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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


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