Periods of History | Composers | Forms in Music | Rhythm | Symbols |
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What is a period known for being very orderly?
Classical
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Who is Granados?
A Spanish composer
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What is Ternary (ABA)?
Three-part form
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What is four?
Number of quarter notes in a measure of 4/4 time
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What is "piano"?
This tells the performer to play softly.
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What is the Romantic period?
Emotional music
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Who is Brahms?
Wrote a famous lullaby
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What is Binary (AB)?
Two-part form
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What is a quarter note?
In 3/4 time this note gets one beat
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What is staccato?
A dot above or below a note.
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What is the Baroque period?
Ornate and polyphonic
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Who is Liszt?
One of the first to play without music
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What is Rondo form?
Material presented at the beginning keeps returning.
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What is bottom?
The number (top/bottom) in a time signature that tells what kind of note gets one beat.
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What is a fermata?
This tells the performer to hold the note longer than written.
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What is the 20th Century?
Atonal music
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Who is Tchaikovsky?
Wrote The Nutcracker ballet
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What is Rounded Binary?
A form where part of the A section returns somewhere in the B section.
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What is eight?
In 4/4 time, this many 8th notes fit into one measure.
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What is Allegro?
This tempo marking tells the performer to play fast.
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What is the Classical period?
Sonata became popular
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Who is MacDowell?
Composed in America
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What is the Recapitulation?
Follows the development in a Sonata form.
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What is an eighth note?
In 6/8 time, this note gets one beat.
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What is a key signature?
Shown at the beginning of each line of music, this tells the performer what notes to flat or sharp
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