MUS 505 Midterm: Music Terminology Quiz Review
14 Feb 2019
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British ballads- old songs (before 1600s), songs from oral traditions, no specific version of a song because there were no recordings, singing with no instrumental. Broadsides- music that was printed and sold commercially (sang the song, people buy if they like) Pleasure gardens- cities in britain created green spaces to walk around (pay a small fee) and listen to bands play. Polyrhythm- having multiple rhythms existing at the same time, rhythm played on one instrument, another rhythm on another instrument played on top. Syncopation- throwing in accents where accents don"t exist (in surprising places), accented by loudness or pitch, sounds are played precisely apart or against the steady pulse of the music. Timbre- the quality of a sound, what makes a piano sound different from a clarinet. The minstrel show- first form of musical and theatre entertainment for european audiences, white performers in blackface, parodies of aa dances, dialect, clothing (most popular 1830-
