Music Appreciation Chp.1 (.5)

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Polyphonic texture in which each voice imitates what a previous voice has already stated.

Imitative polyphony
A type of piece of music such as a symphony, concerto, etc., or a piece of music in a general style, such as chamber music, opera, etc.

Genre
A series of pitches in ascending or descending order that is used as the basis of a musical piece.

Scale
Historical period of music dating from approximately 1750-1825.

Classical
Unaccompanied vocal music

A cappella
The "tone color" of a musical sound; the distinct quality of sound that differentiates one instrument or voice from another.

Timbre
Type of harmony that sounds happy triumphant, or bright

Major
The technique of making up music on the spot.

Improvisation
Music without a tonal center or key; developed in the early twentieth century by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg.

Atonal
Noblemen, poets, singers from southern France during the Medieval period.

Troubadours
A composition traditionally written for two violins, a viola, and a cello.

String quartet