Music Appreciation Midterm: Fall 2012 Open book. Open notes. If you use a direct quote‚ you must cite it. Use each of these prompts as a basis for thoughtful discussion. There is no minimum or maximum number of words. Be thorough and specific. Prove to me that you’ve been in class and that you’ve learned something. Music Business In our music business unit‚ we learned about various careers in the record industry‚ read about Chris Anderson’s “Long Tail” theory‚ and watched the “making” of a
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Review Questions: 1) Popular music is any music since industrialization in the mid-1800s that meet middle class expectations. Popular contains all different types of music and Pop music is just simply a type of music included in popular music. It’s kind of like saying all Maple trees are trees but not all trees are Maple trees! 2) Themes such as love and relationships are used to create much of the pop music lyrics. A song that uses this theme would be Tina Turner’s song “What’s love got to
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The Prelude to Appreciation The Prelude to Appreciation was very interesting to me. It taught me the steps of music appreciation. There is a lot more than just listening to music‚ even though everyone has different taste in music you can learn to like different kinds of music by knowing the history of it and understanding the background behind it. By listening to the CDs I began to appreciate music that I’ve never heard before. I enjoyed the different songs from different cultures‚ it’s always
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UNIT ONE: Music Appreciation Text Questions 1. What are the basic elements of music? Rhythm‚ tonality‚ and dynamics are the basic elements of music. 2. What is pitch? Pitch is the frequency of sound which varies throughout music. 3. What is syncopation? What types of music use syncopation? Syncopation is the emphasis on normally un-emphasized beats‚ or resting on a normally emphasized beat. Ska‚ reggae rap‚ jazz and some metal groups use syncopation. 4. What are three examples of forms of
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UNIT FOUR: Music Appreciation Text Questions Please complete the following questions. Answer the questions on this document. Submit your work as a file attachment. This means you complete all work in a word processing document (e.g.‚ Microsoft Word) and attach the file using the dropbox tool. The answers to the Text questions are worth 75 points. 75-70=A 69-64=B 63-56=C 55-50=D 49 or less = F Review Questions (5 points each) 1. What were the three forms of English madrigals? Describe each type
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such as monks‚ clerics‚ and priests 4.Who were allowed to sing in church? The priests and the choir 5.Most of the music that was notated during the middle ages was sacred or secular? Sacred 6.Was most medieval music vocal? Yes 7.What is Gregorian Chant? Discuss its origin‚ texture‚ melody‚ rhythm‚ text. How did it receive its name? What is its purpose? Official music of the Roman Catholic Church. Monophonic melody set to sacred Latin text‚ Calm otherworldly quality. Represents voice
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Crystal Chand 4/21/15 Unit One Music Appreciation Lab Questions 1. Describe some of the influence of Latin music in the US in the early part of the twentieth century. Answer: Latin bands were becoming a popular ballroom and club attraction‚ Afro-Cuban music was also developing and spreading. One major step for this music style was the Woodstock performance of then little known Afro-Cuban band Santana from San Francisco back in 1969. 2. What was the significance of “Machito and His Afro-Cubans? Answer:
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PartII The Middle Ages and Renaissance McGraw-Hill © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rig An Appreciation Time-Line Middle Ages (450-1450) – Rome sacked by Vandals—455 – Beowolf—c. 700 – First Crusade—1066 – Black Death—1347-52 – Joan of Arc executed by English—1431 McGraw-Hill © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rig An Appreciation Time-Line Renaissance (1450-1600) – Guttenberg Bible—1456 – Columbus reaches America—1492 – Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa—c. 1503 – Michelangelo:
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was a sad love song that became a popular hit in the 1920’s‚ specifically 1926. Due to how the man was treating her with such disrespect‚ Smith sings about leaving the man she loves. Her music was considered to be classical blues based on the African American blues genre. Long before Smith’s time‚ this type of music with its sad and negative tone was already being played. For instance‚ “Flow My Tears” was written around the 1600’s which was during the Renaissance period. This was considered popular
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The musicians are divided into four main groups called sections: (1) the string section‚ (2) the woodwind section‚ (3) the brass section‚ (4) and the percussion section. The various instruments in the string‚ woodwind‚ and brass section are pitched in different ranges‚ like voices in a choir. In the following discussion‚ the instruments in each of these sections are listed in the order from those of the highest range to those of the lowest. Some percussion instruments are also
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