Elements of Music: Sound, Melody, Rhythm, and Harmony
... what he or she has heard before and relate that to what he or she hears in the present. Much folk and popular music is brief and repetitive with very little thematic development. More complex works—a Mozart string quartet, for example—have distinct themes that go through a period of development. The ...
... what he or she has heard before and relate that to what he or she hears in the present. Much folk and popular music is brief and repetitive with very little thematic development. More complex works—a Mozart string quartet, for example—have distinct themes that go through a period of development. The ...
Pitch- the relative “highness” or “lowness” of a sound
... Tonic, and the importance of all the tones in the melody is calculated in relation to that pitch. The first or last pitch of a melody can usually tell you the most information about the melody’s tonality (for example, the pitch that is the Tonic of MHALL is the pitch where you sing “snow”). Most pie ...
... Tonic, and the importance of all the tones in the melody is calculated in relation to that pitch. The first or last pitch of a melody can usually tell you the most information about the melody’s tonality (for example, the pitch that is the Tonic of MHALL is the pitch where you sing “snow”). Most pie ...
Non-Chord Tones
... by step in the same direction. • Neighboring tone (n)- Approached by step and left by step in the opposite direction. • Suspension (s)- Approached by same tone and left by a step down. • Retardation (r)- Approached by the same tone and left by a step up. ...
... by step in the same direction. • Neighboring tone (n)- Approached by step and left by step in the opposite direction. • Suspension (s)- Approached by same tone and left by a step down. • Retardation (r)- Approached by the same tone and left by a step up. ...
Hearing Math and Seeing Music: a Workshop on Pitch Perception
... There’s no one right way to tune a piano. Over the centuries, music theorists and composers have used a variety of tuning systems, or temperaments. Early temperaments tended to favor certain keys. For example, the quarter-comma meantone tuning system, popular in 16th and 17th century Europe, comprom ...
... There’s no one right way to tune a piano. Over the centuries, music theorists and composers have used a variety of tuning systems, or temperaments. Early temperaments tended to favor certain keys. For example, the quarter-comma meantone tuning system, popular in 16th and 17th century Europe, comprom ...
8.6 Sample Performance Test Rubric
... The tone is characteristic in some registers, uncharacteristic in other registers, and is often any of the following: thin, shrill, weak, blatty, spread, or unfocused ...
... The tone is characteristic in some registers, uncharacteristic in other registers, and is often any of the following: thin, shrill, weak, blatty, spread, or unfocused ...
Quarter - Colorado River Schools
... Identify names of lines and spaces of the treble clef 1.5 PO 5 identify signs and symbols ...
... Identify names of lines and spaces of the treble clef 1.5 PO 5 identify signs and symbols ...
Chapter 1: The Basics Microtonal Notation
... For two concise summaries of past and present microtonal composers and their work, see: Bob Gilmore, ‘The Climate Since Harry Partch’, Contemporary Music Review, ‘Microtones and Microtonalities’ 2003, Vol. 22, Parts 1 and 2, pp. 15-34, and Daniel James Wolf, ‘Alternative Tunings, Alternative Tonalit ...
... For two concise summaries of past and present microtonal composers and their work, see: Bob Gilmore, ‘The Climate Since Harry Partch’, Contemporary Music Review, ‘Microtones and Microtonalities’ 2003, Vol. 22, Parts 1 and 2, pp. 15-34, and Daniel James Wolf, ‘Alternative Tunings, Alternative Tonalit ...
Tonic and Dominant
... known as free resolution of the leading tone. This can ONLY occur if the leading tone is in an inner voice. ...
... known as free resolution of the leading tone. This can ONLY occur if the leading tone is in an inner voice. ...
Review of Music Rudiments
... Time signatures use numbers to represent note values (4=quarter, 8=eighth) There is no number that can represent a dotted value Compound duple time uses the number 8 in the ...
... Time signatures use numbers to represent note values (4=quarter, 8=eighth) There is no number that can represent a dotted value Compound duple time uses the number 8 in the ...
Musical Pipes - Particles Matter
... Short pipes have higher pitches and longer pipes have lower pitches. 2.Circle the pipe that you expect to produce the sound with the lowest pitch. The longest pipe will have the lowest pitch. 3.Here is a picture of a harp. A harp is played by plucking the strings. Which end of the harp do you expect ...
... Short pipes have higher pitches and longer pipes have lower pitches. 2.Circle the pipe that you expect to produce the sound with the lowest pitch. The longest pipe will have the lowest pitch. 3.Here is a picture of a harp. A harp is played by plucking the strings. Which end of the harp do you expect ...
1 Consonance and Dissonance in Theory, Practice and Science
... Before the Enlightenment, the idea of a judicious and balanced use of C/D to create a harmonious whole was the basis of the craft of harmony. According to Berger, By 1825, the understanding of harmony seems already to have been reduced to its narrow, modern sense ... the craft of constructing chord ...
... Before the Enlightenment, the idea of a judicious and balanced use of C/D to create a harmonious whole was the basis of the craft of harmony. According to Berger, By 1825, the understanding of harmony seems already to have been reduced to its narrow, modern sense ... the craft of constructing chord ...
Introduction to Pitch Class Set Analysis
... Segments are usually identified as contiguous elements but may be non-contiguous as well. The consistency of a musical surface composed of small groups of pitch-classes is regarded by Forte as a foundation for making statements about large-scale structure. In the following example, register, rhythm, ...
