Orchestral - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The document includes summarised notes on the area of Music for Orchestra in the Twentieth Century;, in the A2 3 unit: Responding to Music. The content of the notes is drawn from Factfile, the Eguide provided by CCEA, and some additional sources. The majority of the notes of the setworks are set out in a timeline format that lays out what's happening in different sections of the set work with the timings provided. The end pages of each set work contain attached Mark Schemes from over the years s...

Andante - walking pace Largissimo - slow and broad largo - long larghetto - slow, but not as slow as largo Lydian - Major scale with raised 4th Dorian Mode - a scale with the pattern of whole step, half, whole, whole, whole, half, and whole Locrian Mode - a scale or tonality in which half steps occur between notes 1-2 and 4-5, as if playing all the white keys from B to B Phrygian Mode - Scale in which half steps occur between notes 1-2 and 5-6, as if playing all white keys f...

MUSIC APPRECIATION FINAL EMCC 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2023 ALL CORRECT!!! 1. The 4 main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and?: Duration. 2. The relative highness and lowness of a sound is called?: Pitch. 3. The ____ of a sound is decided by the frequency of its vibrations.: Pitch. 4. In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the ____ its pitch:: Higher. 5. The distance in pitch between any 2 tones is called?: An Interval. 6. Dynamics in music...

Midterm Questions with complete solution Midterm: MUS-105 Gustav Mahler was born in Eastern Bohemia (then apart of the Austrian Empire) *Gustav Mahler was what type of composer? Late Romantic Gustav Mahler was forced to convert to? Catholicism *Gustav Mahler had a very successful career as an? orchestral and operatic conductor.

MUS 204 Final Exam Questions & Answers 2024/2025 What was the aftermath for rock music following the heavy protests of the 70's? - ANSWERS-Students left activism for more cerebral musical journeys -Rock music became softer/more respectable Blood, Sweat & Tears - BAND - ANSWERS1968 -Formed by Al Kooper (played with Bob Dylan -Included jazz horns/jazz covers Chicago - BAND - ANSWERS1969 -Promoted and managed by James William Guercio (also promoted Blood, Sweat, and Tears) -Mu...

RCM History 9 [ GLOBAL] Study Guide with Complete Solutions| Review 2025/2026 Which Italian composer wrote the operas *La Bohème*, *Tosca*, and *Madama Butterfly*? Giuseppe Verdi Giacomo Puccini Vincenzo Bellini Gioachino Rossini Who is known as the "father of the concerto grosso" and wrote *The Four Seasons*? Antonio Vivaldi Johann Sebastian Bach Georg Friedrich Handel Arcangelo Corelli Which movement is the focal point of Franz Schubert's *Symphony No. 8* (...

RCM History 10| Rare Composers| Exam Q&A| Compositional Techniques| Updated 2025/2026 Which composer's harmonic innovations in the use of diminished 7th chords and their resolution are exemplified in his symphonies, particularly in the "Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74"? Alexander Borodin. What specific compositional technique is demonstrated in Olivier Messiaen's "Mode de valeurs et d'intensités" (Mode of Values and Intensities)? The use of non-retrogradab...

Canon - Background - Johann Pachelbel - Written in/around 1680 - Published in 1920's Allegretto - Background - Work in symphony began in 1811 and finished in 1812 - First performance in Vienna in 1813 - Four movements - Allegretto - "a little lively" - Symphony no.7 - 2nd movement Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Mars - Background - Written by Gustav Holst - English composer ...

The 4 main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color, and? correct answer: Duration. The relative highness and lowness of a sound is called? correct answer: Pitch. The ____ of a sound is decided by the frequency of its vibrations. correct answer: Pitch. In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the ____ its pitch: correct answer: Higher. The distance in pitch between any 2 tones is called? correct answer: An Interval. Dynamics in music refers to? corre...

Music History 3 Test II Question and answers verified to pass Music History 3 Test II What are some of the most important developments/changes that took place in concert life in the nineteenth century? - correct answer Touring virtuosos, audience of middle class, changes in behavior for audiences (less rock concert more like today's practices), composer more important than audience, printing scores and studying them. What are some of the most important developments/changes that took pla...