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Music History 3 - Test 2
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Undergraduate 2
04/06/2008

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atonality
Definition
avoids establish a tonal center
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twelve-tone method
Definition
A form of atonality based on systematic orderings of the twelve notes of the chromatic scale.
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pitch-class set
Definition
one of the twelve notes of the chrmoatic scale and its enharmonic equivalents in any octave.
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expressionism
Definition
Everything i hate about music.
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Sprechstimme
Definition
approximating the written pitches in the gliding tones of speech, while following the notated rhythm exactly
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twelve-tone method
Definition
method of relating notes that are only related to one another.
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neoclassicism
Definition
a broad movement from 1910s to 1950s in which composers revived, imitated or evoked styles, genres and forms of pre-romantic music
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serial music
Definition
extending the principles to serise in parameters other than pitch, such as rhythm
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Klangfarbenmelodie
Definition
tone color melody, a musical technique that involves breaking up a musical line or melody out from one instrument to between several instruments. So, what I do in a cappella.
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tone cluster
Definition
a musical chord comprising at least three consecutive tones in a scale.
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Polytonality
Definition
playing in multiple keys at once. disgusting.
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Col legno
Definition
playing with the wood part of the bow
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multiple stops
Definition
playing notes on multiple strings at once
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glissando
Definition
Sliding between notes
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Bartok pizzicato
Definition
Plucking the strings
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sul ponticello
Definition
to play very near the bridge
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con sordino
Definition
with a mute
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collage
Definition
playing multiple tunes on top of each other
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New Orleans Jazz
Definition
the leading style of jazz, centers on group variation of a given tune.
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Swing music
Definition
stylish, well executed arrangements with hard driving jazz rhythms
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film music (Diagetic)
Definition
music that is heard or performed by the characters themselves
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film music (non-diagetic)
Definition
background music that conveys to the viewer a mood or other aspects of a scene or character
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Les Six
Definition
Six french composers and artists that did stuff.
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New Objectivity
Definition
Taking tonality and pretty sounds and making good music out of it. Who woulda thunk it? I hate music.
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