Things to Know/Study Guide
Music Appreciation
Sasha von Dassow
Eras/Style Periods:
Western Art/Church:
Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
Impressionist
Modern/20th C.
Modern Pop, etc.:
Blues
Jazz
Rock
Pop
Gospel
Alternative
New Age
Christian
World Music
Melody:
Theme
Motive/motif
Countermelody Textures:
Homophonic
Heterophonic
Monody
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Polyrhythm
Structure:
See: Forms
Cadence
Repeats
Rhythm:
Phrase
Beat
Strong/weak
Measure/Bar
Bar line
Syncopation
Meter:
Time Signature
4/4
3/ 4
6/8
common time
Tempo:
Adagio
Andante
Allegro
Presto
Ritardando
Accelerando
Pitch:
Middle C
A440
B-flat
Scales:
Key signature
Major
Minor
Modes
Do-re-mi
Harmony:
Consonance
Dissonance
Chord
I-V-I
Interval:
Conjunct
Disjunct
Octave
Whole step
Half step
Third: M/m
Fifth
7th
Notation symbols:
Staff:
Grand Staff
Score
Clefs:
Treble
Bass
C clefs
Notes (Pitch):
A-G
Accidentals:
Sharp
Flat
Natural
Notes (Time):
Quarter note
Whole note
Eighth note
Rests:
Whole
Quarter
Dynamics:
Piano/p
Forte/f
Crescendo<
Decrescendo>
Forms:
General:
Theme
Canon
Fugue
Variation
Rondo
Cadenza
ABA
Ritornello, Refrain, Response, Verse/Chorus
Passacaglia, Ostinato, Ground Bass, Chaconne
Tutti, Ripieno, Concerto Grosso
Instrumental Genres and Forms:
Dance Forms:
Tarantella
Gigue
Sarabande
Minuet
Scherzo
Waltz
Sonata-Allegro Form
Exposition
First Theme
Second Theme
Development
Recapitulation
Coda
Suite:
Orchestral
Overture:
French
Italian
Romantic
Opera
Trio Sonata
Sonata
Symphony
Concerto
Tone Poem
Vocal Forms and Genres:
Mass:
Proper
Ordinary
Requiem Mass
Opera
Oratorio
Cantata
Aria
Da Capo Aria
Recitative
Chorus
Duet/Trio/Ensemble
Organum
Motet
Madrigal
Composers/Artists:
Medieval:
Guillaume de Machaut
Leonin
Renaissance:
Josquin des Prez
Palestrina
Monteverdi
Dowland
John Blow
Baroque:
Bach
Handel
Vivaldi
Purcell
Telemann
Pachelbel
Biber
Rameau
Couperin
Classical:
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
Romantic:
Beethoven
Mendelssohn