Chapter 15 - SFA Physics and Astronomy
... tones (even in dead rooms) so long as the tones are sounded close in time. Setting intervals for pure sinusoids (no partials) is difficult if the loudness is small enough to avoid exciting room modes. At high loudness levels there are enough harmonics generated in the room and ear to permit good ...
... tones (even in dead rooms) so long as the tones are sounded close in time. Setting intervals for pure sinusoids (no partials) is difficult if the loudness is small enough to avoid exciting room modes. At high loudness levels there are enough harmonics generated in the room and ear to permit good ...
Maths and music - Project Jugaad
... isn't exactly 3/2 = 1.5, but 2^(7/12) = 1.4983. (The "^" represents an exponent.) The interval of a fourth isn't 4/3 = 1.3333, but 2^(5/12) = 1.3348. The interval of a third isn't 5/4 = 1.25, but 2^(4/12) = 1.2599. I won't say exactly what equal tempering is, but you might be able to figure it out f ...
... isn't exactly 3/2 = 1.5, but 2^(7/12) = 1.4983. (The "^" represents an exponent.) The interval of a fourth isn't 4/3 = 1.3333, but 2^(5/12) = 1.3348. The interval of a third isn't 5/4 = 1.25, but 2^(4/12) = 1.2599. I won't say exactly what equal tempering is, but you might be able to figure it out f ...
Music Vocabulary Terms
... Key Signature: Located at the beginning of the piece or after a double bar line, the key signature will tell the musician what notes are sharp or flat and which key they are playing in Equal Temperament Tuning: Each note is tuned equally (piano, mallet percussion, ect.) Register: The high, middle, o ...
... Key Signature: Located at the beginning of the piece or after a double bar line, the key signature will tell the musician what notes are sharp or flat and which key they are playing in Equal Temperament Tuning: Each note is tuned equally (piano, mallet percussion, ect.) Register: The high, middle, o ...
Music of Ancient Greece (ca. 7 Century B.C.E. – 476 C.E.)
... scales by tuning successive perfect, or pure fifths and bringing the frequencies down within the same octave. He figured this out mathematically, and gave birth to what is called “Pythagorean Intonation.” Pythagorean intonation was further developed by the musical theorists/philosophers/mathematicia ...
... scales by tuning successive perfect, or pure fifths and bringing the frequencies down within the same octave. He figured this out mathematically, and gave birth to what is called “Pythagorean Intonation.” Pythagorean intonation was further developed by the musical theorists/philosophers/mathematicia ...
Ch11 Lecture Part I
... related to frequency • Tone chroma: A sound quality shared by tones that have the same octave interval • Musical helix: Can help visualize musical pitch • As frequency increases – Tone height increases – Tone chroma cycles ...
... related to frequency • Tone chroma: A sound quality shared by tones that have the same octave interval • Musical helix: Can help visualize musical pitch • As frequency increases – Tone height increases – Tone chroma cycles ...
my summary of the major scale
... When we think of a scale in music, we think of a series on musical notes that go in an ascending and descending manner. The major scales are the foundation from which all other scales are farmed. These scales are called the musical alphabet; they are: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C A major scale begins with ...
... When we think of a scale in music, we think of a series on musical notes that go in an ascending and descending manner. The major scales are the foundation from which all other scales are farmed. These scales are called the musical alphabet; they are: C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C A major scale begins with ...
Lecture 2
... MUSIC: SCALES Parts of a Scale The Interval Any 2 pitches will have a certain distance, or difference in highness or lowness of pitch. Theses differences are called intervals. An interval is the distance between two notes. Intervals are always counted from the lower note to the higher one ...
... MUSIC: SCALES Parts of a Scale The Interval Any 2 pitches will have a certain distance, or difference in highness or lowness of pitch. Theses differences are called intervals. An interval is the distance between two notes. Intervals are always counted from the lower note to the higher one ...
study guide
... COMPOUND- Meters in 6,9,12 etc. KEY- Sharps and flats used to determine scale. HARMONIC MINOR- Minor scale with raised 7th. ...
... COMPOUND- Meters in 6,9,12 etc. KEY- Sharps and flats used to determine scale. HARMONIC MINOR- Minor scale with raised 7th. ...
Vocabulary Guide - Heath Vocal Music
... Rubato - Robbed time or Freely Molto - very much A tempo - a return to the original tempo ...
... Rubato - Robbed time or Freely Molto - very much A tempo - a return to the original tempo ...
Bringing some science to music
... one hears the “chromatic” scale. Each tone is separated by a “semitione” Also “half tone” or “half step”. ...
... one hears the “chromatic” scale. Each tone is separated by a “semitione” Also “half tone” or “half step”. ...
Musical Terms Level 3
... A slur is a curved line used to indicate that notes should be played smoothly (legato) and in one breath. The notes are of different pitches and can be of different types. A slur can extended over two or several notes at a time, sometimes encompassing several bars of music ...
... A slur is a curved line used to indicate that notes should be played smoothly (legato) and in one breath. The notes are of different pitches and can be of different types. A slur can extended over two or several notes at a time, sometimes encompassing several bars of music ...
Music Terminology Articulation: How specific notes or passages are
... Harmony: Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. ...
... Harmony: Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. ...
