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38 Cards in this Set
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Class definition of music
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a collection of pitches organized in time
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Soundscape
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the characteristic sounds of a given place, both human and nonhuman.
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What does soundscape do for music?
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It creates memory and image.
It is powerful. It can add a layer of sound that adds validity to the music. |
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Different schools of thought about music.
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Music is only music if someone is intending to make music.
Music is only music if it is human-made. |
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Sound
Harmony Melody Rhythm Form Texture |
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Sound
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Includes style, medium (voices, instruments)
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Woodwinds and Examples
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Use of a reed
saxophone, clarinet, flute (no reed), oboe (2 reeds), recorder |
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Strings and Examples
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Bowed, plucked, or strummed
Violin, Cello, Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Fiddle |
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Brass and Examples
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buzzed mouthpiece
Trombone, Trumpet, French Horn, Tuba, Bugle |
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Percussion and Examples
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hut, shake, brush
Drums, Cymbal, Triangle, Piano, Tamborine |
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Timbre and Words to Describe It
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Quality of Sound
Shrill, harsh, gentle, smooth, relaxing, mellow, bright, dark, pointed, edgy, |
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Dynamics
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Loudness of Softness of a piece
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Harmony
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secondary musical line that supports the melody
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Melody
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primary musical line, theme or tune of a piece
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Melodic Range and Small, Medium, Large
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distance between highest and lowest notes in a piece.
Small range is 5 notes or less Medium range is 5-8 notes Large range is more than 8 notes or more than an octave |
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Rhythm
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an organized, reoccurring pattern of sounds
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Metered rhythm
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rhythm w/a recurring accent pattern
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Unmetered rhythm
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rhythm w/out a recurring accent pattern and is dependent on the performer
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Tempo
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speed of the rhythm.
Slow, medium, or fast Compare to walking |
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Form
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construction of a piece of music
the blueprint the structure |
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Texture
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size of a piece of music, Is it dense or sparse?
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Monophonic texture
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one musical line. could be 50 ppl playing the one musical line
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Homophonic texture
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primary line/melody w/accompaniment
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Polyphonic texture
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2 or more independent lines being played or sung simultaneously. Lines, if pulled apart, could be songs in themselves.
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What scale do we use in the United States most often?
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The 8 Note Scale
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What scales can be used outside of the United States?
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Pentatonic, Whole Tone
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Aesthetics
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philosophy of beauty
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How did music recording change stuff?
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It got rid of the regionality of music. Before recording was available, ppl only had access to the music in their area. With recorded music, people could hear stuff from other areas. Also, it raised the level of performance, b/c only the most talented ppl got their music recorded onto records.
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Music-culture
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a group's total involvement w/music: ideas, actions, institutions, material objects
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Musical phrase
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made up of tones instead of speech
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Pitch
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how high or low a sound is
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Musical Analysis
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finding patterns in the sound by breaking the music into parts and determining how the parts function as a whole
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Repertory
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a stock of music that is ready to be performed, and a music-culture's repertory is what most ppl think of as the "music itself"
Includes Style, Genre, Text, Composition, Transmission, and Movement |
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What are the most important features of music's social organization?
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Status and role
The prestige of the music makers and the roles assigned to ppl in the music-culture |
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Music and the Belief System
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What is music? It is divine, human, or both? Is music good and useful for humankind, or is it potentially harmful?
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Aesthetics of Music
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What is a song beautiful? When is it beautifully sung? What voice quality is pleasing, and what grates on the ear? How should a musician dress? How long should a performance last?
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Contexts for Music
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When should music be performed? How often? On what occasions?
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History of Music
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Why is music so different among the world's peoples? What happens to music over time and space? Does it stay the same or change, and why? What did the music of the past sound like? Should music be preserved? What will the music of the future be?
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