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... Berlin's memorable composition How Deep is The Ocean. The Song is copyright 1932, as indicated by the music that I was able to acquire in the UNT Library. I will discuss various subjects in the piece as it will relate to melodic and harmonic content. Also, lyrical and form content will be discussed ...
... Berlin's memorable composition How Deep is The Ocean. The Song is copyright 1932, as indicated by the music that I was able to acquire in the UNT Library. I will discuss various subjects in the piece as it will relate to melodic and harmonic content. Also, lyrical and form content will be discussed ...
Program Notes - Carnival of the Animals
... The “Pianists” showcases the major scale, something that pianists are notorious for practicing for hours a day! For “Fossils,” Saint-Saëns uses music from his orchestra piece “Danse macabre” in which the dancing skeletons are represented by the bone-striking sound that only the xylophone could mak ...
... The “Pianists” showcases the major scale, something that pianists are notorious for practicing for hours a day! For “Fossils,” Saint-Saëns uses music from his orchestra piece “Danse macabre” in which the dancing skeletons are represented by the bone-striking sound that only the xylophone could mak ...
Analyze and Describe Percussion (Word doc.)
... Music is expressive and communicates an emotion or affect. This is done with volume or dynamic contrasts, nuance or tone color changes, and articulation. These changes may range from sudden and abrupt to slow and subtle. Use adjectives to describe the mood of the piece. Does the mood change in vario ...
... Music is expressive and communicates an emotion or affect. This is done with volume or dynamic contrasts, nuance or tone color changes, and articulation. These changes may range from sudden and abrupt to slow and subtle. Use adjectives to describe the mood of the piece. Does the mood change in vario ...
The Shoemaker`s Tetrameter: Alterman à la Argov Abstract
... appear to be dictated by the lyrics. Finally, we attempt to trace the composer’s motivations for these divergences (if any were found). Are the divergences intended solely to diversify the rhythmic monotony of the lyrics or do they do something for the text in terms of its content and its expressive ...
... appear to be dictated by the lyrics. Finally, we attempt to trace the composer’s motivations for these divergences (if any were found). Are the divergences intended solely to diversify the rhythmic monotony of the lyrics or do they do something for the text in terms of its content and its expressive ...
Claude Debussy
... and his harmonies are rich (using dense, complex chords) and vague, creating a ‘wash’ of sound. Thus his music sounded very different from his late romantic contemporaries’, and laid the foundation for many developments in 20th century music. ...
... and his harmonies are rich (using dense, complex chords) and vague, creating a ‘wash’ of sound. Thus his music sounded very different from his late romantic contemporaries’, and laid the foundation for many developments in 20th century music. ...
Musical Apartheid - James Noyes
... the site of historic Riverside Church. Presently utilized for the purpose of repairs, it reveals that which was the most fundamental element in erecting this church: its scaffold. This carefully devised system is used to support workers and materials during construction, but once a structure is able ...
... the site of historic Riverside Church. Presently utilized for the purpose of repairs, it reveals that which was the most fundamental element in erecting this church: its scaffold. This carefully devised system is used to support workers and materials during construction, but once a structure is able ...
Claudio Monteverdi Words by Giovanni Battista Guirani
... Another example of this reluctance to settle can be seen in bars 7-13. G minor ...
... Another example of this reluctance to settle can be seen in bars 7-13. G minor ...
AoS4 – Timbre and Dynamics
... ! Many factors account for this: for example, the materials from which the instrument is made, the way it produces its sound (for example with strings, or with a reed) and the way the sound is ...
... ! Many factors account for this: for example, the materials from which the instrument is made, the way it produces its sound (for example with strings, or with a reed) and the way the sound is ...
Listening Log for Music Theory Lorna Spar 22 November 2013
... modulations. Tonicizations are a form of secondary dominance chromatic material that gives emphasis to what is coming after it. Modulations are similar to tonicizations, however, they actually leave the current key and go to a closely related key. These modulations are defined by a definitive cadenc ...
... modulations. Tonicizations are a form of secondary dominance chromatic material that gives emphasis to what is coming after it. Modulations are similar to tonicizations, however, they actually leave the current key and go to a closely related key. These modulations are defined by a definitive cadenc ...
