MUL 2720 Terminology Quiz

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MUL 2720 - Terminology Quiz

• 3 February 09 (Tuesday) in-class
• Basic materials of music (pre-textbook)
• See Review Sheet on course web site for specific
  terms to be defined on test
• Open-ended questions (no matching or T/F)
• 5 of Course Grade
• Pencil (NO PEN)
• Roughly 30 minutes to complete

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Harmony (Some Useful terms)

• Chord 2 or more simultaneous pitches
• Triad 3-note chord
• Tonic the home pitch (name of key)
• Consonant / Consonance pleasant combinations
  of sounds (subjective)
• Dissonant / Dissonance unpleasant
  combinations of sounds (subjective)

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TEXTURE

• Interrelationship of melodic harmonic elements
  (whats happening at any given moment in the
  piece)
• Two Basic Kinds of Textures
• Monophonic / Monophony
• Polyphonic /Polyphony Subdivides into several
  different types

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Monophony / Monophonic

• ONE musical line only
• Multiple performers possible (on that one line)
  unison one sound

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Polyphony

• Counterpoint general term for the art of
  combining melodies
• Homophonic / Homophony multiple parts moving
  together, with top melody most important (also
  Homorhythmic)
• Imitation using a melodic idea successively in
  several different parts
• Canon / Round strict imitation (no changes, cf.
  Row, row, row your boat)
• Accompaniment less important background