MA Unit 1

A smooth, connected style of playing a melody is known as ______.

Staccato refers to playing or singing a melody ______.

What is melody?

What is a cadence?

What is a sequence?

A melody that serves as the starting point for a more extended piece of music is called a ______.

_____________ in music adds support, depth, and richness to a melody.

What is a chord?

What is consonance?

A combination of tones that is considered unstable and tense is called a _______.

Traditionally, a Western classical composition would almost always end on a ______.

The dominant chord is the triad built on the _________ step of the scale.

When the individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another instead of simultaneously, it is called a broken chord or a(n) ______.

Tonality is another term for ______.

Sharp or flat signs immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of the staff are collectively called the ______.

To what does modulation refer?

To what does musical texture refer?

If a flute player were to play a solo without any other accompaniment, the texture would be ______.

Of what does homophonic texture consist?

When two or more melodic lines of equal interest are performed simultaneously, the texture is ______.

The organization of musical ideas in time is called _______.

Three-part form can be represented as _______.

The form consisting of a musical statement followed by a counterstatement would be called _______.

What is improvisation?

In music, _________ refers to a characteristic way of using melody, rhythm, tone color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form.

The Renaissance may be described as an age of ______.

The phrase Middle Ages refers to the period of European history spanning ______.

The intellectual movement called humanism ______.

During the Middle Ages, what institution was the center of musical life?

Most medieval music was _______.

The music the medieval monks sang was called

Gregorian chant ________.

The word Alleluia _______.

The form of the chant Alleluia: Vidimus stellam is ______.

_________ lived in Southern France and wrote poems in the Provençal language; while _________ flourished in Northern France and wrote in Old French.

What did Beatriz, Countess of Dia, compose?

An estampie is a medieval ______.

One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of _______.

An outstanding composer of the ars nova was

The Renaissance in music occurred between

Which of the following statements is not true of Renaissance music?

The leading music center in sixteenth-century Europe was

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly

To what does a cappella refer

Which of the following composers is not an important madrigalist?

What is the Renaissance madrigal?

The _________ was the most popular instrument in the Renaissance home.

A leading English composer of lute songs was

Much of the instrumental music composed during the Renaissance was intended for ______.

During the Middle Ages, what institution was the center of musical life?

Most medieval music was

The music the medieval monks sang was called _______.

Gregorian chant ________.

The word Alleluia _______.

Who was Hildegard of Bingen?

An estampie is a medieval

One of the major characteristics of ars nova music is its use of _______.