instrument which was most commonly a harpsichord, but sometimes an organ or lute.
Basso Continuo
Two violins, a viola and a cello.
String quartet
Sacred vocal work where certain parts of the Roman Catholic are set to music
What is Mass?
the distance between one note and another.
What is Intervals?
The person whos Dad has a full head of hair out of the following: Ethan, Ben, Aiden, Dominik
What is Ethan
Variations over a ground bass.
Passacaglia
High, florid singing involving elaborate ornamentation of a melody.
Coloratura
A piece for solo instrument (or solo instrument with piano accompaniment) which became a very popular form of music in the Classical period and beyond.
What is Sonata?
A prominent solo instrument part in a piece of vocal music.
Obbligato
The country that has won the most world cups
What is Brazil
The first section of a movement in sonata form.
Exposition
The small group of solo instrumentalists in a concerto grosso.
Concertino
What period is Lied from?
What is Romantic?
What are the Cadences that sound finished and unfinished
What is Interrupted cadence & Plagal
The year WWI started
What is 1914
An blank in ternary form used in opera and oratorio.
Da capo aria
Rapid repetition of a note (string instrument) or rapid alternation of two notes
Tremolando
It is singing in a style which imitates the rhythm and inflections of speech and is used to deliver the dialogue sections
What is Recitative?
a type of musical ornament where there is a very quick alternation with the note either above or below the main note of the melody.
What is Mordent?
The name of the teacher that scored the only goal (for the teachers) in the charity match
What is massive pedo (Menzies)
a theme which returns frequently throughout a piece.
Ritornello
The high eerie sounds produced on a string instrument by lightly touching the string at certain points.
Harmonics