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What is Music?
-The art of arranging sounds in a pleasing
sequence or combination
Music is written by a composer and performed by musicians. Each
musician is named by a word rooted in the instrument played
Vocal
• Performed using only the voice as a vehicle for sound(a capella)
- Chants
- Barbershop
- Doo-Wop
- Vocal Jazz
- Vocal Pop
Percussion
• any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement,
shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into
vibration. The term usually applies to an object used in a rhythmic context
or with musical intent
• Drum
- Bell
- Keyboard
- Claves
- Ganza
- Gong
- Maracas
- Tambourine
Instrumental
• Organized sounds made without vocals using a device that is
specifically designed to create a certain noise
• Anything that makes noise can be considered an instrument
Electronic
• emphasizes the use of electronic musical instruments or electronic
music technology as a central aspect of the sound of the music
- Industrial
- Techno
- House
- Ambient
- Trance
- Breakbeat
Ensemble
• Multiple methods for producing sound are combined to create one
certain type of noise.
- Any combination of sound producing elements can form an ensemble