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EMUS 1832 004
Appreciation of
Music
Rebecca Maloy, Instructor
COURSE MATERIALS
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TEXTBOOK
Machlis/Forney THE ENJOYMENT OF
MUSIC Shorter (8th edition),
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WITH
CDS
The Norton Recordings
Course Syllabus, Activity forms (3)
GRADING
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Exams: 60% (3 @20% each)
Quizzes: 10%
Activities: 20%
Concert report 10%)
Exams
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Multiple choice questions, true & false
questions, listening section
Quizzes
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Based on the music on the CDs
Listening (active listening!)
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identify & know historical information
know what to listen for--the musical components you hear
Be sure to keep up with your listening (on
syllabus)
For LG# (Listening Guide) see Machlis inside
covers
Activities (1-3): Number 1
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Interview with a Musician
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fill out the form and
attach a 1-2 page typed commentary
Due 1/30
Second Activity
Music Journal
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for 4 days you record the times you hear music
fill out the form and
attach a 1-2 page typed commentary (see
instructions)
Due 3/20
Third Activity
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Viewing Opera or Musical Theater from
Home due 4/10
Concert Report
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Attend a concert of western art music
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Turn in a 2-3 paged, typed essay on the
music and musical experience
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There are many free concerts on campus this term
Discuss elements and
the relationship of works (music) you hear to the
works we studied in class
Due 4/24
Concert announcement
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WHEN: Thursday, January 16, 2003 @
7:15PM
WHERE: CU-Boulder Macky Auditorium
WHAT: Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra
Open Rehearsal
TICKETS: $1 per ticket, available at the
door
Contact information
Office: N 147
Office hours: W 3-4, TH 2:30-3:30
(and by appointment)
Office Phone: (303)492-8219
The ELEMENTS of MUSIC
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MELODY
RHYTHM
HARMONY
TEXTURE
FORM
DYNAMICS/TEMPO
TIMBRE
Melody
succession of single tones
(pitches) the mind perceives as
a unit
 Horizontal element (what you
usually end up humming)
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Melody
Range-- distance between
lowest and highest notes
 Wide range: “Star-Spangled
Banner”
 Narrow range: “Shall we Gather
at the River”
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Melodic Shape
Shape-- direction (up, down,
wave, arch)
 “Joy to the World” opens with?
 …descending/ascending
 Barber’s Adagio
 … long arch
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Melodic movement
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Conjunct : stepwise movement
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“Joy to the World” conjunct
Disjunct: leaps between pitches
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Steps of the scale
of more than a few steps
Brahms “Violin Concerto” (first you
hear conjunct, then disjunct)
Melodic Phrase
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Phrase: a unit of meaning (like a sentence)
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The phrase ends with (and therefore is
defined by) cadences (like a period)
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Symmetrical (balanced)
Asymmetrical (unbalanced)
Cadences: musical points of rest
Usually governed by rhythm and harmony
“Amazing Grace”
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4 phrases (with 4 cadences)
Rhythm
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Rhythm-how music is organized in time
1. beat-or pulse, basic unit of length, regular
clocklike pattern
2. meter- the measurement of time in music:
groupings of beats with accented patterns
a) duple meter-ONE two : ONE two … etc.
b) triple meter- One two three: One two three
…etc.
Triple meter
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My Country ‘tis of Thee
More sextuple meter
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Greensleeves
What kinds of meter are
these?
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Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever
Star Spangled Banner
Rhythmic activity
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Upbeat, a phrase begins on the last beat of a
measure (or on a part of it)
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see “America, the Beautiful”
Syncopation, accent occurs on weak beat, or
anywhere unexpected
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Very prominent in Folk, Ragtime, Jazz, Rock
20th century music of Western tradition
(Stravinsky, Bartok-- both influenced by Folk
music)
Example: Cakewalk
Rhythmic activity
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Non-metric, music that defies meter
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Example: Gregorian Chant
Example “Haec dies”
Polyrhythmic, simultaneous use of
different rhythmic patterns
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Common in African music
& 20th c Western music
For next class
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Read assigned pages in book on
elements of music.