Music Praxis II (5113) Questions and Answers Rated A+

Music Praxis II (5113) Questions and Answers Rated A+ Aristotle: virtues not human reasoning The quantization function in the MIDI software is used for allowing the user to select the smallest note value that will be imported into the score as the MIDI file is played. Alto Flute: Sounds a perfect 4th lower than written Aerophones: Instruments that produce sound by using air ABA: American Bandmaster's Association Op. (work) or Opp. (works) a term used to classify a composition in relation to the composer's other compositions. Absolute Music: Pure music, not linked to words or descriptive ideas. Opposite of program music. Accelerando: Gradually accelerating or getting faster. Accented Passing Note: an unessential note that falls on the beat. ACDA: American Choral Directors Association Adagio: slow. Affective Behaviors: growth in physical or emotional areas (attitude). Alberti Bass: Accompaniment style popular in the classical period. Instead of writing simple chords for the left hand, the composer arranges the same notes in a pattern of broken chords. Alla Breve: a tempo marking indicating a quick duple meter 2/2. Allegro: fast. Alto Clef: C clef used by the viola. C is on the middle line. Anacrusis: Pick up bar. An Upbeat or a pickup note(s); a term used for unstressed notes at the beginning of a phrase of music. Andante: walking tempo. Antiphonal: Alternate singing or playing by different groups. Anton Bruckner: Austria AOSA: American Orff-Schulwerk Association Appoggiaturas: Note that does not form part of the harmony and is approached by a leap and left by a step. Arco: instruction to use the bow after a plucked passage of music. Aria: solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment. Arpeggio: chord whose notes are played one after another. Sometimes it is written as a chord preceded by a wiggly line. Articulation: Musical shaping and phrasing. Marks