AMERICAN MIDWIFERY CERTIFICATION BOARD TESTS
care of brass instruments
remove moisture, clean and lubricate slides, check on all moving parts
care of woodwind instruments
keep it dry while in storage, wipe clean, key oil and pivot points
roles of a section leader
know music well, give advice in terms of style, articulation, phrasing, bowing, fingering,
accurate tuning
sectionals
fine tune parts, work for clear outcomes
outline of a rehearsal
warm up bodies and instruments, play and sing a variety of works, develop musicality
and sight-reading
dictionaries of music
Garland Encyclopedia of world music, New Grove Dictionary of music and musicians
percussion sound production
sound through being hit, shaken or scraped
Woodwind Sound Production
single or double reed, vibrates along a mouthpiece, flute - air blows across mouthpiece
string sound production
string vibrates, plucking, bowing, striking, pitches modified by string tension and
thickness
brass sound production
buzzing players lips with air passing, air heads down tubing
mechanics of singing
air supply down to the diaphragm, vibrator - vocal folds, resonator - pharynx and mouth
vocal registers
women - chest, middle, head voice/ men - chest, head, falsetto
classical singing/popular singing
classical - high palate, rich, wide vibrato/ popular - less vibrato, goes for emotion, can
be raspy, growl, or edge
concert band instruments
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 3 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 4 saxes, 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
1 baritone, 1 tuba, 3 -4 percussion, 40-50 performers
Conventional parts of 4 part harmony
Soprano: C4 - A5, Mezzo Soprano: A3 - F5, Alto: F3 - D5, Tenor: B3 - G4, Baritone: G2
- E4, Bass: E2 - C4
Concert Band instruments vs. Symphonic Band instruments
symphonic band is much larger
relative minor vs. parallel minor
Relative Minor- Shares same key signature as the major scale
Parallel minor- Shares the same tonic pitch as the diatonic
Interval Types
perfect, major, minor, diminished, augmented (perfect - 4th, 5th and octave)
Tonal Counterpoint
, Anticipation tone - unaccented and resolves quickly
appoggiatura - leap to dissonance, then a descending step
Basic Composition
elements of notation, musical patterns, theme and variations, 8 measure phrases
Contrary motion
moving opposite directions
parallel motion
move in the same direction
similar motion
move in the same direction but doesn't have to maintain the same interval
oblique motion
one line stays stationary while the other one moves up and down
Traditional Chinese musical instruments
pipa - plucked lute
ehru - 2 stringed lute
yangqin - like a dulcimer
dizi - flute
kabuki
Japanese theater form, Edo period of the 1600's, originally performed by women, Kesho
- Kabuki makeup, dramatic/exaggerated masks
traditional African music
Call and responses, polyrhythms, syncopations and offbeat phrasing in rhythmic
patterns of the area. Uses a cyclic form where various phrases have a set number of
beats that are continued as long as the performers want; musicians can begin at
anytime they'd like and frequently improvise over it, instruments that jingle, buzz or rattle
African musical form and rhythm
dialogue - call and response, solo instrument or singer vs. group
Djembe
A rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, musicians form a circle
with dancers inside
West African musical traditions
praise singing, work activities, nationalism, court musicians - oral tradition, drum
ensembles, ceremonies - birth, marriages, death
Arab culture in the development of North African music
North Africa - Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria - chant, poetry, harp, lute
waltz vs. mazurka
Important dances of Europe during the romantic era
waltz - originated in southern Germany and Austria
mazurka - originated in Poland
both in triple meter
early jazz music
1890 - 1910 - Early form was in New Orleans, blues progression, black church, call and
response
Appalachian Music
banjo, blues notes, group singing, originated from slaves, mandolin, guitar, autoharp,
fiddle, dulcimer
care of brass instruments
remove moisture, clean and lubricate slides, check on all moving parts
care of woodwind instruments
keep it dry while in storage, wipe clean, key oil and pivot points
roles of a section leader
know music well, give advice in terms of style, articulation, phrasing, bowing, fingering,
accurate tuning
sectionals
fine tune parts, work for clear outcomes
outline of a rehearsal
warm up bodies and instruments, play and sing a variety of works, develop musicality
and sight-reading
dictionaries of music
Garland Encyclopedia of world music, New Grove Dictionary of music and musicians
percussion sound production
sound through being hit, shaken or scraped
Woodwind Sound Production
single or double reed, vibrates along a mouthpiece, flute - air blows across mouthpiece
string sound production
string vibrates, plucking, bowing, striking, pitches modified by string tension and
thickness
brass sound production
buzzing players lips with air passing, air heads down tubing
mechanics of singing
air supply down to the diaphragm, vibrator - vocal folds, resonator - pharynx and mouth
vocal registers
women - chest, middle, head voice/ men - chest, head, falsetto
classical singing/popular singing
classical - high palate, rich, wide vibrato/ popular - less vibrato, goes for emotion, can
be raspy, growl, or edge
concert band instruments
2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 3 clarinets, 1 bass clarinet, 4 saxes, 4 horns, 3 trumpets,
1 baritone, 1 tuba, 3 -4 percussion, 40-50 performers
Conventional parts of 4 part harmony
Soprano: C4 - A5, Mezzo Soprano: A3 - F5, Alto: F3 - D5, Tenor: B3 - G4, Baritone: G2
- E4, Bass: E2 - C4
Concert Band instruments vs. Symphonic Band instruments
symphonic band is much larger
relative minor vs. parallel minor
Relative Minor- Shares same key signature as the major scale
Parallel minor- Shares the same tonic pitch as the diatonic
Interval Types
perfect, major, minor, diminished, augmented (perfect - 4th, 5th and octave)
Tonal Counterpoint
, Anticipation tone - unaccented and resolves quickly
appoggiatura - leap to dissonance, then a descending step
Basic Composition
elements of notation, musical patterns, theme and variations, 8 measure phrases
Contrary motion
moving opposite directions
parallel motion
move in the same direction
similar motion
move in the same direction but doesn't have to maintain the same interval
oblique motion
one line stays stationary while the other one moves up and down
Traditional Chinese musical instruments
pipa - plucked lute
ehru - 2 stringed lute
yangqin - like a dulcimer
dizi - flute
kabuki
Japanese theater form, Edo period of the 1600's, originally performed by women, Kesho
- Kabuki makeup, dramatic/exaggerated masks
traditional African music
Call and responses, polyrhythms, syncopations and offbeat phrasing in rhythmic
patterns of the area. Uses a cyclic form where various phrases have a set number of
beats that are continued as long as the performers want; musicians can begin at
anytime they'd like and frequently improvise over it, instruments that jingle, buzz or rattle
African musical form and rhythm
dialogue - call and response, solo instrument or singer vs. group
Djembe
A rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, musicians form a circle
with dancers inside
West African musical traditions
praise singing, work activities, nationalism, court musicians - oral tradition, drum
ensembles, ceremonies - birth, marriages, death
Arab culture in the development of North African music
North Africa - Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria - chant, poetry, harp, lute
waltz vs. mazurka
Important dances of Europe during the romantic era
waltz - originated in southern Germany and Austria
mazurka - originated in Poland
both in triple meter
early jazz music
1890 - 1910 - Early form was in New Orleans, blues progression, black church, call and
response
Appalachian Music
banjo, blues notes, group singing, originated from slaves, mandolin, guitar, autoharp,
fiddle, dulcimer
