GNED 1201 Final Exam Review Document 2024

 **\ FINAL EXAM INFORMATION & REVIEW TOPICS** TEST INFORMATION: - - - - - - - - - - - UPDATES: - - - - - **RECOMMENDED REVIEW TOPICS:** Please ensure that you have a working understanding of the following concepts, terminology, musica...

 **\ FINAL EXAM INFORMATION & REVIEW TOPICS** TEST INFORMATION: - - - - - - - - - - - UPDATES: - - - - - **RECOMMENDED REVIEW TOPICS:** Please ensure that you have a working understanding of the following concepts, terminology, musical works, etc as explored in lectures, class discussions and assigned materials: **♪ CONCEPTS, TERMINOLOGY & WORKS** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - **TOPICS FOR MEDIUM/LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS:** 🆀 THE MAGIC FLUTE CHARACTER STUDY - - - - - - - - **CHARACTER STUDY QUESTIONS: THE MAGIC FLUTE** - - - - - - - - - **\[ CHARACTER NAME \]** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a. b. **TAMINO** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a. b. **PAPAGENO** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a. b. **PAMINA** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a. b. **THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a. b. **SARASTRO** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. a. b. Study Questions / Listening Prompts / Additional Resources - - - - - - - **♫ STUDY QUESTIONS: CHARACTERIZATION THROUGH MELODY** ====================================================== **♪ What is the character singing and how are they singing it?** *(And what does it all mean?)* - - - - - - - - []{#_r73zjcev0k4i.anchor}**♫ DESCRIBING MUSIC: LISTENING/THOUGHT PROMPTS:**\ \ *(NOTE: You do not need to focus on answering every single one of these for all characters - they are just here to help you think about different aspects of music)* **♪ MELODY** Conjunct or Disjunct? Simple or Complex? Repetition or Variation? Range? (overall -- very wide range, or more narrow?) Small or Large Intervals? Pitch? (primarily high or low sounds?) Vocal range of the character? Vibrato? Articulation -- more Staccato, Legato, both? Melisma? Or more syllabic? Melodic contour - ascending/descending? (during significant moments, etc) **♪ RHYTHM** Tempo - Fast or Slow? Repetition or Variation? Pulse - Clearly Defined or Implied? Duration - are the notes mostly Long, Short, Mix? Accents within pulse? Does it feel like any particular kind of movement? *(esp. forward movement)* **♪ HARMONY** Consonant or Dissonant? Major or Minor? Resolved or Unresolved? Simple or Complex? **♪ MISC** Timbre - how would you describe the Timbre/Tone Colour? Complex or simple? *(structure overall, level of perceived 'difficulty', etc)* Instrumentation? Ornamentation/embellishment of melody? Pauses in the melody and/or accompanying music? Relationship between vocal melody and orchestral accompaniment? *(for example - do instruments of the orchestra play along with the sung melody?)* **♪ CHARACTER STUDY - MUSICAL SELECTIONS & TIME STAMPS ►Royal Opera production [[https://video.alexanderstreet.com/p/w0Z2gYR7z]](https://video.alexanderstreet.com/p/w0Z2gYR7z)** ============================================================================================================================================================================================= **TAMINO** **PAPAGENO** **PAMINA** **THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT** **SARASTRO** **♫ MUSICAL SELECTIONS & TIMESTAMPS IN ORDER (ACT 1 & 2)** ========================================================== **\ ACT 1** **ACT 2** **►VIDEOS: Magic Flute Arias - audio and libretto** =================================================== *(bit of a rough draft resource, but these contain the aria text and music with some guides to where in the text the character is during significant moments)* - ~~🆀 LEITMOTIF~~ - ~~🆀 COMPOSER SPOTLIGHT~~ -