Music ILTS 305 Questions with Complete Solutions Rated A+

Music - -was not documented until the middle ages -Used in worship, poetry, and dance and served society by uniting a community to complete necessary labors, soothe mourners, express different, and offer homage to a higher power Style - The ___ of music showcases not only the time and political or spiritual mood of the period, but also the composers and the mindset of the people Styles of music are usually classified into... - Chronological sections and referred to as Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century Listener - Music is difficult to label as good and bad since the biggest deciding factor of the quality of music is the ____. Greatness - Defining any___ in art by comparing the positive and negative aspects limits the artistic voice of the creator and the imagination of the audience. To be considered great... - music must be able to stand the test of time as being an indispensable example of a kind of work for the period, country, composer. Symphony - Contains three movements of fast-slow-fast and was name for the Italian opera Sinfonia Sammartini - Works used the three part movement with both strings and winds Symphony were... - performed with strings and winds, these musical pieces were enjoyed at private gatherings in palaces, monasteries, and residences, as well as civic functions and public concerts Baroque and Classical Style - An integrity and depth of composition is evident in both Baroque composers... - sought to express magnificence and grandeur in their music. - gave us the motet and opera From the classical period... - came the symphony, string quartet, and sonata Interval - Refers to the measurement from pitch to pitch Half Step or Semitone - Is the smallest movement and is the distance from one key to the next in the chromatic scale, such as C to C# Whole Step or tone - Refers to a full movement in which the notes are two keys apart, such as from C to D Quantity - Or numeric value assigned to the note, is established by the musical arrangement, such as CDEFGAB. Any interval created with C and G will always be a fifth, regardless of any sharps or flats. Musical Scale - Is the sequenced arrangement of notes or pitches that are located within the octave. Minor Scales - Are classified as natural, harmonic, and melodic and all start with the same minor tetrachord of 1-2-b3-4 with variations occurring on degrees 6 and 7 in the upper tetrachord Dynamics - Is the degree of loudness or softness of a musical piece. Piamissimo (pp) - Very soft