Music Appreciation Ch 11

what 19th century European vocal style influenced the type of Mexican love songs called cancion ranchera

Italian opera

cakewalk

an exuberant dance with syncopated rhythms that may represent an early form of jazz

tell why it is so easy to see the interval pattern of the major scale on a keyboard

it is so easy to see because it already has the half steps built into it therefore you do not need to Market sharp or flat because it naturally is sharp or flat but to us is regular because it is a natural note on the scale

what is one reason Madama Butterfly is a very popular Opera

it is very popular because the action is realistic and the characters are understandably human

what are three basic messages communicated in love songs?

lost love, Longing For Love, or a celebration of love

harmony (n)

vertical blocks of different tones that sound simultaneously

cadence (n)

rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words

how do some intervals in the Egyptian scale differ from those in the western major scale

the Egyptian scale has notes in between a half note and a whole note, smaller than a half step. this is because if they have different sounds and different instruments that they are used to wear as in the Western World we used to I'm Different signs from them therefore we have larger steps in between of our notes

why do C sharp and d flat sound the same on a piano keyboard

they sound the same because they are the same note the C sharp steps up one half step whereas the d flat steps down 1/2 step so that they land on the same black key

minor scale

WHWWHWW

major scale

WWHWWWH

Primary chords

The chords built on the 1st, 4th and 5th degrees of the scale

rondeau

a fixed poetic form of the 13th century

Oratorio

a sectional form for soloists, chorus, and orchestra

scale

a sequence of tones arranged in Rising pitches

since original written music of prendes I garde does not indicate the rhythms how did the music publisher select The rhythms notated in their music

historians look at the Rhythm and flow as a word just by saying it they do not think that they would use hard or complicated rhythms because they had to remember this and travel to a bunch of different lands therefore they think that it would be there at least simple and almost talk like but with notes and chords

interval

the distance in pitch between two tones

what Baroque rhythmic innovation did Handel use to invoke tragedy and death

the dotted Rhythm because it is in a minor chord and he uses diminished chords