
Chapter 15: European Impressionism and Modernism
... – Depicts the protagonist’s tormented, hallucinatory vision of the suffering Madonna at the cross – Dissonant harmonies; atonal; disjunct vocal style; Sprechstimme creates an almost-hysterical sound – Unfolds like a stream of consciousness ...
... – Depicts the protagonist’s tormented, hallucinatory vision of the suffering Madonna at the cross – Dissonant harmonies; atonal; disjunct vocal style; Sprechstimme creates an almost-hysterical sound – Unfolds like a stream of consciousness ...
“Tuning and temperament” by Rudolph Rasch Know who and where
... difference. Find the number corresponding to B on Glarean's chart. Use some math (use a calculator if you must) to find 2/3 of that number; this should be the number for F#. How does it compare to Glarean's number for Gb? ¶3 “Chromatic” and “enharmonic” here refer to the tetrachord genera from ancie ...
... difference. Find the number corresponding to B on Glarean's chart. Use some math (use a calculator if you must) to find 2/3 of that number; this should be the number for F#. How does it compare to Glarean's number for Gb? ¶3 “Chromatic” and “enharmonic” here refer to the tetrachord genera from ancie ...
TAVENER The Lamb - davenantperformingarts
... Every note of this mode is contained in these bars There is no sharpening of the 7th degree in the dominant chords (the penultimate chord in each of these bars) and so all the cadences are MODAL Tavener has deliberately exploited the ambiguity created by an idea based on just 4 pitches to suggest MA ...
... Every note of this mode is contained in these bars There is no sharpening of the 7th degree in the dominant chords (the penultimate chord in each of these bars) and so all the cadences are MODAL Tavener has deliberately exploited the ambiguity created by an idea based on just 4 pitches to suggest MA ...
Music KS3 Skills Framework DOCX File
... Compositions are used to show contrasts in the music. Can use pitch and rhythm notation together. Expression marks are used to create depth and contrast in the music. Is identifying notes within major triads and uses them to compose a ground bass. ...
... Compositions are used to show contrasts in the music. Can use pitch and rhythm notation together. Expression marks are used to create depth and contrast in the music. Is identifying notes within major triads and uses them to compose a ground bass. ...
Slides - UMD Physics
... The source appears to be entirely on the direction of the first (direct or reflected) sound to arrive ...
... The source appears to be entirely on the direction of the first (direct or reflected) sound to arrive ...
A Graphical Model for Chord Progressions Embedded in a Psychoacoustic Space
... of a sum in order to account for the masking effect (Moore, 1982). The quantization given by the rounding function corresponds to the fact that most of the tonal music is composed using the well-tempered tuning. For instance, the 3rd harmonic f3,i corresponds to a note which is located one perfect f ...
... of a sum in order to account for the masking effect (Moore, 1982). The quantization given by the rounding function corresponds to the fact that most of the tonal music is composed using the well-tempered tuning. For instance, the 3rd harmonic f3,i corresponds to a note which is located one perfect f ...
Perception of musical consonance and dissonance: an outcome of
... While a number of theories have been advanced to account for why musical consonance is related to simple frequency ratios, as yet there is no completely satisfying explanation. Here we explore the theory of synchronization properties of ensembles of coupled neural oscillators to demonstrate why simp ...
... While a number of theories have been advanced to account for why musical consonance is related to simple frequency ratios, as yet there is no completely satisfying explanation. Here we explore the theory of synchronization properties of ensembles of coupled neural oscillators to demonstrate why simp ...
Blues and Other Popular Styles
... each built above middle C. A major-major seventh chord (MM7) is a major triad plus a M7; a minor-minor seventh chord (mm7) is a minor triad plus a m7. A MM7 is often called a major seventh for short, a mm7 is a minor seventh, and a major-minor seventh chord (Mm7) is a dominant seventh. A seventh cho ...
... each built above middle C. A major-major seventh chord (MM7) is a major triad plus a M7; a minor-minor seventh chord (mm7) is a minor triad plus a m7. A MM7 is often called a major seventh for short, a mm7 is a minor seventh, and a major-minor seventh chord (Mm7) is a dominant seventh. A seventh cho ...
Partita no. 4 in D: Sarabande and Gigue JS Bach
... • The beginning and end of each section is strengthened by the addition of (an)other part(s) ‒ e.g. the texture at the start is three-part, and the end of the first section is four-part • Bar 2 can be described as ‘monophonic’, as only one note at a time is sounding Gigue • Mainly three-part writing ...
... • The beginning and end of each section is strengthened by the addition of (an)other part(s) ‒ e.g. the texture at the start is three-part, and the end of the first section is four-part • Bar 2 can be described as ‘monophonic’, as only one note at a time is sounding Gigue • Mainly three-part writing ...
e-Workbook TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS OF MUSIC Part I
... It is important in all your writing both to analyze and understand the choices you are making, and to produce a result that is pleasing and musical to the ear. Part I on musical rudiments is new to this edition. These written exercises provide for a review of musical fundamentals that many students ...
... It is important in all your writing both to analyze and understand the choices you are making, and to produce a result that is pleasing and musical to the ear. Part I on musical rudiments is new to this edition. These written exercises provide for a review of musical fundamentals that many students ...
Modern harmony, its explanation and application - DMU
... swift current of modern musical art during the last ten or fifteen years seems at first glance to have ruthlessly swept away the whole of the theories of the past. The earnest student may well be excused if he is bewildered completely on rising up fresh from his theoretical treatises to plunge into ...
... swift current of modern musical art during the last ten or fifteen years seems at first glance to have ruthlessly swept away the whole of the theories of the past. The earnest student may well be excused if he is bewildered completely on rising up fresh from his theoretical treatises to plunge into ...
