MUSC 201

A wind instrument of the Renaissance, a forerunner of the modern trombone

Sackbut
A series of notes that provide the essential pitch building blocks of a melody

Scale
A short musical motive that repeats at successively higher or lower pitches

Sequence
An instrument that produces sound when a taut string is plucked or stroked with a bow

String Instrument
A verse of poetry, or the music corresponding to that verse (see also "stanza")

Strophe
The central theme of a fugue

Subject
A style of setting a text to music so that there is one note per syllable

Syllabic
A form consisting of three parts, labeled ABA

Ternary Form
The number and general relationship of musical lines or voices to one another

Texture
The character or quality of a sound

Timbre

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Card Set

MUSC 201

Description

Exam 1 Part 7

Updated

2012-11-24T17:57:43Z

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