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| What are the basic elements of sound? |
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Duration
Pitch
dynamics
and timbre. |
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| time and speed (actitexture lasts for centries, literature can be read and re-read, but music, like dance, unfolds through time and then disapears.) It's measurment is not space...but time.) |
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| frequency, how high or low the some is percieved. |
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| the loudness or softness of the sound. the intensity of the sound |
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| tone color, the distinquishment of individual sounds of the instruments. being able to tell an obe and a flute apart. |
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| fundamental tones and harmonics |
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| instrument sounds produce a vibration that dominates the sound and allows us to distinguish between it. Harmonics are the undertones that add to the sound but are masked by the fundamental tones. |
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| Music as a measure of time.. |
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beat
tempo
meter
rhythm
meter and time signitures |
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the beat is the smallest musical measurment. the beats are the same in length but not in speed.
"we sense the beat as a compelling physical presence that is propelling us through time at a certain speed." our sensation of movement is largely manipulated by the beat. |
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| it is the rate of speed at which the beat moves. |
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largo-very slow
larghetto-very slow, but slightly faster than largo
grave-very slow and solem
lento- slow
adaigo-slow at ease
andante-moderatly slow
allegretto- fast
allegro- fast cheerful
vivace- lively
presto-very fast
prestissimo- as fast as possible
assai-very
meno- less
molto- much
non troppo- not too much
piu- more
poco a poco- little by little |
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| metronome is a marking showing how fast to go...quarter note would be 60 per min. so each beat last 1 sec. |
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| not dictated by the beat...it deviates form the beat and accelerates gradually changing the tempo. |
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| same, but it gradually slows the beat. |
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certain beats are given stress....
and accented beat followed by an unaccented beat is called a measure. and a series of measures in a repeated pattern are called a meter. |
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| a measure of two beats...one accented then one not. |
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| the waltz...one accented downbeat with two unaccented beats. |
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march time
one stressed downbeat with 3 weak ones |
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| small units called beats organized into units called measures...and put into patterns and structures named meters. |
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| the musical flow with a system of proportions. |
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whole note
half note
quarter note
eight note
sixteenth note |
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| they are the beat that remains silient. |
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| tempos tell us how fats the beat moves, metter tells us how we group the beats in a measure and proportional note values provide a relationship between the beat and the duration (eigth note ex.) |
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