Rythm
Organization of time in music
Harmony
simultaniously sounding pitches
Conjuct
Smooth stepwise melodic motion
Melody
Succession of musical tones/pitches
Timbre
Concept of resonating chamber
Rubato
Flexible rythm
Timbre
Characteristic quality of a sound
Form
based on repitition and contrast
Melody
goes with interval, scale, chord (not disjunct)
Clap
steady pulse no melody
Octave
Interval between A-440 and A-880
Texture
Melody and Harmony are organized
Syncopation
Accents off beat weak
Complex meters involve
odd-numbered accent patterns
Cords
MAjor/ Minor/ Triad/ Consonant/dissonant
Boroque Form
more complex (important)
Fugue, Ritornelio, Rondo
Borogque Timbre/instrumental
Basso continuo (figured bass),Harpsichord(different timbre then piano) 1st orchestras, Pipe organ
Composers of Boroque period
Vivaldi (concertos)Handel (oratorios), Bach (polyphony-figures)
Borogque THE FUGUE
Melodic based form (single voice)
Boroque Examples the theme is exposed…
in 4 voice fugue hear it four times done when 2nd voice begins
Order of styles on music
Medival, Renessaince, Baraque, Classical, Romantic, 20th century
Classical era emphasis on
clarity, symettry, balance, logic, form(harmony melody)
Classical Music melody
short tuneful puctual
Classical Music Texture
homophonic
Classical music theme and variation form
Rubato
flexable tempo(speed) difficult to tell meter
Timbre
how adible the division of notes division of notes
Renaissance all about
polophony- polophonic textures
Renaissance
melodies added to chant
Renaissance uses Imitative
similar to cannon
Harmony Renaissance vs Medival
Ren-consonant Medival-dissonant