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diminuendo
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decrescendo
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giojoso
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joyous
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An accent de-emphasizes that particular beat.
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Beat is a regular recurring pulse in a musical composition.
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pianissimo
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pp--very quiet
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moderato
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moderate tempo
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Raga
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Scale (India)
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piano p
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soft
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Decrescendo
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*diminuendo* gradually softer
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1982
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Randy Travis (1986)Neo-traditonalism
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ryukyu
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Okinawa pentatonic mode
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Cantatas
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un staged operas
chamber-secular
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Nineteenth-century Russian composers have a strong tradition of utilizing folk tales as the basis of their compositions
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True
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arioso
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short aria like fragment
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The Cure
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Robert Smith- gtr/songs/vox
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Accordion
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A free aerophone with reeds hidden within two rectangular headboards connected by a folding bellows. Keys or buttons on the right
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Date the Renaissance
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1450 to 1600
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Bhajan
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Composes South Indian devotional songs
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Articulation
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Refers to tonguing and slurring
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harmony
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two or more tones simultaneously
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Monophony
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a single line of music
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adagio
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in a leisurely manner; slowly.
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Extended Technique
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Extending beyond the traditional technique i.e. fifth movement of Berlioz's 'Symphony Fantastique'.
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--- in Classical era included everything except:A. Tended to have more talent than the menB. Music at home participationC. Took private lessonsD. Practiced to entertain family & friendsE. Some even became pros who composed and toured expensively
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WomenA.
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Giuseppe Verdi
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greatest Romantic italian opera composer
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cadenza (cad.)
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solo passage in free style
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Rasa
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specific feelings that art can express-9 different ones
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sheng
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multiple pipe instrument with single reeds and an air chamber
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Messe de Nostre Dame, Kyrie
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Machaut, 1364
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The musical bow's ancestors were the same bows used for ___________.
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hunting
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Opera
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grand musical production that tells a story with costumes and sets.
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This composer wrote: CrimsonTide, Gladiator, Pearl Harbor, Blackhawk Down, Pirates of the Carribean, The DaVinci Code, The Dark Knight, Angels and Demons
a. Walt Disney
b. Aaron Copeland
c. John Williams
d. Hans Zimmer
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d. Hans Zimmer
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Protestant Reformation
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Protestant movement, led by Martin Luther, against certain tenets of the Catholic church.
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swing
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a big band jazz style particularly popular for dance music during the 1930s through the middle 1940s
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Main rhythmic instrument of the Hare Krishnas?
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Mrdanga
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Heterophony.
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One melody played in different voices and ways at roughly the same time.
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examples of tone colour
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bright, dark, mellow, harsh
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According to lecture, which rock artist died on February 3, 1959 at the age of 17?
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Ritchie Valens
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bridge
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the place where the string is placed at the end of hte guitar
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neumatic
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melodic style with two to four notes per syllable
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Before --- all movies were silent films
a. 1925
b. 1927
c. 1937
d. 1939
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b. 1927
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Paris
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where did Chopin spend most of his life?
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Tremelo
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Quick repetition of the same note, or quick repetition between two different notes.
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Ballad Opera
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A type of popular eighteenth century english musical theatre using re-texted ballads (or other popular songs) and spoken dialogue rather than recitative.
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tremolo
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the rapid repetition of a tone through a quick up and down movement of the bow, associated with suspsense and excitement
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According to lecture, where is Allen Toussaint's hometown?
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New Orleans
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counterpart
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one of two parts that fit, complete, or complement one another.
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Prelude to "The afternoon of a Faun"
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impressionis; symphonic poem
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Musical Phrase
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a succession of notes that form a distinctive sequence
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Form by movement
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I. SonataII. Aria FormIII. Minuet and Trio/ ScherzoIV. Rondo/ Theme and variation. (For three movement pieces, you would leave out Minuet and trio / Scherzo.)
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Ethnomusicologists
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study music as a part of people's way of life
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Who created Tina Turner's image?
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Ike Turner or Phil Spector
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Mozarts, Don giovanni
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based on story of great lover and libertine don juan
'dark comedy'; niether wholly dramatic or comedic
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Eighth Notes
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The type of note that receives half of a beat.
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bass clef
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a symbol placed on the fourth line of a staff to indicate that the fourth line of the staff corresponds to the F next below middle C; F clef.
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What term do the Navaho use to describe themselves?
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The People or Dine'
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What is Bachata Rosa?
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A song by Juan Luis Guerra that opened the door to the bachata genre and made it okay for people to listen to it.
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Which is true of Schubert's Erlking
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It is the masterpiece of his youth It is based on the legend that whoever is touched by the king of the elves must die It presents four characters who are differentiated in the music:
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