MUSI 2040 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Fisk Jubilee Singers, Ballad Opera, Parlour Music

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSI 2040
• Professor: Naomi Graber

Document Summary

Syncopated: strong beats in rhythm do not line up with strong beats in meter. Straight: strong beats of meter match strong beats in rhythm. Chords: 3 or more notes played at a time, consonant or dissonant. History of popular music exam 1 study guide. Interval: how far apart pitches are (narrow, wide, medium) Melody: a succession of pitches heard as a coherent movement. Rhythm: duration of notes in relation to meter. Texture: how musical lines (voices) relate to each other. Form: labeled with letters (melody is the basis for all forms) Timbre: example: sweet, harsh, rough, bright, dark, etc. Chantaways: many day ceremonies for healing, harvesting, etc. (dancing, singing, praying) Vocable: syllables with no semantic meaning- supernatural meaning. Los pastores: christmas play, parade processional through neighborhood. Syncretism: two (or more) different forms combining beliefs, practices, traditions, etc. Ainsworth psalter (1612): books of psalms brought from england. The old way: result of falling musical literacy (lining out)