MUSIC Test

disjunct

disjointed or disconnected melody with many leaps

compound meters

divide each beat into three rather than two

What are the formal sections of large-scale compositions such as the symphony called?

movements

through-composed form

no main section of music or text repeated

meter

organization of rhythm in time; the grouping of beats into larger, regular patterns, notated as measures

Strophic form

repeated for every stanza of text

Cadences

resting place in a musical phrase

A motive, when restated at a different pitch, results in a ___________.

sequence

interval

the distance between any two pitches

Melody

the tune in the music

Binary Form

two-part, a statement and a departure

Which of the following are the basic elements of form?

variation, contrast, repetition

Rhythm

what moves music forward in time

simple meters

Meter in which the beat is divided into two, as in duple, triple, and quadruple meters.

Contour

The overall shape of a melodic line. It can move upward or downward or remain static.

The direct opposite of strophic form is through-composed form.

True

Binary

A-B

Ternery

A-B-A

Countermelody

An accompanying melody sounded against the principal melody.

Which of the following describe the opening of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, first movement, and which do not?

DO: It contains a motive, it contains a sequence DON'T: It is completely improvised, it contains an ostinato

After listening to this entire example, which elements of form are present? Which are not present?

DOES: Ternary form, repetition, contrast DOES'NT: Binary form, through component

syncopation

Deliberate upsetting of the meter or pulse through a temporary shifting of the accent to a weak beat or an offbeat.

range

Distance between highest and lowest pitches of a melody

Downbeat

First beat of the measure, the strongest in any meter.

In this excerpt, how does the second phrase compare to the first phrase? (Hint: The first phrase ends around 0:12.) Tchaikovsky

It is almost identical

What is the most common in vocal music?

Sophic form

phrases

a musical unit; often a component of a melody

Jazz musicians organize their improvisations around which of the following?

a predetermined harmonic pattern and

offbeats

a weak beat or weak portion of a beat

One of the basic structures in music is -Press Space to openternary formthrough-composed formbinary form, which begins with a statement and ends with a departure, without a return to the opening section.

binary form

How is a sequence similar to ostinato?

both feature repetition

In through-composed songs, music from previous stanzas is repeated.

false

Ternary form is comprised of a statement followed by a departure, with no return to the original statement.

falsi

The opening section sounds marchlike, with accented beats and alternations between instrumental groups. Eventually, a total change of character marks a short, new section. At approximately which time interval from the beginning does this new section appear? (Nutcracker March)

just after 1 minute

call and response

leader imitated by a chorus of followers

Measures

metric grouping of beats, notated on the musical staff with bar lines

ostano

short, repeated musical pattern

motive

small melodic-rythmic fragment

conjunct

smooth, connected melody that moves principally by small intervals

Which form features a statement of an idea, a contrasting idea, and then a repetition of the first idea?

ternary

When a melodic idea is used as a building block in the construction of a larger work, what is it called?

theme