The Octatonic Scale Description, History, Application
... Since there are only 7 discreet pitch designations in our scale system, the spelling of the octatonic scale must by necessity include the use of two pitch classes with identical letter name designations. The scale comes in two modes, depending on whether the order begins with a half or a whole step ...
... Since there are only 7 discreet pitch designations in our scale system, the spelling of the octatonic scale must by necessity include the use of two pitch classes with identical letter name designations. The scale comes in two modes, depending on whether the order begins with a half or a whole step ...
Gamelan 2
... End accent – most important beat is the LAST one 8-note rhythmic cycle (like a bar) called a gongan Gongan defined by the Gong! e.g. (written in Jegogan part) Jegogan on beat 4 Which tuned instrument plays on every beat? Which untuned instrument plays on every beat? ...
... End accent – most important beat is the LAST one 8-note rhythmic cycle (like a bar) called a gongan Gongan defined by the Gong! e.g. (written in Jegogan part) Jegogan on beat 4 Which tuned instrument plays on every beat? Which untuned instrument plays on every beat? ...
Music Theory ==> Basic Level
... very important for the rhythm guitarist. But chords are also very important for the lead guitarist, because the lead phrases must blend with the harmony and not clash with it. In other words, when improvising, you create a melodic line that needs to remain connected with the chord progression played ...
... very important for the rhythm guitarist. But chords are also very important for the lead guitarist, because the lead phrases must blend with the harmony and not clash with it. In other words, when improvising, you create a melodic line that needs to remain connected with the chord progression played ...
Musical Harmony, Mathematics, and Esotericism
... The basic building block of music is the note. A note has several characteristics, including pitch, duration, volume (“loudness”), and timbre. In modern western music, notes are discrete frequencies that lie on a scale. The seven white notes on a piano are designated A through G, whereupon the next ...
... The basic building block of music is the note. A note has several characteristics, including pitch, duration, volume (“loudness”), and timbre. In modern western music, notes are discrete frequencies that lie on a scale. The seven white notes on a piano are designated A through G, whereupon the next ...
A Small Selection from among the Many Things that I Still Do Not
... years.13 Holman also shows that additional violinists of Jewish ancestry shuttled between London and Antwerp, where Karel Moens found that the earliest violinists and violin makers were also Sephardim, at least in name.14 Earlier, in 1989, Elia Santoro published irrefutable documentation that the br ...
... years.13 Holman also shows that additional violinists of Jewish ancestry shuttled between London and Antwerp, where Karel Moens found that the earliest violinists and violin makers were also Sephardim, at least in name.14 Earlier, in 1989, Elia Santoro published irrefutable documentation that the br ...
Modeling Tonality: Applications to Music Cognition Introduction
... meaningful patterns when listening to music that we are often not even aware of it. What is it we know that causes us to hear one pitch as being more stable than others? ...
... meaningful patterns when listening to music that we are often not even aware of it. What is it we know that causes us to hear one pitch as being more stable than others? ...
document
... ______________ is a musical group with several violins, two trumpets, large bass guitar and special five- and ...
... ______________ is a musical group with several violins, two trumpets, large bass guitar and special five- and ...
PDF text - Music Theory Online
... includes an implied G at its third chord, suggesting that the upper pitch now consists of passing motion from B through A to G . (That G ultimately appears in the music the end of measure 2: see Example 4a.) In either interpretation, both chords fulfill the same role of expanding the plagal harmonie ...
... includes an implied G at its third chord, suggesting that the upper pitch now consists of passing motion from B through A to G . (That G ultimately appears in the music the end of measure 2: see Example 4a.) In either interpretation, both chords fulfill the same role of expanding the plagal harmonie ...
Slightly Out of Tune: The Story of Musical Temperament
... The second of these proportions, 3:2, produced the fifth, which also is known as the perfect fifth. Isacoff writes: “the perfect fifth sounded together as a harmony gives the impression of a melding of complementary parts, a marriage between two willing partners. Its hollow, open sound also suggests ...
... The second of these proportions, 3:2, produced the fifth, which also is known as the perfect fifth. Isacoff writes: “the perfect fifth sounded together as a harmony gives the impression of a melding of complementary parts, a marriage between two willing partners. Its hollow, open sound also suggests ...
Music Theory 101 (Basic)
... instance, C7b9b5 would be a C7 chord with the 5th flatted and a flatted 9th added. In other words, he formula would be 1, 3, b5, b7, b9. The diminished and augmented chords do not really fit in any of the families but they are most like the dominant chords in the way that they are used. Remember tha ...
... instance, C7b9b5 would be a C7 chord with the 5th flatted and a flatted 9th added. In other words, he formula would be 1, 3, b5, b7, b9. The diminished and augmented chords do not really fit in any of the families but they are most like the dominant chords in the way that they are used. Remember tha ...
Harmony

In music, harmony is the use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes), or chords. The study of harmony involves chords and their construction and chord progressions and the principles of connection that govern them. Harmony is often said to refer to the ""vertical"" aspect of music, as distinguished from melodic line, or the ""horizontal"" aspect. Counterpoint, which refers to the interweaving of melodic lines, and polyphony, which refers to the relationship of separate independent voices, are thus sometimes distinguished from harmony.In popular and jazz harmony, chords are named by their root plus various terms and characters indicating their qualities. In many types of music, notably baroque, romantic, modern, and jazz, chords are often augmented with ""tensions"". A tension is an additional chord member that creates a relatively dissonant interval in relation to the bass. Typically, in the classical common practice period a dissonant chord (chord with tension) ""resolves"" to a consonant chord. Harmonization usually sounds pleasant to the ear when there is a balance between the consonant and dissonant sounds. In simple words, that occurs when there is a balance between ""tense"" and ""relaxed"" moments.