... Segments are usually identified as contiguous elements but may be non-contiguous as well. The consistency of a musical surface composed of small groups of pitch-classes is regarded by Forte as a foundation for making statements about large-scale structure. In the following example, register, rhythm, ...
ADVANCED INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES
... We can also move accents to the hi-hat with the left hand. The following example shows the basic pattern played over 4 bars, with selected accents/ghost notes moved between the snare and hi-hat. Please note that there are many accent/ghost note permutations of left hand movement between hi-hat and s ...
... We can also move accents to the hi-hat with the left hand. The following example shows the basic pattern played over 4 bars, with selected accents/ghost notes moved between the snare and hi-hat. Please note that there are many accent/ghost note permutations of left hand movement between hi-hat and s ...
Music Dictionary
... Measure - A group of beats containing a primary accent and one or more secondary accents, indicated by the placement of bar lines on the staff. The space between two bar lines. *Notation- a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music ...
... Measure - A group of beats containing a primary accent and one or more secondary accents, indicated by the placement of bar lines on the staff. The space between two bar lines. *Notation- a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music ...
The Diatonic Scale - Metropolitan Cantor Institute
... vibrations causes a sense of “highness” or “lowness” of the sound, and is measures in cycles per second (cps, also called hertz, Hz). Most sounds are actually composed of several different frequencies at once, so we use the term pitch to mean our experience of how high or low a sound is. ...
... vibrations causes a sense of “highness” or “lowness” of the sound, and is measures in cycles per second (cps, also called hertz, Hz). Most sounds are actually composed of several different frequencies at once, so we use the term pitch to mean our experience of how high or low a sound is. ...
NJCCS Elements of Music
... The triad built on the fifth note of the scale (sol) is next in importance to the tonic. It is called the dominant chord (sol-ti-re). The dominant chord is strongly pulled toward the tonic chord. This attraction has great importance in music. A dominant chord sets up tension that is resolved by the ...
... The triad built on the fifth note of the scale (sol) is next in importance to the tonic. It is called the dominant chord (sol-ti-re). The dominant chord is strongly pulled toward the tonic chord. This attraction has great importance in music. A dominant chord sets up tension that is resolved by the ...
Music Notation
... were used in conjunction with text to represent pitch. With Gregorian Chant, lines began to be used to represent pitch and the relative highness or lowness of those pitches. While the first Gregorian Chants only had one line, eventually a system was expanded to include four lines. However, more line ...
... were used in conjunction with text to represent pitch. With Gregorian Chant, lines began to be used to represent pitch and the relative highness or lowness of those pitches. While the first Gregorian Chants only had one line, eventually a system was expanded to include four lines. However, more line ...
NON-SERIAL ATONALITY ATONAL MUSIC
... the bottom note). You can begin on any note and spell the notes enharmonically. Leave out duplicated pitch classes. 2. Find the largest interval between any 2 adjacent notes. The top note of this interval is the bottom note of the normal order. Rearrange the pitches in ...
... the bottom note). You can begin on any note and spell the notes enharmonically. Leave out duplicated pitch classes. 2. Find the largest interval between any 2 adjacent notes. The top note of this interval is the bottom note of the normal order. Rearrange the pitches in ...
music terminology
... Dynamics: The level (amplitude) or loudness of sound Pianissimo (pp) - very soft Piano (p) - soft Mezzo piano (mp) - medium soft Mezzo forte (f) - medium loud Forte (f) - loud Fortissimo (ff) - very loud e, et, ed: Meaning "and" Enharmonic: The same pitch given two different letter names, e.g., e na ...
... Dynamics: The level (amplitude) or loudness of sound Pianissimo (pp) - very soft Piano (p) - soft Mezzo piano (mp) - medium soft Mezzo forte (f) - medium loud Forte (f) - loud Fortissimo (ff) - very loud e, et, ed: Meaning "and" Enharmonic: The same pitch given two different letter names, e.g., e na ...
MUSICAL NOTATION Music is notated on a staff
... The curl of the treble clef circles the line that is G on the staff. The dots of bass clef are around the line that is F. The middle of C-clef is at the line that is middle C. The other lines and spaces represent other notes and always follow in order of the alphabet using only the first seven lette ...
... The curl of the treble clef circles the line that is G on the staff. The dots of bass clef are around the line that is F. The middle of C-clef is at the line that is middle C. The other lines and spaces represent other notes and always follow in order of the alphabet using only the first seven lette ...
Ms - cloudfront.net
... paragraphs describing the music’s tone and the mood it creates in you. You must also read and discuss sections of The End of the Affair and complete the diction/explanation sheet. You must then write a seven-sentence paragraph summarizing the book’s tone and describing how Bendrix and Sarah contribu ...
... paragraphs describing the music’s tone and the mood it creates in you. You must also read and discuss sections of The End of the Affair and complete the diction/explanation sheet. You must then write a seven-sentence paragraph summarizing the book’s tone and describing how Bendrix and Sarah contribu ...
Pitch Perception - University of Limerick
... 5 kHz where phase locking is reduced - below this temporal information may be dominant. ...
... 5 kHz where phase locking is reduced - below this temporal information may be dominant. ...
pitch powerpoint
... 5 kHz where phase locking is reduced - below this temporal information may be dominant. ...
... 5 kHz where phase locking is reduced - below this temporal information may be dominant. ...
your name - Julianne Baird
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
1 - Julianne Baird
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...
... d. a shift from one key to another within the same composition 35. Improvisation is a. a technique used only in jazz and non western music b. music created at the same time it is performed c. the addition of ornaments not indicated in the printed music d. all of the above 36. A song in which several ...