First Music History Review

In music, what are dynamics?

• Which instruments are playing

• Essentially: volume

• How long or short the notes are

• Essentially: texture

When we talk about the instruments that make up a piece of music, we refer to that piece's:

• Symphonic Form

• Movements

• Articulation

• Orchestration

Review: a short musical idea is called...

• a motive.

• a theme.

• a sentence.

• a movement.

Longer, more complete musical ideas are referred to as...

• themes.

• orchestration.

• dynamics.

• bok choy.

Which of these is a fast tempo?

• Adagio

• Largo

• Allegro

• Andante

Of these choices, which is the softest dynamic?

• Piano

• Forte

Review:

We know that Beethoven began losing his hearing in his 20's and became fully deaf by the time he wrote his 9th Symphony. What contributed to his being able to qwrite music with being able to hear it?

• His perfect pitch.

• He felt sound through vibration.

• He got EXTREMELY lucky.

• Someone else actually wrote the 9th Symphony.