Download Music in ancient Greece was generally ______ in texture

Music Appreciation Study Guide
Midterm MUH 1011
Musical Elements
What are rhythm, beat, meter and tempo?
Syncopation is music is…..?
What is a melody?
It is true that in music, two or more different tones sounded together produce harmony?
Dissonance in music is….
Consonance in music is….
Arpeggios are….
What texture is called “polyphony”?
What texture is called “monophony”?
What texture is called “homophony”?
What is “dynamic” in music?
Is it true that timbre in music is often compared to color in art, and different instrumental or vocal
sounds may be described as having different “colors”?
Is it true that human voice is considered a musical instrument?
Musical Instruments
What is the name of the thin piece of cane, used singly or in pairs by woodwind players?
What do the oboe and bassoon have in common?
What are the four families of instruments within an orchestra?
It is true that the conductor bears little responsibility and has only limited control over a performance?
Which is the highest woodwind instrument in the orchestra?
Which are the instruments included in the brass family of the standard symphony orchestra?
Which are the instruments included in the string family of the standard symphony orchestra?
Which are the instruments included in the woodwind family of the standard symphony orchestra?
Which are the single reed instruments?
Which are the double reed instruments?
Which are the instruments included in the percussion family of the standard symphony orchestra?
Which are the percussion instruments that produce definite pitches?
Which are the percussion instruments that produce indefinite pitches?
Plucking the string on a violin or cello is called __________ .
Which one is the stringed instrument in the orchestra that is always plucked?
Which instrument is considered to be the "king of instruments"?
What are the four instruments that are part of the string quartet?
What is the role of the conductor in the symphony orchestra?
Music History
What was the harmonic texture of the music in Ancient Greece?
The oldest Western music about which we have extensive knowledge is ___________ music.
In the sixth century A.D., who collected, organized, and codified the chants for use by the Christian
churches in the Western world?
Who dominated the musical activity during the Middle Ages?
Was music during the Middle Ages primarily vocal or Instrumental?
Who organized and codified the plainchants during the Middle Ages?
What is the difference between the sacred and secular music during the Middle Ages?
What is the Renaissance? (Characteristics)
What was the characteristic texture of the Renaissance music?
What was the name of the dominant intellectual movement of the Renaissance?
The ___________ is the main worship service of the Catholic Church.
What is a Motet?
What is a Madrigal?
Was instrumental music popular during the Renaissance period?
Which period is known as the Golden Age of polyphony?
What was the characteristic texture for the early baroque?
What was the popular keyboard instrument in which sound was produced by means of brass blades
striking the strings?
What is “a cappella”?
What is a Fugue?
Which period is characterized by extreme ornaments and filling the space with action and movement?
The “Age of enlightenment” refers to which period?
In 1607, who composed the opera Orfeo?
The text of an opera is called a(n)___________?
The solo songs in an opera are called….?
Who did they call “il prete rosso (the red priest)?
Whose date of death (1750) is generally accepted as the end of the Baroque period?
In his life time Bach was most well known as ……?
What is Organum?
What is Cantata?
What is an Oratorio?
What is a Concerto grosso?
What was the name of the world's best-known and best-loved oratorio written by Handel?
What is the difference between Oratorio and Opera?
Who were the three main composers during the Classical period?
Which European city was the capital for all musical activities during the Classical period?
What is Theme and Variations?
What is Rondo?
Emotional subjectivity and fantasy are characteristics for which period?
Interest in the strange and the unknown are characteristics for which period?
Wide range of emotional expression is characteristic for which period?
Nationalism is characteristic for which period?
Exoticism is characteristic for which period?
Belief in the supernatural and personification are characteristics for which period?
Nature as the mirror of the human heart is characteristic for which period?
The combination of two traditional chords sounding together is known as_____?
The absence of key or tonality in a musical composition is known as______?
The use of two or more keys at one time is known as_____?
Impressionism, as a movement originated in which country?
Neoclassicism was a reaction against which previous style of music?
What are the characteristics of Minimalist music?
Twelve-tone compositional techniques used to organize rhythm, dynamics, tone color, and other
dimensions of music to produce totally controlled and organized music are called_____?
What is “chance or aleatoric music”?