Theory Intro
... How do minor and major differ? Ê How do minor scales differ from their “parallel” major? Ê Both scales begin on same note, differ at 3, 6, and 7 (these ...
... How do minor and major differ? Ê How do minor scales differ from their “parallel” major? Ê Both scales begin on same note, differ at 3, 6, and 7 (these ...
Required Graduate Music Theory Examinations
... Note: The levels should be completed in the order given with the program in practice mode, not mastery mode. Individuals may work on more or fewer levels depending on their own review needs. ...
... Note: The levels should be completed in the order given with the program in practice mode, not mastery mode. Individuals may work on more or fewer levels depending on their own review needs. ...
Appendix H Musical Concepts
... Sections - Musical works often contain identifiable sections, each of which is composed of two or more periods and which collectively help to define the form of the work. Musical compositions may include introductions, codas and various types of transitional sections. Form and structure may be disce ...
... Sections - Musical works often contain identifiable sections, each of which is composed of two or more periods and which collectively help to define the form of the work. Musical compositions may include introductions, codas and various types of transitional sections. Form and structure may be disce ...
pdf - Santa Fe Institute
... difference to 5/4) is furthest from a simple, rational interval. Subsets of tuning systems (scales, modes, pathet, or rags [Jairazbhoy], etc.) may similarly demonstrate such a hierarchy. Many, if not most, bluegrass songs, for example, seem to be in open keys on the guitar, mandolin, and fiddle (G, ...
... difference to 5/4) is furthest from a simple, rational interval. Subsets of tuning systems (scales, modes, pathet, or rags [Jairazbhoy], etc.) may similarly demonstrate such a hierarchy. Many, if not most, bluegrass songs, for example, seem to be in open keys on the guitar, mandolin, and fiddle (G, ...
Math and Music Worksheet - The Saga of Mathematics: A Brief History
... in order to introduce an element of chance over which he would have no control. He used it, for example, in the Music of Changes for solo piano in 1951, to determine which notes should be used and when they should sound. 14. What is twelve-tone music or dodecaphony? What is the fundamental rule of 1 ...
... in order to introduce an element of chance over which he would have no control. He used it, for example, in the Music of Changes for solo piano in 1951, to determine which notes should be used and when they should sound. 14. What is twelve-tone music or dodecaphony? What is the fundamental rule of 1 ...
NON-SERIAL ATONALITY ATONAL MUSIC
... 3. If there are 2 or more intervals that are tied for the largest interval: Write the 2 (or more) normal orders. Compare the bottom intervals of these normal orders. Whichever normal order starts with the smallest interval is THE normal order. If both are the same, keep comparing intervals. Whicheve ...
... 3. If there are 2 or more intervals that are tied for the largest interval: Write the 2 (or more) normal orders. Compare the bottom intervals of these normal orders. Whichever normal order starts with the smallest interval is THE normal order. If both are the same, keep comparing intervals. Whicheve ...
Text S2.
... disparate chords (such as major or minor seventh dyads), or in broken chords where the notes are sounded sequentially with a time interval greater than ~45 ms [4]. With respect to musical intervals between speech harmonics, an argument against their perceptual relevance is that speech sounds are hea ...
... disparate chords (such as major or minor seventh dyads), or in broken chords where the notes are sounded sequentially with a time interval greater than ~45 ms [4]. With respect to musical intervals between speech harmonics, an argument against their perceptual relevance is that speech sounds are hea ...
Definitions List
... special effects, including: trill, pizzicato, harmonic, and arpeggio. The bowed strings (violin, viola, cello, double bass) form the core of the orchestra. Woodwind family. The woodwind family is less homogeneous in construction and sound production than the strings; it includes the piccolo, flute, ...
... special effects, including: trill, pizzicato, harmonic, and arpeggio. The bowed strings (violin, viola, cello, double bass) form the core of the orchestra. Woodwind family. The woodwind family is less homogeneous in construction and sound production than the strings; it includes the piccolo, flute, ...
Pitch Pitch: A tone sounding in a particular octave (scientifically
... Black keys stand for the “flats and sharps” of the keyboard. A black key immediately to the right of a white key takes the white key’s letter name and adds a sharp (#). A black key immediately to the left of a white key takes the white key’s letter name and adds a flat (b). Black keys simultaneously ...
... Black keys stand for the “flats and sharps” of the keyboard. A black key immediately to the right of a white key takes the white key’s letter name and adds a sharp (#). A black key immediately to the left of a white key takes the white key’s letter name and adds a flat (b). Black keys simultaneously ...
Pitch- the relative “highness” or “lowness” of a sound
... Most pieces do not use all of the pitches available in the entire tuning system. The Mode or Key of a piece of music is the subset of pitches within a Tuning System that will be used. When those pitches are arranged in a sequential order from low to high, it creates a Scale. It is important to under ...
... Most pieces do not use all of the pitches available in the entire tuning system. The Mode or Key of a piece of music is the subset of pitches within a Tuning System that will be used. When those pitches are arranged in a sequential order from low to high, it creates a Scale. It is important to under ...
Here are some important points about pitch: • Pitch is the “highness
... and distinct because we can recognize it and distinguish it from others. Let’s take a look at how some common scales are constructed. As we saw in our discussion of pitch, two neighboring notes can be either a half-step or a whole-step apart. The series of notes C D E F G A B C makes up a major scal ...
... and distinct because we can recognize it and distinguish it from others. Let’s take a look at how some common scales are constructed. As we saw in our discussion of pitch, two neighboring notes can be either a half-step or a whole-step apart. The series of notes C D E F G A B C makes up a major scal ...
