Orchestra 1 EOC Knowledge Checklist

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1 Orchestra 1 EOC Knwledge Checklist D Yu Knw? hw t critique yur wn perfrmance and practice techniques? strategies fr listening t unfamiliar pieces f music? Understanding f Dynamics Temp Timbre Theme Majr/minr keys cmmn markings fund in music? Key signature Time signature Bw directin Musical frms Binary Ternary Theme & Variatins Essential MS level rchestra vcabulary hw a cmpser may use certain instrumental techniques t cnvey a thught, idea, md, r image? Effects f dynamics and articulatin Influence f temp Purpse f bw markings prper technique, including psture, fingering, bwing, and tuning? Similarities between all string instruments Differences between string grups May be based n illustratins sight-reading strategies (hw t read new music)? hw t find slutins t ptential (musical) prblems in rehearsal? Rle f the cnductr Rehearsal techniques Hw t have a successful rehearsal barque and classical cmpsers such as Bach, Mzart, Vivaldi, Handel, Haydn, and Beethven? Difference between Barque and Classical era f music Histrical backgrund f cmpsers Bach Mzart Vivaldi Handel Beethven Haydn Effect Classical music has n mdern music (i.e. sampling)

2 Orchestra 2 EOC Knwledge Checklist What is/describe 1. basic knwledge f Bach, Haydn, Mzart, Beethven, and Tchaikvsky? a. Why cmpsitins were written and cmpser lifestyles? 2. the expressive elements f a piece f music and the technique t play thse elements? a. Accelerand/ritardand e. Dynamics b. Articulatins f. Expressive texts c. Bwing techniques g. Tne prductin d. Crescend/decrescend 3. prper instrument technique and hw t apply it t musical elements? a. Psture b. Left hand technique i. Set up ii. Finger psitins iii. Harmnics c. Right hand technique i. Set up ii. Bwing different rhythms/styles d. Tuning 4. hw t successfully rehearse and practice fr a cncert? a. Break dwn measures with simple t cmplex practice techniques b. Cnsequences f using r nt using crrect technique 5. the purpse f music styles in cultures? 6. typical patterns within string music frm different time perids? a. Functin f different genres frm varius cultures b. Cncert c. Chamber iv. Shifting v. Vibrat iii. Bw placement iv. Angle & distance frm bridge/fingerbard c. Ensemble rehearsal techniques d. Hw t practice technique e. Identify challenging parts f music d. Ballet e. Opera f. Flk 7. hw t evaluate yur perfrmance and apply techniques t imprve? a. Practice techniques in individual and ensemble rehearsal b. Ntes 8....techniques fr sight-reading successfully? 9. basic etiquette fr perfrmances and rehearsals? a. When d yu use electrnics? b. Hw d yu behave n stage? c. When d yu clap? c. Rhythms d. Bw e. Blend/balance 10. what different rchestral instruments sund like and might represent? 11. ntes in first psitin, plus ne nte higher? 12. rhythms? a. Whle ntes and rests up t 16 th ntes and rests b. Triplets d. Hw d yu shw appreciatin? e. When d yu talk? c. Dtted rhythms d. Syncpatin

3 Orchestra 2 EOC Knwledge Checklist 13. key signatures? a. D, G, A, F, and C b. relative minrs 14. meters? a. 2/4 b. 3/4 c. 4/4 d. 2/2 15. articulatins (describe and draw)? a. Accents b. Staccat c. Spiccat d. Hked bwing 16. expressive texts? a. Accelerand b. Ritardand 17. rad map? a. D.S. al fine b. D.S. al cda 18. dynamics? a. pp b. p c. mp d. mf e. f f. ff g. crescend h. decrescend e. 6/8 f. cmmn and cut time symbls g. cnducting patterns e. Slurs f. Ties g. Lure h. Treml c. Cantabile d. Legat c. D.C. al fine d. D.C. al cda

4 Music Hist ry Review 1. Cunterpint is a single line f meldy supprted by a harmnic accmpaniment. 2. What are the dates f the Barque perid? a b c d What was an instrument in the Barque Perid? a. pian b. harpsichrd c. synthesizer d. harmnica 4. Barque means, style. a. glwing, sparkly b. dark, ld c. light, happy d. fancy, decrated 5. The early frms f rchestra were small because: a. peple did nt like music. b. there were nt enugh musicians t make a large rchestra c. the king wanted it that way. d. perfrmances were usually held in a private hme and there was nt enugh rm fr a large grup f musicians and an audience. 6. What are the dates f the Barque Perid? a b c d The Fur Seasns was cmpsed by. a. Gerge Handel b. Dmenic Scarlatti c. Antni Vivaldi d. Jhann Sebastian Bach 1 f 4

