Music Ap. Mid Term

The term ___________ refers to the speed of the beat of the music.

• meter

• tempo

• dynamics

• synopation

Between what approximate dates did the Renaissance in music occur?

• 1600 and 1750

• 1150 and 1450

• 1450 and 1600

• 1. 1000 and 1150

What technology is based on placing brief digital recordings of live sounds under the control of a synthesizer keyboard?

• MIDI

• Digital frequency modulation synthesis

• Analog synthesis

• 1. Sampling

The two main forms of sacred Renaissance music are the mass and the ______.

• madrigal

• cantata

• motet

• 1. Kyrie

The orchestra evolved during the baroque period into a performing group based on instruments of the ____________ family.

• brass

• percussion

• woodwind

• string

Most medieval music was written for what performing force(s)?

• Pianos

• Organs

• Voices

• 1. Solo instruments

The concerto grosso most often has three movements whose tempo markings are ______.

• slow, fast, slow

• fast, slow, fast

• fast, fast, slow

• 1. slow, slow, fast

What did the typical orchestra of the classical period consist of?

• Strings with harpsichord continuo

• Strings, woodwinds, horns, trumpets, and timpani

• Woodwinds, trombones, drums, and strings

• 1. A loose ensemble of available instruments

The texture of Renaissance music is chiefly ______.

• heterophonic

• monophonic

• homophonic

• 1. polyphonic

A type of polyphonic composition based on one main theme is a ______.

• episode

• concerto

• fugue

• subject