The cards Question What is dissonance? Tap to flip Answer Where notes in a chord clash, creating harmonic tension Question What is consonance? Tap to flip Answer Where notes in a chord sound pleasant together, without tension Question What four voice types make up an SATB choir? Tap to flip Answer Soprano, alto, tenor and bass Question What is tonal music? Tap to flip Answer Music that has a tonic note (the opposite of atonal) Question How can tension and release be created in choral writing? Tap to flip Answer With dissonant chords that resolve to consonant chords Question When resolving dissonant chords to consonant ones, how is it most effective for the voices to move? Tap to flip Answer By step Question Can different voice types sing some of the same notes? Tap to flip Answer Yes. Voice ranges overlap, e.g. many notes a bass can sing can also be sung by tenors Question What is an extended vocal technique? Tap to flip Answer When a singer uses their voice in non-traditional ways to create unusual sounds Question What is vocalise? Tap to flip Answer A technique where a singer sings without words Question What are multiphonics? Tap to flip Answer A technique where more than one note is produced at the same time Question Give one example of an extended vocal technique. Tap to flip Answer E.g. clicking, popping, whispering, whistling or multiphonics Question Why can a croaky voice sound like several notes at once? Tap to flip Answer Every sound we make has several notes; usually the main note is much louder than the others Question What is a sample? Tap to flip Answer A clip of pre-existing music or sound Question What is sampling? Tap to flip Answer The process of creating and using a sample Question What is an unpitched sound? Tap to flip Answer A sound that lacks a clear pitch (e.g. a clap) Question What is musique concrète? Tap to flip Answer A style of music based on recorded sounds (e.g. cars, doors) Question Since when have composers used recordings of sound in their music? Tap to flip Answer Since recording technology was created Question Are samples always non-musical sounds? Tap to flip Answer No. A sample can be any pre-existing sound used in a new way, including clips of music or single notes Question What is a pitched sound? Tap to flip Answer A sound that has a clear pitch (e.g. a note) Question Give one way a sampled sound can be altered. Tap to flip Answer E.g. changing its pitch or adding effects Question Do only musical instruments and voices produce pitched sound? Tap to flip Answer No. Most sounds have a pitch, e.g. electrical buzzing, distant speech, weather or animals Question What does atonal mean? Tap to flip Answer Lacking a key or tonic Question What is serialism? Tap to flip Answer An atonal composition method based on a specific order of pitches (a tone row) Question What is a tone row? Tap to flip Answer A specific order of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale, forming the basis of a serialist piece Question How many notes are in the chromatic scale? Tap to flip Answer 12 Question In which century did serialism develop? Tap to flip Answer The 20th century Question What two rules must a tone row follow? Tap to flip Answer It must use all 12 notes and must not repeat any Question Give one well-known serialist composer. Tap to flip Answer E.g. Arnold Schoenberg or Elisabeth Lutyens Question How is a tone row different from a scale? Tap to flip Answer A tone row fixes a specific order of notes; a scale's notes can be used in any order Question What is a retrograde? Tap to flip Answer When a set of notes, such as a tone row, is reversed Question Give one element a serialist composer can vary while keeping the tone row's pitch order. Tap to flip Answer E.g. timbre, instrument, rhythm, dynamics, octave or articulation Question In serialism, what must not change for a variation to stay within the rules? Tap to flip Answer The order of the pitches Question Do serialist composers consider retrograding a tone row to break the rules? Tap to flip Answer No. The reversed order is still closely linked to the original row Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Music Unit Approaches to contemporary composition England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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