Music Module 2
Identify the texture that best describes each performance situation.
1. A solo folk singer accompanying herself on guitar Texture: Homophonic 2. A New Orleans jazz band in which the musicians improvise different melodies simultaneously Texture: Polyphonic 3. Several singers performing counterpoint Texture: Polyphonic 4. An entire choir singing one melody in unison Texture: Monophonic 5. An opera singer performing an aria, supported by the orchestra Scale: Homophonic 6. A group of people singing "Row Row Row Your Boat" as a round Scale: Polyphonic
Select the chord type with which the characteristics is most associated.
1. A triad built on the first note of the scale. Chord: tonic triad 2. A triad built on the fifth note of the scale. Chord: dominant triad 3. The most stable and conclusive chord in a piece Chord: tonic triad 4. A triad built on the fourth note of the scale Chord: subdominant triad 5. Traditionally, the chord that sets up the most tension Chord: dominant triad 6. The chord most used at the end of a piece Chord: tonic triad
Listen to each audio example and determine which scale—major, minor, or chromatic—best describes the music.
1. Scale: Major Louis Armstrong Originally released 1928 All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 2. Scale: Chromatic John Horton, narrator; CBC Symphony Orchestra; Festival Singers of Toronto; Robert Craft, conductor Originally released 1962All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 3. Scale: Major English Chamber Orchestra; Murray Perahia; piano and conductor(P) 1984 Sony Music Entertainment 4. Scale: Minor E. Power Biggs, organ Originally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 5. Scale: Minor Roger Kamien, piano
Listen to each audio example and determine which texture best describes the music.
1. Texture: Polyphonic E. Power Biggs, organ Originally released 1961All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 2. Texture: Monophonic Trumpet (Dizzy Gillespie), Tenor saxophone (Don Byas), vibraphone (Milt Jackson), piano (Al Haig), double bass (Ray Brown), percussion (J.C. Heard) electric guitar (Bill DeArango)Originally Recorded 1946All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 3. Texture: Polyphonic San Francisco Symphony; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor(P) 2002 Sony Music Entertainment 4. Texture: Homophonic Bessie Smith Originally released 1926All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment 5. Texture: Monophonic Schola Gregoriana Monacensis; Johannes Berchmans Göschl, director(P) 2002 Freiburger Musik Forum GmbH Courtesy of Membran Music Ltd. 6. Texture: Homophonic Elora Festival Singers(P) 2010 Naxos Rights International Courtesy of Naxos of America
Match each term used to describe aspects of harmony to its definition.
Consonance- A tone combination that is stable Arpeggio- A chord in which the individual tones are sounded consecutively rather than simultaneously Resolution- A progression from dissonance to consonance Chord- A combination of three or more tones sounded simultaneously Progression- A series of chords Tonic Triad- The main chord of a piece Dissonance- A tone combination that is unstable
In the transition back into the A section, what happens to the key of the music? TCHAIKOVSKY, Dance of the Reed Pipes from Nutcracker Suite London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor(P) 1985 Sony Music Entertainment
It changes from minor to major.
Match each term used to describe aspects of key, or tonality, to its definition.
Key Signature- A constellation of sharp or flat signs immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of a music score Modulation- Shifting from one key to another within the same piece Scale- A series of pitches arranged from high to low or low to high Tonic- A scale's central tone toward which all others seem to pull Chromatic Scale- A scale consisting entirely of half step intervals Half step- The smallest interval traditionally used in western music Minor Scale- A scale in which there is a half step between the second and third tones
Select all the elements in the B section heard here that help it contrast with those of the A section. TCHAIKOVSKY, Dance of the Reed Pipes from Nutcracker Suite London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor(P) 1985 Sony Music Entertainment
Minor Key Melody Instrumentation
What element in this excerpt offers formal variety to the section? TCHAIKOVSKY, Dance of the Reed Pipes from Nutcracker Suite London Symphony Orchestra; Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor(P) 1985 Sony Music Entertainment
The English horn melody
Listen to the song excerpts from Harold Arlen and Duke Ellington's works.
Which describes the melody in Arlen's Over the Rainbow? The melody begins with a wide leap, then primarily moves stepwise. Which describes the melody in Ellington's C-Jam Blues? There is a repeated-note melody. What performs the melody in Arlen's Over the Rainbow? A male voice performs the melody. What performs the melody in Ellington's C-Jam Blues? A piano then the saxophones perform the melody. Which describes the texture of Arlen's Over the Rainbow? Homophonic Which describes the texture of Ellington's C-Jam Blues? Homophonic