Dhrupad - Dagarvani.org
... Dhrupad evolved from medieval Indian classical music. Early examples include distinct compositions attributed to the legendary Tan Sen, royal court musician of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1542-1605). Dhrupad was the dominant form of classical vocal music in North India until the eighteen century when ...
... Dhrupad evolved from medieval Indian classical music. Early examples include distinct compositions attributed to the legendary Tan Sen, royal court musician of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1542-1605). Dhrupad was the dominant form of classical vocal music in North India until the eighteen century when ...
Pitch
... and also within speakers due to context and sentence posi4on, but what stays rela4vely constant is pitch level as a propor1on of current range. COGS 300 ...
... and also within speakers due to context and sentence posi4on, but what stays rela4vely constant is pitch level as a propor1on of current range. COGS 300 ...
important overtones are higher
... • Membrane has a logarithmic scale; jump of one octave anywhere in range is about the same jump on membrane (3.5-4 mm) ...
... • Membrane has a logarithmic scale; jump of one octave anywhere in range is about the same jump on membrane (3.5-4 mm) ...
Introduction to Pitch Class Set Analysis
... Prime Form - A set is reduced to its prime form to allow comparison with other sets. If sets were compared in their original form, comparison would be problematic at best. This is the set's BNO represented by numbers. These numbers represent the distance in half-steps above the lowest note in the BN ...
... Prime Form - A set is reduced to its prime form to allow comparison with other sets. If sets were compared in their original form, comparison would be problematic at best. This is the set's BNO represented by numbers. These numbers represent the distance in half-steps above the lowest note in the BN ...
STRATFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Music Department – Music Theory
... Relate musical cadences to poetry. Demonstrate a knowledge of all cadences aurally and through analysis of music. Write cadences in 3 and 4 part harmony. Analyze music in terms of phrases and periods aurally and in written form. Create diagrams of musical form based on phrases, periods, and cadences ...
... Relate musical cadences to poetry. Demonstrate a knowledge of all cadences aurally and through analysis of music. Write cadences in 3 and 4 part harmony. Analyze music in terms of phrases and periods aurally and in written form. Create diagrams of musical form based on phrases, periods, and cadences ...
pdf, 181kb
... Round: A composition for two or more voices in which one voice enters after another in exact imitation of the first. Scale: A sequence of tones, usually within an octave, and used as the basis of a composition. Score: A notation showing all the parts of a musical composition. Sightread: The reading ...
... Round: A composition for two or more voices in which one voice enters after another in exact imitation of the first. Scale: A sequence of tones, usually within an octave, and used as the basis of a composition. Score: A notation showing all the parts of a musical composition. Sightread: The reading ...
Perception of musical consonance and dissonance: an outcome of
... pleasant, “stable” sound sensation produced by certain combinations of two tones played simultaneously. In contrast, dissonance is the unpleasant grating sound heard with other sound combinations. The common octave, for example, is judged as consonant, while playing two adjacent keys on the piano to ...
... pleasant, “stable” sound sensation produced by certain combinations of two tones played simultaneously. In contrast, dissonance is the unpleasant grating sound heard with other sound combinations. The common octave, for example, is judged as consonant, while playing two adjacent keys on the piano to ...
PowerPoint Lecture Slides
... Online Musical Illustration #6 for an illustration of a major scale, a harmonic minor scale, and a melodic minor scale. An interval is a name for the distance between two notes of a scale - instead of a whole step between the second and third scale degrees, minor scales use the smaller half step. We ...
... Online Musical Illustration #6 for an illustration of a major scale, a harmonic minor scale, and a melodic minor scale. An interval is a name for the distance between two notes of a scale - instead of a whole step between the second and third scale degrees, minor scales use the smaller half step. We ...
full PDF text of Leach 2006
... however, the quotation from Vergil taps into two deeply rooted discourses inherited from ancient Greek theory: the association of Phrygia—a province on the eastern edge of the Greek empire—with classic orientalist tropes of irregular sexual behavior, and the idea of small intervals, especially those ...
... however, the quotation from Vergil taps into two deeply rooted discourses inherited from ancient Greek theory: the association of Phrygia—a province on the eastern edge of the Greek empire—with classic orientalist tropes of irregular sexual behavior, and the idea of small intervals, especially those ...
Linking Your Vocals and Guitar Through Parallel Melodies.ppp
... is the sung line, “I love you.” Below it, a simple, fingerpicked guitar part is shown. Notice that the guitar part’s upper notes parallel the vocal melody in thirds (that is, its uppermost notes follow the same rhythmic pattern and melodic contour as the vocal melody, but at a set distance from it: ...
... is the sung line, “I love you.” Below it, a simple, fingerpicked guitar part is shown. Notice that the guitar part’s upper notes parallel the vocal melody in thirds (that is, its uppermost notes follow the same rhythmic pattern and melodic contour as the vocal melody, but at a set distance from it: ...
Music Music Functions: Physical
... Evocation of a culture in which a story takes place, such as ethnic flavor by use of associative instruments and modes appropriate to a specific culture. Underlining action-intensifies perception of physical ...
... Evocation of a culture in which a story takes place, such as ethnic flavor by use of associative instruments and modes appropriate to a specific culture. Underlining action-intensifies perception of physical ...
level 11 - Hlubek Piano Studio
... con fuoco: with fire l’istesso tempo: the same tempo scherzando: a playful style of performance a cappella: unaccompanied trill: alternation of two notes a second apart supertonic: second degree of the scale submediant: sixth degree of the scale deceptive cadence: a cadence consisting of V-vi chorda ...
... con fuoco: with fire l’istesso tempo: the same tempo scherzando: a playful style of performance a cappella: unaccompanied trill: alternation of two notes a second apart supertonic: second degree of the scale submediant: sixth degree of the scale deceptive cadence: a cadence consisting of V-vi chorda ...
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.