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Intro Music NotesMusic and the Human Experience with Professor KattariChapter 1John Cage’s 4’33” is 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence and it is meant to demonstrate that there is no environment truly devoid of sounds.The 4 properties of sound are:1. Duration – how long each note is2. Dynamics – How loud/soft 3. Pitch – The note (highness or lowness)4. Timbre – The distinctive tonal qualityThe book argue that people can recognize other people’s sounds and not animals and communicate is one of the most ancient reasons for making music by manipulating sounds. - Also book argues that music was an ancient way to connect to spiritual1. Blasting of shofar is an example they use of an instrument with loud dynamics and an abrasive timbre2. Chanting of oming is an example of a practice focusing on maintaining one pitch. 3.Shamanic drumming is a practice used for this context that focuses on a repetitive beat?- Music is humanly organized soundChapter 2-The brass section is smaller than the string section because of its dynamics and timbre. It is very loud and its timbre is very piercing.-Strings, woodwind, brass, and percussion are the 4 families of the Western symphony orchestra.- Stringed Instruments1. Violin2. Viola3. Cello4. Bass- Woodwinds1. Flute2. Clarinet3. Oboe4. Bassoon- Brass Instruments1. Trumpet2. French Horn3. Didgeridoo4. TubaSome of the pieces you’ll see performed in concert are played on instruments that were not included on the original composition. The book uses the example of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral adaptation of Mozart’s piece for piano which is called an orchestral suite.Dynamics began in Italy: Fortissimo, Forte, Mezzo Forte, Mezzo Piano, Piano, PianissimoChapter 3Rhythm vs. Beat- Rhythm is how long/short each note is- Beat is the steady recurring pulse-Syncopation is a strong accent that conflicts with the beat.Tempos: presto, vivace, allegro, moderato, andante, adagio, lento, largoChapter 4-The copyright violations that open this chapter refer to pieces which shared too much of the same melody.-The Greeks began the Doctrine of Affections saying that music can affect your mood.-18th Century is when the common practice harmony (major/minor scale) becameuniversal in Western music.-A melody is a complete musical idea vs. a phrase which is not.Chapter 5-Harmony can happen as notes combine “vertically” at one given moment which is a chord.-And harmony also affects the relationship between notes horizontally over time is called chord progression.-Harmony also signals us to know when we are hearing the equivalent of a comma or period which is the tonic.-Texture describes the interaction between all the musical parts/lines in a pieceDescribe the difference between monophony, polyphony, a round, and homophony.1. Monophony – One melody2. Polyphony – Multiple melodies interwoven3. Round – Imitative polyphony or repeating melodies at different intervals4. Homophony – The accompaniment/instruments all in sync with melodyChapter 6-Perhaps the best way to recognize the overall form of a piece is to compare sections, listening for repetition, contrast, and variations. - Rounded binary form is a primary section - contrast - primary section again (ABA). -Binary is just two different sections (AB). Theme and variations is repeatingvariations on the principal theme-Strophic is where each section sounds the same (AAA).-Recognizing form is all about listening for the relationships between sections. -Sometimes it is repetition. -Sometimes they're totally different (contrast). -Sometimes they're sort of like another section, but different in some way, such as a change in instrumentation


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