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rhythm - correct answer is the term for the orderly flow of music through time -ALL music takes place in time, so ALL music has Rhythm rhythm usually includes: beat meter and tempo 4 listening levels of music: - correct answer 1. surface listening -hearing music but doing other tasks so not fully focused on the music 2. intentional listening: -more focused on music and begin to hear more of the details of wh...

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Griot - correct answer Tribal Historian/Storyteller in traditional African Culture. Alan Lomax - correct answer Prolific musicologist and song collector; preserved much of the early Blues music through his field recordings. Name of song that Alan Lomax recorded - correct answer I be so glad when the sun go down. how was slavery kept intact? - correct answer ...

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sound - correct answer vibration of an object pitch - correct answer relative highness or lowness in a sound tone - correct answer sound that has a definite pitch; specific frequency tone color (timbre) - correct answer quality of sound; described as bright, dark, brilliant, mellow, and rich; trumpet v flute when playing same tone dynamic...

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When was La Taranta made? - correct answer In 1961 Where did La Taranta take place? - correct answer In Southern Naples What was the main key of La Taranta? - correct answer Women used dancing as a way to alleviate depression & limited freedoms. Ethos in music - correct answer The effects that music can have on a listener Ramifications in...

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what does it mean to improvise? - correct answer to simultaneously create, perform, and listen to music The use of written or printed symbols to represent musical sound is called: - correct answer notation which of the following is most closely related to the role of the conductor of an orchestra? - correct answer musical interpreter what do you think it means to say that "m...

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What were the dozens used for? - correct answer Served as lyrics in songs to trade insults Jelly Roll Morton "Dirty Dozens" - correct answer Jelly Roll Morton is generally considered to be the first major figure in jazz; an influential bandleader, composer and arranger Bo Diddley "Say Man" - correct answer Bo Diddley was one of the most influential figures in early ro...

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What is music? - correct answer Organized sound or "humanly organized sound" Is music a universal language? - correct answer Music IS universal, but IS NOT a universal language. Describe Nigeria's role in Afro-Cuban music? - correct answer Yoruba culture, language, music, and religion were especially influential in the African diaspora. What is jargon? - correct answer...

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What do we call the emphasizing of one beat or note over other beats and notes? - correct answer accent What is a chord? - correct answer Multiple notes sounding at the same time What does the term "decrescendo" reference? - correct answer Dynamics that gradually get quieter What musical form is described using A A1 A2 A3 A4 A5? - correct answer ...

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neoclassicism - correct answer (art) Trend in music from the 1910s to the 1950s in which composers revived, imitated, or evoked the styles, GENRES, and FORMS of pre-ROMANTIC music, especially those of the eighteenth century. (page 393) absolute music - correct answer Music that is independent of words, drama, visual images, or any kind of representation. (page 402) organicism - correct answer ...

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melody - correct answer a succession of single pitches rhythm - correct answer unit or measurement of time in music contour - correct answer moving up and down of pitches in a melody meter - correct answer organizes beats; grouping of beats together into longer unit interval - correct answer distance b...

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true or false: until the 21st century, most of America's popular and classical music was based on the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and performance practices of western Africa. - correct answer false true or false: jazz is a blending of songs and dances of Anglo-American, Creole, and African-American cultures. - correct answer true The __________ allowed composers, lyricists, and publishers to make a profit when so...

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true or false: the elements of music are pitch, duration, loudness, and melody. - correct answer false Acoustics is __________ . - correct answer both: -the science of sound -the physical basis of music Dynamics refers to __________ . - correct answer the loudness or softness of music Tension followed by a release of tension produces __________ . - correct answer ...

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Aural - correct answer the perception of any musical event(s) perceived by the ear. to describe the development of the ear. Note - correct answer visual/written representation of sound Pitch - correct answer the aural representation of sound. specific sound that can be written using musical notes. Harmonic - correct answer refers to 2+ sound...

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Music is exclusively the art of - correct answer sound in time Pitch is the quality of - correct answer highness or lowness of a sound What is another name for pitch? - correct answer note In which language are dynamics generally described? - correct answer Italian Which dynamic indication is the softest? - correct answer ...

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a melody + accompaniment musical texture - correct answer homophonic scales are made up of 8 notes, a span of one - correct answer octave forte, mezzo piano, and piano are all common ____ indications - correct answer dynamic melodies are made up of shorter ____ similar to spoken and written language - correct answer phrases multiple voice...

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Melody - correct answer A single line of notes hear in succession as a coherent unit. Rhythm - correct answer The ordering of music through time. (Not all music has a melody, but all music has a rhythm.) Harmony - correct answer The sound created by multiple voices playing or singing together. Texture - correct answer Based on the number and...

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