LET ME KEY YOU IN | ||
#1 | In a major scale, between which intervals do the half steps occur. | 3 and 4, 7 and 8 |
#2 | Music based on the seven tones of a major or minor scale is classified as this. | Diatonic |
#3 | The number of tones in the pentatonic scale. | 5 |
#4 | The process of passing from one key to another within a piece of music. | Modulation |
#5 | When a melody is transposed, this remains the same. | The shape of the melodic line or the intervals between the notes |
I'LL BEAT THE SONATA-ALLEGRO OUT OF YOU! | ||
#1 | A modulatory section that leads from one theme to the next. | Development |
#2 | The introduction of the first (and sometimes second) theme. | Exposition |
#3 | The final section, which rounds it off with a vigorous closing cadence. | Coda |
#4 | The reappearance of the theme after the modulatory section. | Recapitulation |
#5 | If you play your Sonata-Allegro form flawlessly, the audience may request this through applause. | Encore |
NOTHIN' BUT THE CLASSICS | ||
#1 | This piece was the last thing Mozart wrote before his untimely death. | Requiem Mass |
#2 | The most important instrumental form written during the Classical Era. | Symphony |
#3 | This deaf composer had a wicked temper. | Beethoven |
#4 | The number of Beethoven's symphonies, concluding with his Ode to Joy. | 9 |
#5 | This composer was notorious for only using one theme in Sonata-Allegro form. | Haydn |
HOPELESS ROMANTICS | ||
#1 | The event that signaled the beginning of the Romantic Era. | The French Revolution |
#2 | This instrument was the favored chamber instrument of the era. | The piano |
#3 | The use of folklore, folk music, and a revolutionary attitude was called this. | Nationalism |
#4 | A song form in which the same melody is repeated with every stanza of text. | Strophic form |
#5 | Instrumental music endowed with literary, philosophical, or pictorial associations. | Program Musci |
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND! | ||
#1 | A compositional style in which some details are left to chance or to the performer's choice. | Aleatoric Music |
#2 | This Brooklyn born composer was famous for creating musical images of the American West. | Copland |
#3 | A style in which vocal melodies were spoken rather than sung, coined by Arnold Schoenberg. | Sprechstimme |
#4 | The German term for art song. | Lied or Lieder |
#5 | This composer is better known for his conducting. He could be found conducting with only his face and released the "Young People's Concerts". | Bernstein |
Final Question | |
This term refers to a principal theme that recurs throughout a work and carried specific meanings. Ba-Da, Ba-Da, Badabadabadabada. | Leitmotif |