5 8. The early frm f pian was called a. a. harpsichrd b. clavichrd c. pian d. rgan 9. The Classical Perid lasted frm: a b Present c d. March 5th- August 15th 10. The size f the Classical Orchestra was: a. Bigger than that f the Barque Perid. b. Smaller than that f the Barque Perid. c. The same size as that f the Barque Perid. d. Nnexistent. 11. The Classical Music Perid was cnsidered a revlutin against the previus perid: a. Renaissance b. Mdern c. Medieval d. Barque 12. Classical music, cmpared t music f the past was: a. lighter and less cmplex b. flambyant c. using bliggat mre then befre d. mre plyphnic in nature 13. Classical music used mre f a variety f keys, dynamics, rhythms, and meldies than the Barque Perid. 14. The harpsichrd was replaced by the: a. string sectin b. pian c. glckenspiel d. wdwinds 15. The mst imprtant chamber-music genre f the Classical era is, which cntains tw vilins, a vila, and a cell. 2 f 4

6 16. What is a string quartet? a. chamber music genre b. ABA frm c. tw vilins, tw cells d. tw vilins, vila, cell 17. What are the main sectins f a Snata frm? a. Expsitin, Refrain, Develpment b. Intr, Verse, Recap c. Expsitin, Develpment, Cda d. Expsitin, Develpment, Refrain 18. Wh was cnsidered the Father f the Symphny? a. Haydn b. Stalne c. Bach d. Obama 19. The Symphny was ne f the mst imprtant frms f music during the classical perid. 20. The simple meldies f the Classical Perid replaced the rnate meldies f the Barque Perid. 21. Cmpared t Barque, what was different abut the Classical Perid f music? a. The music was fancy than the Barque perid. b. The rchestras had wmen players. c. Musical phrases were neat and balanced. d. Musical phrases were imbalanced. 22. Which f the fllwing is nt true abut Classical Perid? a. Music cntained balanced musical phrases. b. There were bigger rchestras c. The music was less fancy than Barque. d. The music was less rganized. 23. What ther name/s can the pian g by? 24. What is a cyclical structure? a. same as ritrnell frm b. materials heard in ne mvement recurs in later mvements c. themes return in the same mvement d. ABA frm 3 f 4

7 25. What is scherz and tri? a. anther wrd fr minuet and tri b. Italian fr "jest" r "jke" c. used t replace the snata allegr frm as the first mvement d. used t replace the minuet as the third mvement 26. What is a theme and variatin frm? a. meldy is stated then underges series f transfrmatin b. changes made t meldy, harmny, rhythm, rchestratin c. usually the first mvement f a snata cycle 27. What is a serenade? a. multi-mvement rchestral genre b. The Fur Seasns is an example f this c. perfrmed in aristcratic scial settings and utdr events d. fr string quartet 28. What is a rcket theme? a. rapidly ascending meldy utlining an arpeggi b. rapidly descending meldy utlining the harmny c. ften used in Barque perids d. ften used in Classical perids 29. What are elements in the recapitulatin f a snata frm? a. return f the first theme b. return f the secnd theme in tnic key c. return f the secnd theme in dminant r relative majr key d. develpment f mtives and themes 4 f 4

8 Music Inst rument Review 1. Hw many strings des a vlin have? a. 1 b. 4 c. 3 d The sund f instruments is prduced when the player buzzes the lips against the muthpiece. 3. The sund f is prduced by the vibratins f a reed in the muthpiece, tw reeds vibrating tgether, r thrugh a muthpiece. 4. The sund f the results frm the vibratin f the strings, which are set in mtin when a bw is drawn acrss them r when they are plucked with the fingers. 5. The sund f is prduced when the player strikes the instruments with mallets r sticks, r the hands. 6. Name the 4 instrument families. 7. The saxphne belngs t which family f instruments? a. wdwind b. brasswind c. strings d. percussins 8. A slightly curved piece f resilient wd with taut hrsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments is called a. 9. The instruments f the string family are,, and. 10. A(n) is any musical instrument that prduces sund primarily by causing a bdy f air t vibrate, withut the use f strings r membranes. 11. A(n) is any musical instrument that creates sund primarily by the instrument as a whle vibrating withut the use f strings r membranes. 12. A(n) is any musical instrument which prduces sund primarily by way f a vibrating stretched membrane, like a drum. 13. A(n) is a musical instrument that makes sund by way f a vibrating string r strings stretched between tw pints, like a vilin. 14. A(n) is any musical instrument which requires electricity t make sund. 1 f 2

