Musician In Society Exam 1
Why did some of Cristofori's contemporaries prefer the harpsichord to his piano?
It could be played with a more familiar performance technique.
Where and when did Pythagoras live?
Italian peninsula, ca. 500 BCE
Where was Bartolomeo Cristofori employed?
Italy
What were some factors that led to the widespread adoption of the piano by the end of the eighteenth century?
-Composers began to write music especially tailored for the piano. -Small, inexpensive pianos were manufactured for middle-class consumers. -Instrument makers continued to refine and modify Cristofori's original design.
How did Ellie Mannette alter the design of the pan? (Select all correct answers.)
-He expanded the number of notes that could be played on the pan. -He covered the sticks in rubber to soften the pan's timbre. -He "sank" the pan, creating a concave design.
How does a piano differ from a harpsichord? (Select all answers that are correct.)
-It is easier for a performer to control volume on a piano than on a harpsichord. -A piano uses an escapement mechanism to allow strings to vibrate freely.
What were some ways that Helen Keller demonstrated her experience as a listener in front of others? (Select all correct answers.)
-She moved one of her hands in synchronization with the music. -She once submitted to a listening exam conducted by a European psychologist. -In singing lessons, she tried to sing back the pitches that were played to her on a piano.
What are some uses of the turntable? (Identify all correct answers.)
-to play back a musical recording, -to modify the sound of a musical recording (e.g., by adjusting its speed), -to generate sounds (e.g., by scratching)
What is tamboo bamboo?
A percussion ensemble of hollow bamboo tubes
"That there is such power in music I hadn't yet known until Beethoven informed me of it," this ailing listener wrote.
Antonie Brentano
Segueing from one song to the next and adjusting speed accordingly
Beatmatching
The writer most associated with the disciplinary grouping of arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy (quadrivium)
Boethius
Passages of solo drumming in funk, disco, rock
Breaks
How did Helen Keller listen to the musical performance of Enrico Caruso?
By putting her hands on his face
A _____ extends a ____ through a technique called looping
DJ, break
After hearing Beethoven, this listener "could imagine hearing angelic choirs, which were celebrating my child's entry into higher realms."
Dorothea von Ertmann
When did Dorothea von Ertmann live?
Early 1800s
The ______ was a ______ century intellectual movement that promoted rationality and reason
Enlightenment, 18th
Helen Keller disliked listening to music when it was played on a phonograph
False
This listener praised Dorothea von Ertmann's piano performance: "In each of her fingertips was a singing soul."
Friedrich Reichardt
Combination of two or more pitches
Harmony
What name did early observers give to Bartolomeo Cristofori's instrument?
Harpsichord with soft and loud (pianoforte)
DJ and MC techniques led to the creation of what genre of music?
Hip- Hop
What words best describe Wilhelm Wackenroder's descriptions of his listening experiences?
Imaginative, profound, spiritual
Switching between two records to prolong a break
Looping
An ____ would ____ in a rhythmic pattern
MC, speak
Where and when did GrandWizzard Theodore begin to use the turntable as a musical instrument?
New York City in the 1970s
The first writer to describe Pythagoras's visit to the smithy
Nicomachus of Gerasa
One of the earliest writers on the role of numerical ratios in governing the world
Philolaus
The highness or lowness of sounds in their musical context
Pitch
An ancient mystic
Pythagoras
__________ was a ______ century artistic movement that explored emotion and imagination
Romanticism, 19th
Which of the following statements best characterizes Helen Keller's approach to musical listening?
She used evocative metaphors to describe the quality of physical vibrations.
When played together, these instruments form a _______; their performers are called ________
Steel band, pannists
How did Winston "Spree" Simon's innovations change the pan's capabilities?
The pan became suited for the performance of simple melodies.
Why is Ellie Mannette sometimes compared to Antonio Stradivari?
They both built instruments that were considered exemplary
Where was Ellie Mannette from?
Trinidad and Tobago
DJs performed on turntables at clubs in front of live audiences.
True
Dorothea von Ertmann was a pianist, especially known for her performances of Beethoven's compositions
True
Hellen Keller was deafblind
True
Record Player
Turntable
This Romantic author wrote long, abstract descriptions of his listening experiences, such as this: "I retreat to the land of music, the realm of religion where all our doubts and our miseries are lost in a sea of tones."
Wilhelm Wackenroder
What was Bartolomeo Cristofori's primary mode of employment?
Working as an instrument technician for a prince
Harmonies that are pleasant and agreeable
consonsances
Harmonies that are unpleasant and disagreeable
dissonances
What did Pythagoras supposedly hear at the smithy?
metal hammers striking iron
Harmony based on the 3:2 ration
perfect fifth
Harmony based on the 4:3 ratio
perfect fourth
Harmony based on the 2:1 ratio
perfect octave
Back-spinning a record without lifting the needle
scratching
Followers believed that ________ numerical ratios produced _______ harmonies
simpler, consonant
A _____ is someone who makes a ______ out of discarded oil drums
tuner, pan
