Enjoyment of Music Overview1
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- Phrase
- Section of music that closes itself off
- The 3 Characteristics of a Melody
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1. Arrangement of steps and leaps
2. Rhythm
3. Phrases - Polyphonic
- 2+ melodies competing for attention simultaneously
- Counterpoint Technique
- Several melodies combined into a meaningful whole
- Double Stop
- Playing two strings at once
- Forte
- Loud
- Register
- Specific part of a range
- Vivace
- Lively
- Cadence
- A sense of rest/completion
- Staccato
- Short, detached notes
- Tune
- Very simple, easily recognizable, even phrases
- Dissonance
- A clash of notes used to create tension
- Examples of String Instruments
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1. Violins
2. Violas
3. Cellos
4. Double Basses
5. Harp - Legato
- A smooth, connected performance
- Examples of Woodwinds
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1. Piccolo
2. Flutes
3. Oboes
4. Clarinets
5. Bassoons - Examples of Percussion Instruments
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1. Timpani
2. Xylophone - Examples of Brass Instruments
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1. Horns
2. Trumpets
3. Trombones
4. Tuba - Largo Tempo
- Very slow, with a broad range
- Adagio Tempo
- Slow
- Tempo
- Speed of the beat
- Indefinite Pitch Percussion Examples
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1. Bass drum
2. Cymbals
3. Triangle
4. Snare - Vibrato
- Movement of fingers on strings creating pitch fluctuations
- Tone
- Definite pitch with even sound vibrations
- Chord Progression
- Series of chords
- Unison
- Everyone playing the same pitch at the same time
- Adante Tempo
- Moderately slow, walking pace
- Theme
- Starting point for an extended musical piece
- Motive (Motif)
- Shortest recognizeable melody
- Consonant Intervals
- Sounds good (ex: a triad)
- Mezzo Piano
- Moderately soft
- Harmony
- The way chords are constructed and follow each other
- Dynamic Accent "sfz"
- Sudden loud
- Dynamic Accent "subito p"
- Sudden soft
- Concert Master
- First violinist in the first chair who tunes the orchestra and helps determine the bowing
- Monophonic
- Single melody without accompaniment
- Mezzo Forte
- Moderately loud
- Fortissimo
- Very loud
- Octave
- 8 Notes apart
- Modulation
- Shifting from one key to another in a single piece
- Romantic Era
- 1820 - 1900
- Classical Era
- 1750 - 1820
- Mute
- The bridge piece on string instruments to lessen the pitch vibration
- Pizzicato
- Plucking strings with fingers
- Arco
- "Play with the bow"
- Baroque Period
- 1600 - 1750
- Harmonics
- Soft, high-pitch tones
- Presto
- Very fast
- Allegro Tempo
- Fast
- Pianissimo
- Very soft
- Piano
- Soft
- Melody
- Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
- The Four Components of Musical Sound
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1. Dynamics
2. Tone color/timbre
3. Pitch
4. Duration - Imitation
- Same melody overlaps itself
- Interval
- Distance between two tones
- Dynamics
- Degree of loudness or softness
- Renaissance Period
- 1450 - 1600
- Middle Ages
- 450 - 1450
- Tremelo
- Rapidly repeating tones
- Homophonic
- A melody with supporting chord moving in same rhythm as the melody