Humanities 100 Final Exam with Correct
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What is it? Classical- Art Song
Classical music is also called "art music." It is both religious and secular music, and it is based on
"staff notation."
Classical What is Cantana?
Cantata: choral work with one or more soloist and an
instrumental ensemble
Classical What is Mass?
Mass: Sacred choral composition consisting of five
sections (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), often with orchestral accompaniment.
Classical What is Oratorio?
Oratorio: chorus + vocal soloists + orchestra; they are often set to narrative
texts (often Biblical)
Classical What is Concreto?
Concerto: Extended composition for an instrumental soloist and orchestra
• Example: Bach, "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F"
Classical What is Symphony?
Symphony: Full scale orchestral composition, often in four movements
• Example: Mahler, "Symphony No. 2"
Classical What is Fugue?
Fugue: Composition of one main theme that uses a variety of different melodic lines all working
together; can be for a group of instruments or
voices or for a single instrument
Jazz- What is blues?
Blues: Primarily African American form of jazz developed streets, bars, and dance halls, consisting of
improvisation, a steady beat, unique tone colors,
and "the blue note"
Jazz What is New Orleans style?
New Orleans Style (aka "Dixieland"): front line (several contrasting melodic lines) + rhythm section;
connected to "big band" music of the 1930s and
1940s.
, Jazz What is Ragtime?
Ragtime: piano-based music primarily; regular beat is juxtaposed a
syncopated (off-beat) melody
Jazz What is Free Jazz?
Free Jazz: Developed in the 1950s & 60s; focus is on abstraction, creative improvisation, extreme notes
and lots of energy; often connected to the civil rights movement; when most people think of jazz, this is
what they have in
mind.
Jazz What is Fusion?
Fusion: Jazz musicians using elements of rock music with jazz; chord
progressions and rhythmic patterns are simplified and electronic instruments
incorporated into the music.
• Example: Herbie Hancock, "Headhunters"
Jazz What is Groove?
Groove: Pop/rock/hip-hop artists using elements of jazz music.
• Example: Flying Lotus, "Putty Boy Strut"
Popular Music- What are the difference between genres like rock and pop?
Popular music styles like Rock and Rap/Hip-Hop are off-shoot of Blues & Rhythm & Blues. Unlike other
genres, these focus primarily on recording than on composition or performance. Each of these musics
has developed and changed in massive ways over the years, and often these changes have mirrored the
advancements of the technology used in recording and performing.
Opera- What is Grand Opera (tragic)?
Grand Opera (serious or tragic opera): Wagner, Die Walkure (Act III, "Ride of the
Valkyrie")
Opera-What is Opera Buffa (comic)?
Opera Buffa (comic opera):
Mozart's
Opera-What is Operetta (light)?
Operetta (light opera): Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado
Sound-How is it Pitch (notes, octaves, frequencies) put together?
The relative speed of the sound waves
Pitch (12 notes per octave)
The human ear can hear sounds
between 20 Hertz and 20,000 Hertz
Answers| 2025 LATEST UPDATED!!
What is it? Classical- Art Song
Classical music is also called "art music." It is both religious and secular music, and it is based on
"staff notation."
Classical What is Cantana?
Cantata: choral work with one or more soloist and an
instrumental ensemble
Classical What is Mass?
Mass: Sacred choral composition consisting of five
sections (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei), often with orchestral accompaniment.
Classical What is Oratorio?
Oratorio: chorus + vocal soloists + orchestra; they are often set to narrative
texts (often Biblical)
Classical What is Concreto?
Concerto: Extended composition for an instrumental soloist and orchestra
• Example: Bach, "Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F"
Classical What is Symphony?
Symphony: Full scale orchestral composition, often in four movements
• Example: Mahler, "Symphony No. 2"
Classical What is Fugue?
Fugue: Composition of one main theme that uses a variety of different melodic lines all working
together; can be for a group of instruments or
voices or for a single instrument
Jazz- What is blues?
Blues: Primarily African American form of jazz developed streets, bars, and dance halls, consisting of
improvisation, a steady beat, unique tone colors,
and "the blue note"
Jazz What is New Orleans style?
New Orleans Style (aka "Dixieland"): front line (several contrasting melodic lines) + rhythm section;
connected to "big band" music of the 1930s and
1940s.
, Jazz What is Ragtime?
Ragtime: piano-based music primarily; regular beat is juxtaposed a
syncopated (off-beat) melody
Jazz What is Free Jazz?
Free Jazz: Developed in the 1950s & 60s; focus is on abstraction, creative improvisation, extreme notes
and lots of energy; often connected to the civil rights movement; when most people think of jazz, this is
what they have in
mind.
Jazz What is Fusion?
Fusion: Jazz musicians using elements of rock music with jazz; chord
progressions and rhythmic patterns are simplified and electronic instruments
incorporated into the music.
• Example: Herbie Hancock, "Headhunters"
Jazz What is Groove?
Groove: Pop/rock/hip-hop artists using elements of jazz music.
• Example: Flying Lotus, "Putty Boy Strut"
Popular Music- What are the difference between genres like rock and pop?
Popular music styles like Rock and Rap/Hip-Hop are off-shoot of Blues & Rhythm & Blues. Unlike other
genres, these focus primarily on recording than on composition or performance. Each of these musics
has developed and changed in massive ways over the years, and often these changes have mirrored the
advancements of the technology used in recording and performing.
Opera- What is Grand Opera (tragic)?
Grand Opera (serious or tragic opera): Wagner, Die Walkure (Act III, "Ride of the
Valkyrie")
Opera-What is Opera Buffa (comic)?
Opera Buffa (comic opera):
Mozart's
Opera-What is Operetta (light)?
Operetta (light opera): Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado
Sound-How is it Pitch (notes, octaves, frequencies) put together?
The relative speed of the sound waves
Pitch (12 notes per octave)
The human ear can hear sounds
between 20 Hertz and 20,000 Hertz
