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30 Cards in this Set
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A plug placed in the bell of a trumpet to lesson it's piercing sound
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the mute
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the American city considered "the birthplace of jazz" is
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new Orleans
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the kind of texture produced by the simultaneous improvisations created by New Orleans jazz players is
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polyphonic
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A light musical interlude intended to separate and break the mods of two serious surrounding movements is called
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intermezzo
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the standard form of the blues is the
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twelve-bar blues form
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the style of music that was named for its ragged, highly syncopated rhythms and melodies, written in a march-like style
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ragtime
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the typical pitch inflection found in blues is
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the blue note or bent pitch
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A jazz technique in which brass players shake their lips to produce a wide vibrato or fluctuation of pitch
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shakes
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a mechanically operated keyboard
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the player piano
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in New Orleans jazz, the instrument that usually plays the melody
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trumpet
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Rhythm in impressionist Era music is characterized by
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obscured pulse and no sense of meter
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Rhythm in Romantic Era is characterized by
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rubato effects
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Harmony in Modernist Era music is characterized by
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a lack of tonality and extremes in dissonance
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Texture in Impressionist Era music is predominantly
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homophonic
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Rhythm in Modernist era music is characterized by
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changing meters, polyrhythm and syncopation
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melody in impressionist Era music is characterized by
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melodies built on whole-tone non-western scales
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Harmony in impressionist Era music is characterized by
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a sense of weak tonal center
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melody in Romantic Era music is characterized by
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singing, chromatic, wide-ranging melodies.
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Harmony in Romantic Era music is characterized by
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increasing chromaticism
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Representative composers of the Romantic Era are
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choplin, verdi, brahms
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Timbre in Modernist music is characterized by
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bright, lean sounds
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Instrumental genres in Modernist era were predominantly
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neoclassical
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Unique aspects of performing forces from music in the Modernist era include
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addition of non-western instruments
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Vocal genres in the impressionist era include
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solo song with orchestra
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Unique aspects of performing forces from music in the Romantic era include
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the piano as a solo instrument, larger orchestra
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timbre in Romantic era music is characterized by
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continual change and blend of true colors
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Vocal genres in the Romantic era included
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lied, part song
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timbre in impressionist era music is characterized by
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muted instruments and shimmering colors
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Instrumental genres in the Impressionist era were predominantly
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programmatic
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Vocal genres in the Modernist era included
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solo song with chamber ensemble
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