Generalized Interval System and Its Applications
... such as beats, rhythm, and timbres. Example 3.0.1. Some examples of the music spaces are: the set of all pitches, the set of all white key notes on the piano in an octave, the set of beats or pulses in a bar in waltz, or the set of the frequencies of the pitches in just intonation. Many of these spa ...
... such as beats, rhythm, and timbres. Example 3.0.1. Some examples of the music spaces are: the set of all pitches, the set of all white key notes on the piano in an octave, the set of beats or pulses in a bar in waltz, or the set of the frequencies of the pitches in just intonation. Many of these spa ...
Melody
... ethereal effect. The French composer Claude Debussy, whose music we will study in Chapter 25, often used the whole-tone scale to achieve vague and dreamy effects in his music. ...
... ethereal effect. The French composer Claude Debussy, whose music we will study in Chapter 25, often used the whole-tone scale to achieve vague and dreamy effects in his music. ...
Twelve-Tone Technique.qxd
... Tonal music is bound by the traditional principles of cadences, modulations, diatonic scales, the functional hierarchy of scale degrees (tonic, dominant, subdominant, etc.), and so on. When writing atonal music, the composer has to leave behind many, if not all, of those traditional principles of to ...
... Tonal music is bound by the traditional principles of cadences, modulations, diatonic scales, the functional hierarchy of scale degrees (tonic, dominant, subdominant, etc.), and so on. When writing atonal music, the composer has to leave behind many, if not all, of those traditional principles of to ...
learning absolute pitch by children:a cross-sectional study
... were tested about three months after the beginning of the school year; hence, for example, children of 4 years had received training of the school for three months. Stimuli and apparatus. Two different timbres were used for test tones: tones produced by a Yamaha grand piano and string-like tones gen ...
... were tested about three months after the beginning of the school year; hence, for example, children of 4 years had received training of the school for three months. Stimuli and apparatus. Two different timbres were used for test tones: tones produced by a Yamaha grand piano and string-like tones gen ...
Debussy - Dena Marie Andrews
... Debussy may have first heard the instruments of the gamelan as early as 1887, when the Dutch government gave a gamelan to the Paris Conservatoire. But he first heard the complete gamelan orchestra, played by skilled native musicians, in 1889 at the Paris Exhibition. This 1889 gamelan was a small ens ...
... Debussy may have first heard the instruments of the gamelan as early as 1887, when the Dutch government gave a gamelan to the Paris Conservatoire. But he first heard the complete gamelan orchestra, played by skilled native musicians, in 1889 at the Paris Exhibition. This 1889 gamelan was a small ens ...
The Development of the Keyboard Through the Grand Piano and Its
... The Development of the Keyboard 4 The Development of the Keyboard Through the Grand Piano and Its Effect on Piano Literature Early Versions of the Keyboard Instrument Stringed instruments involving a keyboard can be traced back to the beginning of the Christian era. Vitruvius is credited with first ...
... The Development of the Keyboard 4 The Development of the Keyboard Through the Grand Piano and Its Effect on Piano Literature Early Versions of the Keyboard Instrument Stringed instruments involving a keyboard can be traced back to the beginning of the Christian era. Vitruvius is credited with first ...
Appendix 1
... ). (Other endings may also be used). First inversion A chord position where the third of the chord is the lowest pitch; for example, BDG, where B is the third in the triad GBD. Flag The part of a note attached to the stem that changes the note’s value by half. For example, adding a flag to a quarter ...
... ). (Other endings may also be used). First inversion A chord position where the third of the chord is the lowest pitch; for example, BDG, where B is the third in the triad GBD. Flag The part of a note attached to the stem that changes the note’s value by half. For example, adding a flag to a quarter ...
Modelling the similarity of pitch collections with expec
... probability of hearing a tone. For example, if four tones sound the pitch classes (0, 3, 3, 7) and have an associated weighting vector (.9, .6, .6, .9), there is probability of .9 the first tone will be heard (in ten trials, it is expected that that tone will be heard nine times); there is a probabi ...
... probability of hearing a tone. For example, if four tones sound the pitch classes (0, 3, 3, 7) and have an associated weighting vector (.9, .6, .6, .9), there is probability of .9 the first tone will be heard (in ten trials, it is expected that that tone will be heard nine times); there is a probabi ...
Modelling the similarity of pitch collections with expectation tensors
... probability of hearing a tone. For example, if four tones sound the pitch classes (0, 3, 3, 7) and have an associated weighting vector (.9, .6, .6, .9), there is probability of .9 the first tone will be heard (in ten trials, it is expected that that tone will be heard nine times); there is a probabi ...
