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the scientific study of sound
A branch of Physics |
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pure wave=tone
chaotic wave=noise |
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| timbre (pure and complex) |
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| a sequence of sounds and silences of different durations in musical time |
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| the basic underlying unit of musical time |
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| the speed of the basic pulse |
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| recurring pattern of strong and weak pulses |
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| duple(2) triple(3) additive(2+3) non metric (pulseless) |
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| reversal of normal pattern of weak and strong pulses |
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| the distance between two pitches (melodic and harmonic) |
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size (quantity)
mode (quality and shape) |
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petatonic (5 notes)
Hexatonic (6 notes)
septatonic (7 notes)
octatonic (8 notes) |
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| the basic tonality and modality of a musical peice |
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the primacy of a central pitch (tonic in a scale
The tonic gives the other notes in a scale a sense or order and function |
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| the mode of a scale- quality and character |
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