9 15. The item which prtrudes frm the bttm f a cell r bass and hlds the instrument up while a musician plays it is a(n): a. Shulder rest b. Chin rest c. End pin d. Bw 16. The item which allws a vilinist r vilist t balance the instrument n their shulder is called a(n): a. Shulder rest b. Chin rest c. End pin d. Bw 17. The item n a vilin r vila which a musician uses t steady the instrument by placing their chin r jaw in it is a(n): a. Shulder rest b. Chin rest c. End pin d. Bw 18. The nly string instrument which is tuned in FOURTHS instead f FIFTHS is a: a. Vilin b. Vila c. Cell d. Bass 2 f 2

10 Music Thery Review 1. A crescend is a dynamic marking which indicates t: a. gradually decrease vlume b. gradually increase vlume c. repeat d. sing sftly 2. are small divisins in a piece f music. The time signature tells where t place the divisins. 3. The distance between tw ntes is called a. a step b. a jump c. an interval d. a measurement 4. What des the flat symbl d t a nte? a. raises the nte ne semitne b. Lwers the nte 2 semitnes c. cancels a sharp d. Lwers the pitch ne semitne 5. A bar line cancels an accidental. 6. A natural sign cancels a sharp r flat within the same measure. 7. The key f F majr cntains: a. 1 sharp b. 6 sharps c. 6 flats d. 1 flat 8. Hw many ttal ntes are there in all music a. 7 b. 8 c. 12 d Hw many different ntes are in a majr scale? a. 3 b. 7 c. 12 d f 7

11 10. Clef signs are used at the f each staff. a. Beginning b. Middle c. End 11. What key signature nly has ne flat? a. C Majr b. Ab Majr c. F Majr d. Bb Majr 12. The key f has n sharps r flats. 13. Yu will find the key signature in between the clef sign and the time signature. 14. A is the smallest interval in Western Musical Scales. 15. A is an interval cnsisting f tw half steps. 16. An is a nte that has the same pitch, but different name. 17. A is defined as a series f ntes. 18. Lines abve r belw the staff are called a. extenders b. ledger lines c. ctaves d. crescend lines 19. A flat r sharp affects every nte n the same line r space fr an entire bar. 20. A musical unit, ften a cmpnent f a meldy: 21. A sign cancels ut a flat r a sharp sing. A sign lwers a pitch a half step and a sign raised a pitch a half step. 22. is the vibratin frequency f a sund, r the highness r lwness f a musical sund. When yu match the sund yu are matching this. 23. What majr scale uses all the flats? a. Fb b. Cb c. Gb d. Bb 2 f 7

24. Which majr scale uses all sharps? a. D# b. B# c. C# d. A# 25. Hw many flats des the key f Ab have? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 26. What is the key signature with 2 flats? a. C Majr b. Ab Majr c. F Majr d.

12 24. Which majr scale uses all sharps? a. D# b. B# c. C# d. A# 25. Hw many flats des the key f Ab have? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d What is the key signature with 2 flats? a. C Majr b. Ab Majr c. F Majr d. Bb Majr 27. When writing a majr scale, yu will never mix and. 28. The first nte f the scale, r identifies the majr scale. 29. A fifth abve G is the key f which cntains sharps. 30. An is an emphasis n a nte by playing it luder r slightly luder. 31. A walking pace temp is called. a. mderat b. prest c. larg d. mlt 32. We rganize beats by placing them int. a. shpping bags b. quartets c. measures d. time signatures 3 f 7

33. The fllwing metrnme marking shws: a. A slw beat b. 120 quarter ntes a minute c. 60 eighth ntes in a minute d. 120 beats per sng 34. Men in latin means a. less b. mre c. faster d. slwer 35.

13 33. The fllwing metrnme marking shws: a. A slw beat b. 120 quarter ntes a minute c. 60 eighth ntes in a minute d. 120 beats per sng 34. Men in latin means a. less b. mre c. faster d. slwer 35. Mss in Latin means a. Green plant n trees b. Mtin c. Mst f the time d. T slw 36. The rder f flats is a. BDEAFCG b. FCGDAEB c. BEADGCF d. EAFDCBG 37. Staccat is an articulatin that means a. quick and light b. bubbly and fast c. lud and accented d. shrt and separated 38. D.S. al fine means a. return t the beginning and play until the sign. b. return t the sign and play until the music says fine. c. return t the sign and play t the end f the page. d. return t the beginning and play untl the music says fine 39. A fermata is a marking abve a nte that means the directr can hld the nte a little lnger than its nrmal duratin. 4 f 7