Music Animation Machine Viewer`s Guide
... plays; when a bar reaches the center of the screen, it brightens as its corresponding note sounds. The center of the screen is always the “now” point. A MAM score is like a conventional musical score in that it gives information about the pitch and timing of the notes of a piece. As in conventional ...
... plays; when a bar reaches the center of the screen, it brightens as its corresponding note sounds. The center of the screen is always the “now” point. A MAM score is like a conventional musical score in that it gives information about the pitch and timing of the notes of a piece. As in conventional ...
MUSIC OF INDIA - Srinivas Reddy
... curtain. Kutapa sangita (group music) was used on the stage. Vocal music was sung with instrumental accompaniment and dance and grama-ragas in which they were to be sung were fixed for various acts of the drama. The language used for the songs was generally Prakrit. Determination of Srutis(pitch and ...
... curtain. Kutapa sangita (group music) was used on the stage. Vocal music was sung with instrumental accompaniment and dance and grama-ragas in which they were to be sung were fixed for various acts of the drama. The language used for the songs was generally Prakrit. Determination of Srutis(pitch and ...
KMBB Lecture 2
... [composer’s] imagination’ in creating ‘musical ideas’ [quotations from chapter 3 of the treatise]. Hanslick’s views had become institutionalised in how music was taught. In this context, Ratner’s theory of topics was a paradigm shift. ...
... [composer’s] imagination’ in creating ‘musical ideas’ [quotations from chapter 3 of the treatise]. Hanslick’s views had become institutionalised in how music was taught. In this context, Ratner’s theory of topics was a paradigm shift. ...
Louis and Bebe Barron`s Forbidden Planet: A Film Score Guide.
... the audiovisual context of cinema, rather than the acousmatic arena of electroacoustic music, sound, image and narrative are inevitably intimately connected. Louis and Bebe Barron’s music track for Forbidden Planet (1956) is usually held to be the first feature-length electronic film “score”. Althou ...
... the audiovisual context of cinema, rather than the acousmatic arena of electroacoustic music, sound, image and narrative are inevitably intimately connected. Louis and Bebe Barron’s music track for Forbidden Planet (1956) is usually held to be the first feature-length electronic film “score”. Althou ...
Expressionism: Schoenberg - Eastern New Mexico University
... were required to justify composing music that was not 12tone. Even if they did not use this system, they had available to them a vocabulary of sounds to enrich their ...
... were required to justify composing music that was not 12tone. Even if they did not use this system, they had available to them a vocabulary of sounds to enrich their ...
The Firebird - suite (1911) (Finale)
... Stravinsky wrote lots of ballet music, but ‘The Firebird’ was his first, and made him famous. The first performance in 1910, which took place in Paris, was very well received – it was just like having a No. 1 hit! Ballets are stories told using dance and music. Many people like going to watch ballet ...
... Stravinsky wrote lots of ballet music, but ‘The Firebird’ was his first, and made him famous. The first performance in 1910, which took place in Paris, was very well received – it was just like having a No. 1 hit! Ballets are stories told using dance and music. Many people like going to watch ballet ...
Romantic PowerPoint and `leftovers`
... describe the beginnings of new ideas in the arts. Romantic composers created greater freedom of form and design in their music than in the previous Classical period. Romantic composers had a wide interest in all forms of art and befriended artists, writers, poets, composers. These friendships often ...
... describe the beginnings of new ideas in the arts. Romantic composers created greater freedom of form and design in their music than in the previous Classical period. Romantic composers had a wide interest in all forms of art and befriended artists, writers, poets, composers. These friendships often ...
File - David Letkemann Classical Guitar Studio
... Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767) was one of the most prolific of the prominent late Baroque composers and was more highly regarded than J. S. Bach during his lifetime. He could write with ease in the different late Baroque and pre-Classical styles and composed for most of the common musical media ...
... Georg Phillip Telemann (1681-1767) was one of the most prolific of the prominent late Baroque composers and was more highly regarded than J. S. Bach during his lifetime. He could write with ease in the different late Baroque and pre-Classical styles and composed for most of the common musical media ...
Song
... not complete, and very difficult to read. Under half of the required elements were included. Project will need to be revised. ...
... not complete, and very difficult to read. Under half of the required elements were included. Project will need to be revised. ...
