MUSC 1060 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Caro, Mixolydian Mode, Ars Nova
7 Apr 2013
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From the baroque (and all from mymusiclab: claudio monteverdi, orpheus selection from act ii, henry purcell, dido and aeneas overture and act 1, nos. 1-4 (any one portion of these two excerpts is fair game) opera: barbara strozzi, revenge aria. ***for each, you should be able to name composer (first and last names), title (in. English, though foreign language titles also accepted), era, and significance (of the work). Melody: single line of notes heard in succession as unit. Contours: a rising and falling variation pattern, as in music and intonation. Harmony: 2 notes; two or more notes heard as a single entity. A melody can be harmonized (using chords) in more than one way, our harmonic choices are infinite and harmonic choices can be an early way to make a statement/change the meaning of. Highness or lowness of a pitch based on frequencies (number of oscillations per second). A440 # that which sounds when something vibrates at 440hz.
