Word Lists in the Music - Classical Category

Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms... Here is the category for everything related to classical music. From the first composers in Europe after the age of Gregorian chants to the modern classical composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Also includes classical music from Asia, India, and the rest of the world.

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  • Music History Test (4 words)
    Example: ostinato: [m] A musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition, organum: [m] A plainchant melody witht at least one added voice to enhance the harmony, developed in the Middle Ages. to , troubador: [m] One of a class of 12th century and 13th century lyric poets who compsed songs often about courtly love., chant: A short simple melody, especially one characterized by single notes to which an indefinite nomber of syllables are intoned, used in singing psalms, canticles, etc. in church services.
    Created 2023-03-20
  • Vocabulary Quiz - Piano Love (9 words)
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    Example: recurring at regular intervals: [m] RHYTHM, The rate of speed of a musical work.: [m] TEMPO, includes only 7 letters: A, B, C: [m] Musical Alphabet , Gently, soft.: [m] PIANO
    Created 2018-11-28
  • Vocabulary Quiz - Piano Love (9 words)
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    Example: recurring at regular intervals: [m] RHYTHM, The rate of speed of a musical work.: [m] TEMPO, includes only 7 letters: A, B, C: [m] Musical Alphabet , Gently, soft.: [m] PIANO
    Created 2018-11-28
  • Listen to the music! (10 words)
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    Example: Callum. How many beats in the bar are both these pieces?: [m] Three, Are Jemma's pieces in a major or minor key?: [m] 1, Claudia. Piece one is called Allegro. What does Allegro mean?: [m] Fast and lively, Claudia. The composer of Piece 2 is Shostakovich. What country is he from?: [m] Russia
    Created 2018-11-10
  • Music Time (9 words)
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    Example: How many beats in the bar for Callum's pieces? (They are both the same): [m] Three, 1: Minor, Are Jemma's pieces in a major or minor key?: [m] 1, Claudia. Piece one is called Allegro. What does Allegro mean?: [m] Fast and lively
    Created 2018-11-10
  • Tempo (7 words)
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    Example: What does Moderato mean?: [m] Medium, What is Tempo?: [m] How slow or fast a piece of music goes., What does Prestissimo mean?: [m] As fast as a cheetah. , What does Adagio mean?: [m] Slow
    Created by Kbrookehollo - 2018-10-01
  • Music Test: Drums (7 words)
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    Example: Which one of the following is used in the "Frame Drum" style?: [m] Tak, Which one of the following is used in the "Conga Drum" style?: [m] Bass, True or False: Doom and Tak is played by rotating your wrist.: [m] True, The Conga Drum comes from:: [m] Cuba
    Created 2017-11-07
  • Famous Composers Question-and-Answer (10 words)
    Example: Famous composer of the classical era born in Salzburg and wrote the Magic Flute: Mozart, German composer known for his 5th Symphony and Für Elise: Beethoven, This Austrian composer is known for his many waltzes including the Blue Danube: Strauss, Born in Brooklyn, this 20th century musician composed the music for Porgy and Bess and wrote Rhapsody in Blue: Gershwin
    Created by carlita - 2012-07-17

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