... probability of hearing a tone. For example, if four tones sound the pitch classes (0, 3, 3, 7) and have an associated weighting vector (.9, .6, .6, .9), there is probability of .9 the first tone will be heard (in ten trials, it is expected that that tone will be heard nine times); there is a probabi ...
General Principles of Harmony by Alan Belkin
... is actually heard, by even the most trained and attentive listener, and can thus lead the analyst or the aspiring composer to ignore factors much more relevant to the sonic result. We may draw a parallel here to the exaggerated attention to chord roots which characterized harmonic theory before Sche ...
... is actually heard, by even the most trained and attentive listener, and can thus lead the analyst or the aspiring composer to ignore factors much more relevant to the sonic result. We may draw a parallel here to the exaggerated attention to chord roots which characterized harmonic theory before Sche ...
S3 Theory Matters Workbook
... Using the example, this would be C, D and E. So, C and E are a 3rd apart. Another example… What is the distance between G and C? Count G, A, B and C. There are 4 notes named so the distance between G and C is a 4th. The easiest way to do this is counting on your fingers, or using a diagram like the ...
... Using the example, this would be C, D and E. So, C and E are a 3rd apart. Another example… What is the distance between G and C? Count G, A, B and C. There are 4 notes named so the distance between G and C is a 4th. The easiest way to do this is counting on your fingers, or using a diagram like the ...
What are Musical Scales?
... keynote (mese), and the other ascended a fourth, making a heptatonic, or seven note scale." (Gardner, K. 1990 p133) A tetrachord is a mini-scale of four notes, in descending pitch order, that are contained within a perfect fourth (five half steps) instead of an octave (twelve half steps). According ...
... keynote (mese), and the other ascended a fourth, making a heptatonic, or seven note scale." (Gardner, K. 1990 p133) A tetrachord is a mini-scale of four notes, in descending pitch order, that are contained within a perfect fourth (five half steps) instead of an octave (twelve half steps). According ...
Chapter 1: Introduction to Pairwise Well-Formed Scales
... the augmented second. These scales are prominent in world musics, and have been appropriated by composers of Western art music, especially for exotic effects. A pairwise well-formed scale is one with three distinct step-interval sizes which is well-formed when any two step-interval sizes are taken t ...
... the augmented second. These scales are prominent in world musics, and have been appropriated by composers of Western art music, especially for exotic effects. A pairwise well-formed scale is one with three distinct step-interval sizes which is well-formed when any two step-interval sizes are taken t ...
Calami sonum ferentes - Rore`s Chromatic Enigma
... Duke Ercole II d’Este of Ferrara and three compositions relating to Prince Alfonso II d’Este (1533-1597), his son. In his late teens Alfonso 3 sought military fame through service to the French King Henry II in his battles against the Hapsburg dynasty (Charles V). The venture was firmly forbidden b ...
... Duke Ercole II d’Este of Ferrara and three compositions relating to Prince Alfonso II d’Este (1533-1597), his son. In his late teens Alfonso 3 sought military fame through service to the French King Henry II in his battles against the Hapsburg dynasty (Charles V). The venture was firmly forbidden b ...
A short introduction to Indian Classical Music
... Each tal has a set number of beats or matras. This is known as the tal’s avartan. Tintal, for example, has an avartan of 16 matras. Not all the matras carry equal emphasis; some are stronger than others. The first beat, or matra, is always the strongest. This is known as the sam. Another important m ...
... Each tal has a set number of beats or matras. This is known as the tal’s avartan. Tintal, for example, has an avartan of 16 matras. Not all the matras carry equal emphasis; some are stronger than others. The first beat, or matra, is always the strongest. This is known as the sam. Another important m ...
A Psychophysical Explanation for Why Major Chords are “Bright
... The oldest puzzle in traditional music theory concerns the affect of major and minor chords. Regardless of musical training, culture or subject age, major chords are evaluated as “bright and happy”, and minor chords as “dark and sad”. We have found that an explanation of the affective charge of the ...
... The oldest puzzle in traditional music theory concerns the affect of major and minor chords. Regardless of musical training, culture or subject age, major chords are evaluated as “bright and happy”, and minor chords as “dark and sad”. We have found that an explanation of the affective charge of the ...
Predicting the root of a musical chord
... getting perceived and multiple virtual pitches appear (Terhardt, 1998, p. 348). These different perceptions of pitches are processed by the human ear and the resulting (virtual) pitch is what the listener perceives. On this basis Terhardt developed the thesis that our ear analyzes sound objects of e ...
