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... This is the passage of time thru the flow of music. How long a note should be played/held. Note Values: see handout Silence also has value; a period of silence in music is called a REST. • Rests also have the same value as notes (whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, etc.) ...
... This is the passage of time thru the flow of music. How long a note should be played/held. Note Values: see handout Silence also has value; a period of silence in music is called a REST. • Rests also have the same value as notes (whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, etc.) ...
Elements of Music Worksheet Name: August 9th, 2011 Fine Arts List
... 21. Rhythm has several interrelated aspects: ______________, _________, _______________, ______________ & ________________. 22. A regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time is ____________ 23. What are the 4 main properties of musical sound? 24. The particular arrangeme ...
... 21. Rhythm has several interrelated aspects: ______________, _________, _______________, ______________ & ________________. 22. A regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time is ____________ 23. What are the 4 main properties of musical sound? 24. The particular arrangeme ...
Impressionism and Expressionism
... Due to the fact that it is very difficult to write a piece without the framework of a key structure and the use of recognisable themes Expressionist pieces are quite short. To structure his composition Schönberg created the Serialism. This involves taking the twelve semitones and arrange them into a ...
... Due to the fact that it is very difficult to write a piece without the framework of a key structure and the use of recognisable themes Expressionist pieces are quite short. To structure his composition Schönberg created the Serialism. This involves taking the twelve semitones and arrange them into a ...
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... Pentatonic Scale: A scale consisting of five pitches. Often used as a scale omitting the fourth and seventh pitches of a major scale; or the second and fifth pitches of a minor scale. Phrasing: Dividing musical sentences or thoughts into melodic and/or rhythmic sections, similar to the effect of pu ...
... Pentatonic Scale: A scale consisting of five pitches. Often used as a scale omitting the fourth and seventh pitches of a major scale; or the second and fifth pitches of a minor scale. Phrasing: Dividing musical sentences or thoughts into melodic and/or rhythmic sections, similar to the effect of pu ...
Music Definitions
... Tone Color (timbre) – quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another Melody – a series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole Climax (an emotional focal point) - the highest tone of a melody Phrases – shorter parts of melodies Theme – a starting point for a mor ...
... Tone Color (timbre) – quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another Melody – a series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole Climax (an emotional focal point) - the highest tone of a melody Phrases – shorter parts of melodies Theme – a starting point for a mor ...
Inversion, Retrograde, Retrograde Inversion
... To get the retrograde, list the prime form backwards, starting with the last pitch class and reading right to left. To get the retrograde inversion, list the inversion form backwards, reading the notes from right to left. To combine inversion or transposition with retrograde, do each operation one a ...
... To get the retrograde, list the prime form backwards, starting with the last pitch class and reading right to left. To get the retrograde inversion, list the inversion form backwards, reading the notes from right to left. To combine inversion or transposition with retrograde, do each operation one a ...
doc Fundamentals
... Interval: pitch distance between two notes -large / small -2nds, 3rds, octaves etc... -consonant / dissonant Melody: a series of pitches that are organized across time; horizontal, linear aspect of music -tunes: easily sing-able melodies -motives: melodic fragments that are short and repetitive -the ...
... Interval: pitch distance between two notes -large / small -2nds, 3rds, octaves etc... -consonant / dissonant Melody: a series of pitches that are organized across time; horizontal, linear aspect of music -tunes: easily sing-able melodies -motives: melodic fragments that are short and repetitive -the ...
here - Krenek.at
... Both rows consist of a sequence of thirds, although the alternation of major and minor thirds is different. Berg’s row concludes after eight thirds with a sequence of three whole – tones st ...
... Both rows consist of a sequence of thirds, although the alternation of major and minor thirds is different. Berg’s row concludes after eight thirds with a sequence of three whole – tones st ...
MUL 2010 “Enjoyment of Music
... combinations of sounds (subjective) • Dissonant / Dissonance – “unpleasant” combinations of sounds (subjective) • Exs. - Musical Consonance & Dissonance Explained... - Consonance and Dissonance 1 - Consonance and Dissonance 2 ...
... combinations of sounds (subjective) • Dissonant / Dissonance – “unpleasant” combinations of sounds (subjective) • Exs. - Musical Consonance & Dissonance Explained... - Consonance and Dissonance 1 - Consonance and Dissonance 2 ...
Stravinsky`s Music - Canadian Opera Company
... style emerging in music composition called neo-classicism. As an anti-Romantic movement, neo-classicism, favoured the return of a more emotionally strained and balanced music of the baroque and classical periods. (Don’t be fooled though – Stravinsky’s music still didn’t sound anything like Mozart’s! ...
... style emerging in music composition called neo-classicism. As an anti-Romantic movement, neo-classicism, favoured the return of a more emotionally strained and balanced music of the baroque and classical periods. (Don’t be fooled though – Stravinsky’s music still didn’t sound anything like Mozart’s! ...
Music Glossary
... flat – a symbol indicating that a tone is to be lowered one half step form—the basic structure of a musical piece half step—the smallest interval between two tones of a scale harmony—sounding two or more tones at the same time improvisation—the act of making up music on the spot improvise—to make up ...
... flat – a symbol indicating that a tone is to be lowered one half step form—the basic structure of a musical piece half step—the smallest interval between two tones of a scale harmony—sounding two or more tones at the same time improvisation—the act of making up music on the spot improvise—to make up ...