Figure 1 - WordPress.com
... Measure 33 begins the second statement of the [a] section, which is essentially the same as the first. However, an unexpected tonicization of VI (Eb) and iv (c) in mm. 4144 harmonize the second phrase of the melody. Each iteration of the initial melodic cell has been chromatically harmonized further ...
... Measure 33 begins the second statement of the [a] section, which is essentially the same as the first. However, an unexpected tonicization of VI (Eb) and iv (c) in mm. 4144 harmonize the second phrase of the melody. Each iteration of the initial melodic cell has been chromatically harmonized further ...
Internal assessment criteria—SL and HL
... 1 The work demonstrates little understanding of the technical capabilities (and limitations) of the chosen instrument or instruments. 2 The work demonstrates some understanding of the technical capabilities (and limitations) of the chosen instrument or instruments. 3 The work demonstrates satisfacto ...
... 1 The work demonstrates little understanding of the technical capabilities (and limitations) of the chosen instrument or instruments. 2 The work demonstrates some understanding of the technical capabilities (and limitations) of the chosen instrument or instruments. 3 The work demonstrates satisfacto ...
Hugo Wolf’s song ‘Das verlassene Mägdlein’ sean feit, feb 2011 Mörike Lieder
... in each chord. Thus, after we hear a very clear V I cadence in A major (m. 13), the next chord we get is C#7 in 3rd inversion, the only complete dominant 7th in the song aside from the tonal dominant, E. What role does this ambiguous chord play? It is V of F#, but no F# appears. If we remember that ...
... in each chord. Thus, after we hear a very clear V I cadence in A major (m. 13), the next chord we get is C#7 in 3rd inversion, the only complete dominant 7th in the song aside from the tonal dominant, E. What role does this ambiguous chord play? It is V of F#, but no F# appears. If we remember that ...
Chapter G Musical Style
... extremely important perceptually (the average listener will perceive melody immediately, along with rhythm, as the primary element of music), but also formally (the thematic material that generates a composition is, more often than not, melodic). ...
... extremely important perceptually (the average listener will perceive melody immediately, along with rhythm, as the primary element of music), but also formally (the thematic material that generates a composition is, more often than not, melodic). ...
Reimer_Thesis-Abstract-Final
... Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, December, 2013 A doctoral paper submitted to McGill University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Music in Performance Studies Abstract Traditionally considered an instrument used primarily for improvis ...
... Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, December, 2013 A doctoral paper submitted to McGill University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Music in Performance Studies Abstract Traditionally considered an instrument used primarily for improvis ...
Music theory

Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. It generally derives from observation of how musicians and composers make music, but includes hypothetical speculation. Most commonly, the term describes the academic study and analysis of fundamental elements of music such as pitch, rhythm, harmony, and form, but also refers to descriptions, concepts, or beliefs related to music. Because of the ever-expanding conception of what constitutes music (see Definition of music), a more inclusive definition could be that music theory is the consideration of any sonic phenomena, including silence, as it relates to music.Music theory is a subfield of musicology, which is itself a subfield within the overarching field of the arts and humanities. Etymologically, music theory is an act of contemplation of music, from the Greek θεωρία, a looking at, viewing, contemplation, speculation, theory, also a sight, a spectacle. As such, it is often concerned with abstract musical aspects such as tuning and tonal systems, scales, consonance and dissonance, and rhythmic relationships, but there is also a body of theory concerning such practical aspects as the creation or the performance of music, orchestration, ornamentation, improvisation, and electronic sound production. A person who researches, teaches, or writes articles about music theory is a music theorist. University study, typically to the M.A. or Ph.D level, is required to teach as a tenure-track music theorist in an American or Canadian university. Methods of analysis include mathematics, graphic analysis, and, especially, analysis enabled by Western music notation. Comparative, descriptive, statistical, and other methods are also used.The development, preservation, and transmission of music theory may be found in oral and practical music-making traditions, musical instruments, and other artifacts. For example, ancient instruments from Mesopotamia, China, and prehistoric sites around the world reveal details about the music they produced and, potentially, something of the musical theory that might have been used by their makers (see History of music and Musical instrument). In ancient and living cultures around the world, the deep and long roots of music theory are clearly visible in instruments, oral traditions, and current music making. Many cultures, at least as far back as ancient Mesopotamia, Pharoanic Egypt, and ancient China have also considered music theory in more formal ways such as written treatises and music notation.