Vocab one of Fine Arts

Antiquity

• first form of musical notation

• the period when the first civilizations were formed and music began to take on its forms

• Type of brass used on trumpets

• none of the above

horizontal lines on which symbols could be written to show the pitch and length of notes

• A) plainchant

• B) orchestration

• C) Stave

• D) B and C

All of these would be considered notation

• A) Stave

• B) polyphony

• C) neums

• D) Arezzo

any harmonic set of pitches/frequencies consisting of multiple notes

• Melody

• harmonies

• chords

• none of the above

Creators of complex melodies and musical masterpieces are considered composers. Which of these are composers?

• A) JS Bach

• B) Pieter Bruegel

• C) Joseph Hayden

• Gustav Mahler

lengthy form of musical composition for orchestra, normally consisting of several large sections, or movements, at least one of which usually employs sonata form (also called first-movement form).

• A) Opera

• B) Jazz

• C) Symphony

• Both A and C

What does the term Classical Music mean

• A) orchestral music

• B) music of the Classical Period

• C) Music with no words

• Both A and B

Which instrument is brass, played by the player vibrating, or buzzing, their lips against the mouthpiece?

• A) Serpent, Trombone, Trumpet, Saxophone

• B) Trombone, Didgeridoo, Tuba and Sousaphone

• C) Trombone, Serpent, French Horn, Clarinet

• D) Trombone, Serpent, Oboes and basoons

This era of composers rejected the modern industrialized world

• A) Classical

• B) Renaissance

• C) Romanticism

• D) none of the above

Split into four sections and containing more than 100 members this musical group is called a

• A) Big Band

• B) Quartet

• C) Orchestra

• D) Marching Band