The Musical - Year 9 – Stage 5 Good Samaritan
... Finding out the distance between notes can be challenging. To help, count the number of half steps between the notes of the interval you are trying to find. From C to D is 1 half-step – that’s a minor second interval. From C to D there are 2 steps C#/Db and D – That’s an interval of a major second. ...
... Finding out the distance between notes can be challenging. To help, count the number of half steps between the notes of the interval you are trying to find. From C to D is 1 half-step – that’s a minor second interval. From C to D there are 2 steps C#/Db and D – That’s an interval of a major second. ...
CHAPTER 1 TONAL MODULATION WITH JUST
... (rounded off to the nearest tenth of a cent in the case of the Monophonic intervals) are used for both equal tempered intervals and Monophonic intervals as a unit of comparison.6 In the column for “Cents Deviation” the difference between the two versions is calculated. From this, one can see that th ...
... (rounded off to the nearest tenth of a cent in the case of the Monophonic intervals) are used for both equal tempered intervals and Monophonic intervals as a unit of comparison.6 In the column for “Cents Deviation” the difference between the two versions is calculated. From this, one can see that th ...
lecture16
... Musical scale – a succession of notes in ascending or distending order • In Western music octave is divided in 12 semitones • Chromatic scale - all 12 semitones • Most music makes use of 7 selected notes (major or minor scales) • There are many ways to construct musical scales • Different scales are ...
... Musical scale – a succession of notes in ascending or distending order • In Western music octave is divided in 12 semitones • Chromatic scale - all 12 semitones • Most music makes use of 7 selected notes (major or minor scales) • There are many ways to construct musical scales • Different scales are ...
lecture16
... Musical scale – a succession of notes in ascending or distending order •In Western music octave is divided in 12 semitones •Chromatic scale - all 12 semitones •Most music makes use of 7 selected notes (major or minor scales) •There are many ways to construct musical scales •Different scales are diff ...
... Musical scale – a succession of notes in ascending or distending order •In Western music octave is divided in 12 semitones •Chromatic scale - all 12 semitones •Most music makes use of 7 selected notes (major or minor scales) •There are many ways to construct musical scales •Different scales are diff ...
Why are pianos out of tune?
... while just intonation has two bad major triads, and mean-tone has one bad fifth. See if you can hear the differences in this German hymn-tune, which we'll hear three times. [Demonstrate] As music developed, it became increasingly necessary to be able to play equally in all twelve keys, and eventuall ...
... while just intonation has two bad major triads, and mean-tone has one bad fifth. See if you can hear the differences in this German hymn-tune, which we'll hear three times. [Demonstrate] As music developed, it became increasingly necessary to be able to play equally in all twelve keys, and eventuall ...
Investigate the mathematics behind the tuning systems of Wendy
... because the frequency ratios of their notes are closer to simple ratios than in 12tone equal temperament. However, our ears are not used to these tunings, so we might find them a bit strange when listening to The Beauty in the Beast for the ...
... because the frequency ratios of their notes are closer to simple ratios than in 12tone equal temperament. However, our ears are not used to these tunings, so we might find them a bit strange when listening to The Beauty in the Beast for the ...
Program - Michael Harrison, composer and pianist
... The minute difference between the tuning of this note B# and the original C is the Pythagorean comma (approximately 1/8 of a semi-tone). In equal temperament these fifths are each tuned 1/12 of a Pythagorean comma flat so that the B# and C are equalized to become the same pitch. As a result, the na ...
... The minute difference between the tuning of this note B# and the original C is the Pythagorean comma (approximately 1/8 of a semi-tone). In equal temperament these fifths are each tuned 1/12 of a Pythagorean comma flat so that the B# and C are equalized to become the same pitch. As a result, the na ...
Just intonation
In music, just intonation (sometimes abbreviated as JI) or pure intonation is any musical tuning in which the frequencies of notes are related by ratios of small whole numbers. Any interval tuned in this way is called a pure or just interval. The two notes in any just interval are members of the same harmonic series. Frequency ratios involving large integers such as 1024:927 are not generally said to be justly tuned. ""Just intonation is the tuning system of the later ancient Greek modes as codified by Ptolemy; it was the aesthetic ideal of the Renaissance theorists; and it is the tuning practice of a great many musical cultures worldwide, both ancient and modern.""Just intonation can be contrasted and compared with equal temperament, which dominates Western instruments of fixed pitch (e.g., piano or organ) and default MIDI tuning on electronic keyboards. In equal temperament, all intervals are defined as multiples of the same basic interval, or more precisely, the intervals are ratios which are integer powers of the smallest step ratio, so two notes separated by the same number of steps always have exactly the same frequency ratio. However, except for doubling of frequencies (one or more octaves), no other intervals are exact ratios of small integers. Each just interval differs a different amount from its analogous, equally tempered interval.Justly tuned intervals can be written as either ratios, with a colon (for example, 3:2), or as fractions, with a solidus (3 ⁄ 2). For example, two tones, one at 300 Hertz (cycles per second), and the other at 200 hertz are both multiples of 100 Hz and as such members of the harmonic series built on 100 Hz. Thus 3/2, known as a perfect fifth, may be defined as the musical interval (the ratio) between the second and third harmonics of any fundamental pitch.