MUSIC 0311 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture Syllabus was reviewed.Outline of Current Lecture Classifications of InstrumentsMusical TerminologyCurrent LectureClassifications of InstrumentsIdiophones are instruments that produce sound when the instrument itself vibrates. Anything can be an idiophone if it is used in a musical manner. An example of an idiophone is a cymbal. The idiophone is the oldest kind of instrument and it is also a major category of instruments.Membranophones are instruments that produce sound when a membrane, stretched over a frame, vibrates. Most membranes are attached to some sort of resonating chamber, which allows the sound to project/amplify. An example of a membranophone is a drum.Chordophones are instruments that produce sound when a string vibrates. An example of a chordophone is a guitar.Aerophones are instruments that produce sound through the direct vibration of air. An example of an aerophone is a flute.Instruments can fall into more than one category.Musical TerminologySound. Timbre, pronounced “tam-ber”, is the quality/characteristic of the sound. No two peoplesound the same. Also, instruments sound different if they are constructed differently from each other. For example, two different sized flutes would sound different from each other. Some cultures may like the sound of music that other cultures don’t.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Pitch. A pitch is a tone, often determined by frequency level (frequency of vibration). A definite pitch is when there is a certain frequency that dominates over others. An indefinite pitch is a little blurrier and does not make a clear pitch.Melody. A melody is an organized collection of pitches forming a musical idea.Tuning System. A tuning system is the collection of pitches used in a musical tradition. Tuning systems can differ greatly between different cultures.Scale. A scale is a set of pitches used in a performance.Dynamics. Dynamics are the volume (the loudness or softness) of sound.Time. With time in music, there are beats, tempos, and meters. A beat is a regular pulsation of sound. A tempo is the speed of the beat. A tempo can be any speed—fast, slow, medium, etc. A meter is a system of grouping beats into
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