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WEST-E Instrumental Music (057) Exam Study Prep with Complete Solutions
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WEST-E Instrumental Music (057) ExamStudy Prep with Complete Solutions
(C)lassical music - ANSWER-Classical = (approx 1750 - 1820) homophony - a single
melody played over a simple bass line. Late baroque music became too complex and
'murky' and composers wanted something simple, elegant and pleasant. Harmonies are
simple. The piano was invented and more or less perfected during the classical period
and the harpichord was slowly abandoned. Opera became more and more important
and orchestras grew. Prominent composers include Haydn, Mozart, early Beethoven,
etc.
a cappella - ANSWER-"In the manner of the chapel.."Without instrumental
accompaniment. Ex. Medival and Renaissance church music.
adagietto - ANSWER-slow, but not as slow as adagio
Adagio - ANSWER-slow
Alberti bass - ANSWER-An accompaniment figure fraturing repetitive chord
arpeggiations, usually in the LH.
Allegro - ANSWER-Fast with a rate of two pulses per second. 120 bpm.
Alto Range SATB - ANSWER-G3-D5
Andante - ANSWER-Walking pace. Slower than Moderato.
Antonio Vivaldi - ANSWER-Baroque composer. Known for his Baroque concertos.
Wrote the Four Seasons.
Applied dominant chord - ANSWER-(Also known as secondary dominant chord): a
dominant triad or seventh chord set to resolve to a degree that is not the tonic, with V/V
or V7/V, the dominant of the dominant, being the most frequently encountered example.
Augmentation - ANSWER-Statement of a melody in longer note values, often twice as
slow as the original.
balanced binary form - ANSWER-Binary form in which the ending of the first section
returns at the end of the second section, but in the TONIC.
Baroque Music - ANSWER-A style of music between 1600-1750 characterized by the
use of the harpsichord. Baroque top composers include JS. Bach and George Handel.
Baroque music came before the Classical and Romantic music style periods.
, loaded with tension, drive (sometimes called a ''motor rhythm"), activity, and flairs for
the dramatic.
Baroque Suite - ANSWER-A multi-movement instrumental work based on popular
dances in the same key, including at minimum an allemande, courante, sarabande, and
gigue.
Bass range SATB - ANSWER-E2-C4
Binary Form (AB) - ANSWER-two part form with each section normally repeated
Cadential 6/4 - ANSWER-Root position dominant chords that are embellished by a 6th
and 4th above % in the bass, delaying the arrival of the dominant chord's third and fifth.
Cantata - ANSWER-story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio),
opposite of a sonata, which is instrumental.
cantus firmus - ANSWER-A "fixed melody", usually of very long notes, often based on a
fragment of Gregorian chant that served as the structural basis for a polyphonic
composition, particularly in the Renaissance. (Melody of whole notes in theory book)
Characteristics of Baroque music - ANSWER-Counterpoint harmonies, terraced
dynamics, virtuosic playing, major and minor tonalities, fugues, ornamentation,
HARPSICHORD,
Characteristics of Renaissance music - ANSWER-Choral Mass, new textures of
polyphony -> motet, madrigal, use of lutes, rise of secular music, blending melodies
rather than contrasting them, imitation, MODES
Claudio Monteverdi - ANSWER-Late Renaissance to early Baroque composer. He
composed Orfeo (1607), the oldest opera still in performance
compound interval - ANSWER-an interval larger than an octave
Compound Meter - ANSWER-Beats are divisible by three.
Concerto - ANSWER-A musical work featuring a solo instrument(s) and a larger
ensemble. Usually 3 movements, the first being a sonata form. Unlike a symphony
which has 4 movements.
Concerto grosso - ANSWER-A type of Baroque concerto that features a group of
soloists (concertino) interacting and alternating with a larger ensemble (the ripieno).
consonant intervals - ANSWER-P1, P5, P8, M3, m3, M6, m6, and sometimes P4
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