Midterm Review Chapters 1-6

Vocabulary 1. A question-and-answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader. 2. A style of “art” music that stands apart from traditional and popular music. 3. A sequence of eight pitches built on a pattern of two whole steps, one half step, three whole steps, and one half step. 4. Type of spontaneous musical invention. 5. An athletic dance that includes kicks and inward leg rotations on syncopated beats of music. 6. A term used to designate singing without instrumental accompaniment. 7. A basic rhythmic pattern that provides the foundation for the complex rhythms played by multiple drums. 8. The way the beats or pulses in a musical selection are organized and subdivided.

Vocabulary 9. Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it goes against the steady beat, conflicts with it, and tries to upset the steady beat. 10. Where the beat is divided into three equal parts. 11. Musical group with several violins, two trumpets, large bass guitar, and special five and six string guitar. 12. A repeated musical figure 13. Refined style of classical dance emphasizes the verticality of the body, an outward rotation of the legs with fluid foot and leg work, and virtuosic turns and jumps 14. The capacity to think sound. 15. A genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing.

Questions 16. How many works have survived to this day by J.S. Bach? 1000 plus 17. What is the short term mission of the Voyager satellites? To take pictures of the planets 18. What two European countries have the biggest influence on Western music? Austria and Germany 19. When did Voyager I leave our solar system? What about Voyager 2? 2003 and 2015 20. What does an ethnomusicologist do? Studies the culture of music 21. Explain Barong and Rangda? Which is good and evil? Barong is good and Rangda is bad 22. Mozart wrote his first opera at what age? Age 8

Questions 23. What is the difference between traditional and popular music? Tradition always passes down and popular only lasts a small amount 24. What are the 5 musical instrument classifications? Give 1 example of each. Aerophone (trumpet), Idiophone (wood block), Chordophone (guitar), Membranophone (drum), Electrophone (electric guitar) 25. How do you determine the interval? (Hint: You count 3 things) Count the first note, lines and spaces and top note 26. Name two instruments commonly used in solo performances. Flute and guitar 27. Describe perceptive listening and explain how it contributes to a peak listening experience. Top listening with focus

Questions 28. What are the names of the strings on a guitar? EADGBE 29. What are “found instruments?” Ordinary objects 30. What does “mixed meters” mean? Duple and Triple 31. What is the relationship between beat and rhythm? Beat is steady and Rhythm changes 32. What rhythmic device is used in ragtime? Syncopation 33. Explain the difference between a reel and a jig. Reel is duple and a jig is in compound duple

Questions 34. Who is the King of Rock and Roll? How did he get that name? Elvis and with his moves 35. What is the beginning of the Aborigine world called? Dreaming or Dreamtime 36. Name a famous Ballet. Nutcracker 37. What does the phrase “A Capella” mean in Latin? In the Chapel 38. List the male voices in order from highest to lowest Countertenor, tenor, Baritone, Bass 39. Who was known as the “father of the blues?” W.C. Handy 40. What are the three levels of register? High, Medium, Low

Vocabulary 1. A question-and-answer pattern in which a group responds to a leader. Call and Response 2. A style of “art” music that stands apart from traditional and popular music. Classical 3. A sequence of eight pitches built on a pattern of two whole steps, one half step, three whole steps, and one half step. Major Scale 4. Type of spontaneous musical invention. Improvisation 5. An athletic dance that includes kicks and inward leg rotations on syncopated beats of music. Charleston 6. A term used to designate singing without instrumental accompaniment. A Capella 7. A basic rhythmic pattern that provides the foundation for the complex rhythms played by multiple drums. Clave 8. The way the beats or pulses in a musical selection are organized and subdivided. Rhythm 9. Deliberate shifts of the accent so that it goes against the steady beat, conflicts with it, and tries to upset the steady beat. Syncopation 10. Where the beat is divided into three equal parts. Compound Duple 11. Musical group with several violins, two trumpets, large bass guitar, and special five and six string guitar. Mariachi 12. A repeated musical figure Ostinato 13. Refined style of classical dance emphasizes the verticality of the body, an outward rotation of the legs with fluid foot and leg work, and virtuosic turns and jumps Ballet 14. The capacity to think sound. Audiation 15. A genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing. Blues