Name:___________________________________________

 

Vocabulary Unit 7

 

A. Read the definition on the left to fill in the blanks on the right with the correct word. Then solve “Napoleon’s Palindrome” by transfering the letters above the four numbres to the spaces above the same numbers in the palindrome. You can find the rest of the letters by using this clue: A palindrome is a word or phrase that reads the same backwards or forwards.

 

1.      a large-scale musical work consisting

of several individual smaller forms linked together.        __  __  __  __  __

(the 3rd letter is # 12)

(the 5th letter is # 4)

 

2. the musical form that can be outline as ABACA       __  __  __  __  __ 

(the 1st letter is #10)

 

3. what you hear in music when tone color, tempo,

dynamics, melody, rhythm, or form changes   __  __  __  __  __  __  __  __

(the 7th letter is #7)

 

 

Napoleon’s Palindrome:

 

A  __  L  __    __ A  __    __    __  __  E    __    __  __  W    __  __  B  __.

1    2   3   4      5   6   7      8       9  10  11   12    13  14  15    16  17 18  19

 

 

B. Reviewing Vocabulary These vocabulary terms introduced in an earlier unit are also used in this unit. See how well you understand the musical terms by filling in the blank in each definition with the correct term. Choose your term from the following list: steady beat, legato, tempo, ternary, dynamics, tone color, form, staccato, repetition, ostinato. (note: you do not have to use all the words.)

 

1.     The  __________________ is the speed of the beat.

2.     The way a musical composition is organized is called its ________________.

3.     The regular repetition of the basic unit of time is the ____________    ______________  (two words)

4.     _________________ is when the melody, rhythm, or harmony appears more than once.

5.     _________________ means “having three parts” as in ABA form.

6.     A repeated rhythm  or melodic pattern is called the ___________________.

  1. Music that sounds detached and crisp is said to be performed _______________________; music that sounds connected and smooth is said to be performed _________________________.