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begins with the vibration of an object. the vibrations are transmitted to ears by a medium (air) then eardrums vibrate and signals (impulses) are sent to brain where they are selected, organized and interpreted. |
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Four main properties of music |
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pitch, dynamics, tone color, and duration |
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art based of organization of sounds in time |
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the highness or lowness of a sound |
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What is determined by frequency of vibrations? |
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a sound that has a definite pitch |
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the distance in pitch between any two tones |
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tones separated by the interval. 8 notes 7 tones |
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distance between lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce. Untrained voice-1 and a half octaves. Piano-over 7 octaves |
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Decrescendo or Diminuendo |
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quality that distinguishes instruments or voices |
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soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, contralto |
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6 categories of western instruments |
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string, woodwind, brass, percussion, keyboard, eletronic |
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part of the total range in which an instrument can be played |
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1st violinist-plays solo and coordinates bowing of strings and fills in if conductor can’t make it. |
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throbbing tone-pitch fluctuations warm tone |
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timpani (kettledrums) glockenspiel xylophone celesta chimes |
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snare drum bass drum tambourine triangle cymbals gong (tam-tam) |
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What is king of instruments |
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Pipe organ-can sound like all kinds of tones |
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flow of music thru time-arrangement of notes length |
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regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into units of time |
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organization of beats into groups |
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group containing fixed # of beats |
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when accented note comes where normally it wouldn’t-offbeat |
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system of writing music so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicatied |
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if pitch falls above or below range indicated by staff |
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shows pitch of each line, space |
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shows music for each instrument, voice |
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Upper number of time signature |
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tells how many beats in measure |
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Lower number in time signature |
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tells what note gets beat |
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series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole |
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repetition of previous section at different pitch |
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the way chords are constructed and how the follow each other. adds depth |
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a stable tone combination- arrival, rest and resolution |
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an unstable tone combination |
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when dissonance moves to consonance |
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simplest, most basic chord, 3 tones do mi sol |
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triad built on first note of scale |
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triad built on 5th note of scale |
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arpeggio-individual tones of chord are sounded one after the other |
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involves central tone and chord (tonality) |
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whole whole half whole whole whole half |
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whole half whole whole half whole whole |
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sharps and flats for a piece |
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12 tones of octave-all black and white on octave of piano |
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shifting from 1 key to another |
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how many different layers of sounds are heard at once |
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unison, having one sound, single melodic line |
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simultaneous performance of 2 or more melodic lines (many sounds) |
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technique of combing several melodic lines into meaningful whole |
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one main melody accompanied by chords |
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organization of musical elements in time |
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unity and variety at same time |
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used most frequent A-statement B-contrast A-return |
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A-statement B-counter statement |
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characteristic way of using melody, rhythm, tone color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form |
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