14 40. Syncpatin is when the accent is placed n the ff-beat instead f the steady beat. 41. A(n) is when a musician dramatically slides up r dwn frm ne nte t anther. 42. An stinat is this: a. A lng meldy that never ends. b. A grup f ntes played ne time. c. A shrt theme repeated ver and ver again. d. A lng perid f silence. 43. Which f the fllwing is a type f accent? a.. b. ^ c. > d. - e. a and b f. b and c g. c and d h. a and d 44. Which f the fllwing is a type f articulatin? a.. b. ^ c. > d. - e. a and b f. b and c g. c and d h. a and d 45. Write the fllwing dynamics in rder frm quiet t ludest. Frte, Pian, Mezz pian, Frtissim, pianissim, mezz frte. 46. Name the marking and its meaning. 5 f 7

Every up frm that key adds a sharp, and every dwn frm that key adds a flat.

15 47. Name and explain. 48. A(n) is when a slist plays specific intervals such as "sl," "mi," and "d." 49. The fllwing is an example f a G Majr scale: G A B C# D E F G 50. Circle f Fifths: The key f has n sharps r flats. Every up frm that key adds a sharp, and every dwn frm that key adds a flat. Using this technique, fill in the crrect ntes n the attached Circle f Fifths wrksheet. 51. Vilas use the fllwing clef almst exclusively: 52. This time signature indicates hw many beats per measure? 53. This time signature indicates: 54. In simple time, the fllwing wuld be beats. In cmpund time it wuld be subdivided int beats. 6 f 7

55. What kind f instruments use the fllwing ntatin? 56. The musical interval F ascending t C is a a. Majr Secnd b. Majr Fifth c. Perfect Furth d. Perfect Fifth 57.

16 55. What kind f instruments use the fllwing ntatin? 56. The musical interval F ascending t C is a a. Majr Secnd b. Majr Fifth c. Perfect Furth d. Perfect Fifth 57. What are the three primary types f texture? a. sft, hard, rugh b. harmnic, diatnic, meldic c. mnphnic, hmphnic, plyphnic d. augmented, diminished, enharmni e. unisn, ctave, thirds 58. Name and explain this symbl. 59. Explain the fllwing ntatin. 60. Name and explain this ntatin. 7 f 7

17 Orchestra 1 (EE Bk 1) Terms Study Guide 1. allegr 2. alt clef 3. andante 4. arc 5. arpeggi 6. bar lines 7. bass clef 8. beat 9. bw lift 10. chrd 11. chrmatics 12. cmmn time 13. cunting 14. D.C. al fine 15. dtted half nte 16. duble bar 17. dwn bw 18. duet 19. dynamics 20. eighth nte 21. 1st & 2nd endings 22. frte 23. half nte 24. half rest 25. half step 26. harmny 27. hked bwing 28. imprvisatin 29. key signature 30. ledger line 31. measure 32. measure number 33. mderat 34. natural 35. pian 36. pickup 37. pizzicat 38. quarter nte 39. quarter rest 40. repeat 41. rund 42. scale 43. semitne 44. shadw bwing 45. sharp 46. slur

18 Orchestra 1 EOC Wrksheet Name: Hw can yu critique yur wn perfrmance and practice techniques? In yur wn wrds, define each f the fllwing and give an example frm where yu have encuntered each term: Dynamics Temp Timbre Theme Majr r minr keys Musical frms: Theme & Variatins What infrmatin d these cmmn markings fund in music prvide? Key signature Time signature Bw directin Draw the symbl fr up bw: Draw the symbl fr dwn bw: Give an example fr hw a cmpser may use each certain instrumental techniques t cnvey a thught, idea, md, r image: Dynamics and articulatin

19 Orchestra 1 EOC Wrksheet Name: Temp Bwings & Articulatins Describe prper technique, including psture, fingering, bwing, and tuning: Technique: Psture: Bw technique: Hw t tune: (Extra space) List similarities fund between all string instruments: What is the rle f the cnductr? Describe three rehearsal techniques: 1) 2) 3) Describe 5 steps t have a successful rehearsal: 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)

Quartet op.22 Webern

Quartet op.22 Webern Quartet p.22 Webern Backgrund Infrmatin and Perfrmance Circumstances Antn Webern (1883-1945), tgether with Schenberg and Berg, was ne f a grup f Viennese pineers f an early 20 th Century style. Frm 1904