test 1
Another name for E
F flat
Which of the following statements is not true
Free jazz, like earlier styles, was based on traditional forms and established chord patterns
generally acknowledged as the king of ragtime
Scott Joplin
In musical notation, pitches are written on a set of five horizontal lines called
Staff
ABBA (Benny Andersson et al) Dancing Queen
Style Period: 20th century and beyond Genre: 70s pop Form: chorus and verses Beat: duple simple Note: quadruple disco beat
J.S. Bach (1865-1750) "Badinerie" from Orchestral Suite Number 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Style period : Baroque Genre: instrumental dance Form: AABB Beat: duple simple
Ludwing can Beethoven (1770-1827) Fur Elise
Style period: classical Genre: Piano Miniature (bagatelle) Form: ABA Beat: Triple simple
Anonymous Alleluia Dominus dixit as me
Style period: middle Ages Genre: Gregorian Chant Form: Alleluia verse Beat: unmetered
Scott Joplin (1868 - 1917) Maple Leaf Rag
Style period: romantic Genre: Jazz ragtime Form: chorus and verses Beat: duple simple Note: insturmental predecessor to Jazz, with syncopation, improvisation
Which of the following statements is not true
The guitar became one of the most important solo instruments during the swing era
The triad built on the first step of the scale is called
The tonic chord
Gunther Schuller coined the term ________ to denote the combination of jazz with European art music, exemplified by the Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Third Stream
An ascending Major scale consists of what pattern of whole steps and half steps
WWHWWWH
Keys refer to
a central home scale and chord
A progression is
a scale of chords
Melody may be defined as
a series of single notes which add up to a recognizable whole
Modulation refers to
a shift from one key to another within the same composition is called
When a performer emphasizes a tone by playing it more loudly than the tones around it, it is called
accent
A melody is said to move by steps if it moves by
adjacent scale tones
A melodic phrase ending that sets up expectations for continuation is known as
an incomplete cadence
When the individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another instead of simultaneously it is called a broken chord or
arpeggio
A resting place at the end of a phrase is called
cadence
An ending point or pause in music that is similar to a period or comma in writing is called a
cadence
The keynote or tonic of a melody is the ________ of the melody
central tone
A combination of three or more tones sounded at the same time is called
chord
A ________ is placed at the beginning of a staff to show the exact pitch of each line and space
clef
The emotional focal point of a melody is called the
climax
A chord is
combination of three or more tones sounded at once
To avoid the four potential pitfalls a student needs to properly use
commas, past principles, subject verb agreement, subjective vs objective
A compound sentence requires
conjunction preceded by a comma
A combination of tones that is considered stable and restful is called a
consonance
The frequency of variation is measured in
cycles per second
A combination of tones that is considered unstable and tense is called a
dissonance
Resolution refers to a
dissonant chord moving to a consonant chord
The triad built on the fifth step of the scale is called the
dominant
The triad built on the fifth step of the scale is called the
dominant chord
Cool jazz emerged
during the late 1940s and early 50s.
The dominant chord is the triand built on the ______ step of the scale
fifth
the organization of musical ideas in time is called
form
Ragtime flourished in the United States
from the 1890s to about 1915
The English language has rules pertaining to mechanics or _____ of writing , which includes indentifying and avoiding potential pitfalls
grammatical goals
In traditional western music, the _______ is the smallest interval between successive tones of a scale
half step
The musical element that refers to the way chords are connected and how they follow each other is
harmony
in music adds support, depth, and richness to a melody
harmony
In a musical time signature the upper number tells
how many beats fall in a measure
When a melodic idea is presented by one voice or instrument and then restated immediately by another voice or instrument, the technique is called
imitation
By adding a dot to the right of a note we
increase its duration by half
The distance in pitch between any two tones is called
interval
A consonance is a combination of tones that
is considered stable and restful
A dissonance is a combination of tones that
is considered unstable and tense
Tonality is another term for
key
He______ the orchestra in performing a Brahms symphony
led
The most important elements of music are rhythm, __________, and harmony
melody
The organization of beats into regular groupings is called
meter
A shift from one key to another within the same composition is called
modulation
A single musical line or melody is called a
monophonic
Issues pertaining to English grammar include all of the following accept
music parameters
bebop was
music with sophisticated harmonies and unpredictable rhythms, usually played by small jazz groups, meant for attentive listening not dance
A ______ sign is used in musical notation to cancel a previous sharp or flat sign
natural
Form in music is
organization of musical ideas in time
The rhythm section of of swing band normally consisted of
percussion, piano, guitar, and bass
What is the primary instrument used in ragtime
piano
dynamics of soft and loud _______ add to the expression of music
piano and forte
A series of chords is called
progression
Sequence may be defined as
repetition of a melodic pattern at a higher or lower pitch
When a dissonance moves to a consonance, it is called a
resolution
A cadence is
resting place at the end of a phrase
In musical notation silence is indicated by
rests
The element of music defined as the ordered flow of music through time, or more specifically, the set of durational values assigned to notes of even in pieces of music, is _______
rhythm
What is not always true of the blues
sad and slow
The repetition of a melodic pattern as a higher or lower pitch is called a
sequence
A staff is a
set of five horizontal lines
In traditional Western music a half step is the ______ distance between two pitches
shortest
a round is an example of
strict imitation
In music ______ refers to a characteristic way of using melody, rhythm, tone color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form
style
Duke Ellington was perhaps the most important composer, arranger, and conductor of
swing era
When an accent occurs on an unexpected beat, the effect is known as
syncopation
defined as putting an accent in music where it would not be normally expected
syncopation
Which one is not among the top three parameters of music
texture
Western music uses _______ letters of the alphabet to indicate
the first seven
Dynamic tension that demands onward motion in music is usually the result of
the impulse of dissonance to be resolved
HArmony refers to
the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other
A melody that serves as the starting point for a more extended piece of music is called a
theme
The series of relatedness to a central tone is known as
tonality
In music a sound that has a definite pitch is called
tone
The central tone around which a musical composition is organized is called the
tonic
Traditionally, a composition would almost always end on a
tonic chord
The simplest, mist basic, chord used in western music is the
triad
The word chromatic comes from the Greek word chroma, color, and is used in music to refer to the
twelve tones of the octave
Performance of a single melodic line by more than one instrument or voice is described as playing or singing in
unison
Retaining some features of a musical idea while changing others is called
variation
Cool jazz
was related to bop but was calmer and more relaxed in character.
Correct word usage and spellings are important when students consider___________ assignments
writing
Another name for C is
B sharp
Adjacent white notes that are a half step apart include E to F and
B to C
The immediate sources of jazz include
Ragtime, the blues, and American band tradition
Which two are both Chorus and verses as to form
ABBA and Scott Joplin
The jazz style called swing flourished in America from
1935 to 1945
A theme is
A melody that serves as the starting point for a more extended piece of music called a
A collection of successive pitches is called
A scale
Which of the following statements about bop is not true?
Bebop performers were mainstream jazz musicians who enjoyed having other musicians sit in on their sets
The keynote, or tonic, of a melody is the _____ of a melody
Central tone
One of the greatest of all jazz improvisers and a towering figure among bebop musicians was the saxophonist
Charlie Parker
Flat or sharp signs immediately following the cleft sign at the beginning of the staff of a musical composition are called the
Key signature
A series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole is called a
Melody
A major figure in the development of jazz rock or fusion was
Miles Davis
The bebop musician who spearheaded developments in cool jazz and then jazz rock was
Miles Davis