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A Staff has four lines and 5 spaces. |
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Rhythm is the ordered flow of music through time, also another word for beat, for a piece of music. |
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If melody is the horizontal aspect of music, then harmony in the vertical aspect. |
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Tonal music is characterized by the presence of tonic, which is the central note at which a musical composition is organized. |
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Texture only refers to the horizontal composition of music. |
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Monophony, Polyphony, and Homophony are the three basic types of musical texture found in Western Music. |
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The organization of musical ideas in time is called form. |
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A piece of music in ternary form will only have two parts. |
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The birth of opera, generally believed by scholars, was 1750 in Florence, Italy. |
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A piece of music in ternary form will have two parts. |
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The libretto is the text of an opera. |
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Retative is spoken dialogue in the Baroque opera. |
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Contata will never include a chorus; it is only for a group of soloist. |
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J.S. Bach was born in 1685 and he died in 1730. |
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Handel was born in 1685 and he died in 1759. |
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"A Passion" due to its content was strictly forbidden to be performed in churches during the Baroque Era. |
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By the late Baroque Era "Passion" was being performed outside of religious service. |
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The pace or speed of a composition of music is known as the tempo. |
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The riternello is the repetition or return of an instrumental section concerto grosso. |
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A fugue is always polyphonic. |
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A fugue is never polyphonic. |
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A concerto is always performed by a soloist accompanied by an ensemble. |
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A librettist provides musical material to the composer of an opera. |
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A cadence may be defined as a definite ending of a portion of music. |
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The art of improv was known as taboo during the Romantic Period. |
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The Romantic period preceded the classical period. |
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