... getting perceived and multiple virtual pitches appear (Terhardt, 1998, p. 348). These different perceptions of pitches are processed by the human ear and the resulting (virtual) pitch is what the listener perceives. On this basis Terhardt developed the thesis that our ear analyzes sound objects of e ...
Music Theory Vocabulary - Trinity Bend Performing Arts
... Leading tones want to resolve upward to tonic; it is very unsatisfactory and objectionable not to do so. The seventh of a seventh chord wants to resolve downward; it is very unsatisfactory and objectionable not to do so. ...
... Leading tones want to resolve upward to tonic; it is very unsatisfactory and objectionable not to do so. The seventh of a seventh chord wants to resolve downward; it is very unsatisfactory and objectionable not to do so. ...
4/4 TIME - Introduction to Music Theory
... SHARP sign (#) before a notes raises the pitch of that note by one half step. When speaking of sharped notes, the word “sharp” comes after the letter name, (ex. C sharp). However, in written music, the sharp sign comes before the note. When a sharp sign is attached to a line note, the sharp is c ...
... SHARP sign (#) before a notes raises the pitch of that note by one half step. When speaking of sharped notes, the word “sharp” comes after the letter name, (ex. C sharp). However, in written music, the sharp sign comes before the note. When a sharp sign is attached to a line note, the sharp is c ...
Non-Chord Tones
... • Usually occurs between two tones that are separated at the interval of a third. The passing tone takes the place of the scale degree between the two other tones by moving stepwise in one direction. • Sometimes the passing tone fills the space between two tones that are only a M2 apart. This is cal ...
... • Usually occurs between two tones that are separated at the interval of a third. The passing tone takes the place of the scale degree between the two other tones by moving stepwise in one direction. • Sometimes the passing tone fills the space between two tones that are only a M2 apart. This is cal ...
Chapter 30: Neoclassicism and Twelve
... 5. He thought that his “discovery” would enable German music to dominate for the next 100 years, but Hitler’s rise to power and persecution of Jews meant that Schoenberg had to leave Europe, heading to the United States in 1933. E. Berg’s Twelve-Tone Romanticism 1. Berg was not a child prodigy, but ...
... 5. He thought that his “discovery” would enable German music to dominate for the next 100 years, but Hitler’s rise to power and persecution of Jews meant that Schoenberg had to leave Europe, heading to the United States in 1933. E. Berg’s Twelve-Tone Romanticism 1. Berg was not a child prodigy, but ...
Piano Curriculum
... American Composers of Today (Marks) American Composers of the Twentieth Century (Schaum) American Music by Distinguished Composers (Presser) An Album of Spanish Composers (Kalmus) Anthology of Piano Music IV: The Twentieth Century (Agay ed.) (Yorktown) Blue Ribbon Series I-IV (Flatau ed.) (Belwin) B ...
... American Composers of Today (Marks) American Composers of the Twentieth Century (Schaum) American Music by Distinguished Composers (Presser) An Album of Spanish Composers (Kalmus) Anthology of Piano Music IV: The Twentieth Century (Agay ed.) (Yorktown) Blue Ribbon Series I-IV (Flatau ed.) (Belwin) B ...
Alois Hába`s Suite für vier Posaunen
... interval throughout the Suite is int 2.5, an interval that, according to Tam, appears frequently throughout Hába’s quarter-tone works, often as a component of interval cycles that can contain from 3 to 24 successive iterations.6 In Chapter 1, I show that int 2.5 can function as a passing tone that d ...
... interval throughout the Suite is int 2.5, an interval that, according to Tam, appears frequently throughout Hába’s quarter-tone works, often as a component of interval cycles that can contain from 3 to 24 successive iterations.6 In Chapter 1, I show that int 2.5 can function as a passing tone that d ...
EKU Music Theory Study Guide with PAGE NUMBERS
... is much more efficient (and easier) to use the key signatures that you memorized in the previous lesson. Here are some examples of how this would work: To spell an E major scale: 1) Write all the alphabet letters through one octave starting with an E on the staff using whatever clef is requested as ...
... is much more efficient (and easier) to use the key signatures that you memorized in the previous lesson. Here are some examples of how this would work: To spell an E major scale: 1) Write all the alphabet letters through one octave starting with an E on the staff using whatever clef is requested as ...
Microtonal music
Microtonal music or microtonality is the use in music of microtones—intervals smaller than a semitone, which are also called ""microintervals"". It may also be extended to include any music using intervals not found in the customary Western tuning of twelve equal intervals per octave.