Review 7
... very similar style. Symphony- Four movement work. 1, Fast exciting work 2, Slow, Lyrical Movement 3, Dance like Movement 4, Allegro (Fast) ...
... very similar style. Symphony- Four movement work. 1, Fast exciting work 2, Slow, Lyrical Movement 3, Dance like Movement 4, Allegro (Fast) ...
Musical Terms - Keating
... instrument or voice. The use of different tone color is what makes a piece of music interesting and gives the music its character. Picture RHCP on ukulele and you will know what I mean. ...
... instrument or voice. The use of different tone color is what makes a piece of music interesting and gives the music its character. Picture RHCP on ukulele and you will know what I mean. ...
BG Vocab
... 6. Octave: Range between one note and the same note repeated either lower or higher. (From the root “oct-” meaning “eight” because there are eight natural notes in an octave.) 7. Scale: an arrangement of notes in a system of ascending or descending pitch, usually within an octave 8. Chromatic scale: ...
... 6. Octave: Range between one note and the same note repeated either lower or higher. (From the root “oct-” meaning “eight” because there are eight natural notes in an octave.) 7. Scale: an arrangement of notes in a system of ascending or descending pitch, usually within an octave 8. Chromatic scale: ...
Major Keys and Scales
... Why is it important for music to be organized and have structure? How do key centers have specific relationships and functions in music that make music more predictable? Why do composers choose to write music in certain key centers or change to different key centers within the ...
... Why is it important for music to be organized and have structure? How do key centers have specific relationships and functions in music that make music more predictable? Why do composers choose to write music in certain key centers or change to different key centers within the ...
Music Appreciation
... it sounds as if all the notes are wrong. • After this, Schoenberg took it even one step further and began using mathematics to choose which notes to play. • He called this “12 – tone music” or “serialism”. ...
... it sounds as if all the notes are wrong. • After this, Schoenberg took it even one step further and began using mathematics to choose which notes to play. • He called this “12 – tone music” or “serialism”. ...
20th Century Music Week
... Composers like Schoenberg and Boulez stripped away the idea of harmony and wrote music according to mathematical principles. Reich went back to basics and re-adopted the age-old formula: rhythm + pitch = music. Listen to Reich’s “ Music for 18 Musician” ...
... Composers like Schoenberg and Boulez stripped away the idea of harmony and wrote music according to mathematical principles. Reich went back to basics and re-adopted the age-old formula: rhythm + pitch = music. Listen to Reich’s “ Music for 18 Musician” ...
Introduction to Music
... a. sounds produced by musical instruments b. sounds that are pleasing, as opposed to noise c. an art based on the organization of sounds in time d. a system of symbols that performers learn to read ...
... a. sounds produced by musical instruments b. sounds that are pleasing, as opposed to noise c. an art based on the organization of sounds in time d. a system of symbols that performers learn to read ...
The Lowdown on the Octatonic Scale
... basis for some of his melodic ideas. It was Rimsky-Korsakov who would introduce it to the next generation of Russian composers including Skryabin & Stravinsky who used it in a variety of their compositions in the early 1900s. Bartok also used the octatonic scale in a number of his works including pi ...
... basis for some of his melodic ideas. It was Rimsky-Korsakov who would introduce it to the next generation of Russian composers including Skryabin & Stravinsky who used it in a variety of their compositions in the early 1900s. Bartok also used the octatonic scale in a number of his works including pi ...
Modern Art Music Terms - Western Michigan University
... time (isolated "points" of sound) rather than in a traditional continuous melodic line in the same instrument. This technique is closely associated with Klangfarbenmelodie (which is the multi-colored melody that is produced when the pitches played by the instruments are taken as a single melodic who ...
... time (isolated "points" of sound) rather than in a traditional continuous melodic line in the same instrument. This technique is closely associated with Klangfarbenmelodie (which is the multi-colored melody that is produced when the pitches played by the instruments are taken as a single melodic who ...
Contemporary Classical Period
... There is also an exploration of eastern-European and non-Western tonalities, even in relatively traditionally structured works. This trend was present already in the 1920s and 1930s, for example in the music of Béla Bartók, Henry Cowell, Colin McPhee, Alan Hovhaness, and Lou Harrison, and slightly l ...
... There is also an exploration of eastern-European and non-Western tonalities, even in relatively traditionally structured works. This trend was present already in the 1920s and 1930s, for example in the music of Béla Bartók, Henry Cowell, Colin McPhee, Alan Hovhaness, and Lou Harrison, and slightly l ...
PART FIVE
... same time by __________. a. Ives and Varèse b. Varèse and Thérémin c. Thérémin and Cowell d. Cowell and Ives [d] ...
... same time by __________. a. Ives and Varèse b. Varèse and Thérémin c. Thérémin and Cowell d. Cowell and Ives [d] ...
1146375GRADE 4 MUSIC UEQ and CEQ
... What is the difference between rhythm and beat? What are the values of quarter, eighth, sixteenth notes, dotted quarter note, half notes, and quarter rests? What are pitch and melody? What are the different ways we can use our voices? What is meter? What is the pentatonic scale? What are phrases in ...
... What is the difference between rhythm and beat? What are the values of quarter, eighth, sixteenth notes, dotted quarter note, half notes, and quarter rests? What are pitch and melody? What are the different ways we can use our voices? What is meter? What is the pentatonic scale? What are phrases in ...