Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
34 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
7 Basic Elements of Music
|
Melody
Rhythm Harmony Timbre Texture Dynamics Form |
|
|
Rhythm
|
Organization of Time in Music
|
|
|
Beat
|
the regular pulse in music
|
|
|
Meter
|
gathering of beats into groups
|
|
|
Accent
|
placing emphasis on a note or chord
|
|
|
Syncopation
|
placing accents on off beats or between beats
|
|
|
Melody
|
has direction, shape, continuity, and phrases
|
|
|
Pitch
|
determined by frequency
|
|
|
Harmony
|
the vertical aspect of music
|
|
|
Consonant
|
stable, doesnt call for resolution
|
|
|
Dissonant
|
unstable, creates tension and calls for resolution
|
|
|
Tonality/ Key
|
A specific scale or chord structure
|
|
|
Musical Timber
|
tone quality
affected by material, size, and shape |
|
|
Bolero
|
song where a cresendo was attempted throughout the entire song
|
|
|
Dynamics create-
|
drive
energy power |
|
|
binary
|
AB AB AB AB
|
|
|
ternary
|
ABA ABA ABA
|
|
|
rondo
|
ABACABA ABACABA
|
|
|
theme and variation
|
A, A1, A2, A3, A4
|
|
|
Style
|
surface sound produce by different combinations of the elements
|
|
|
Renaissance Melody
|
stepwise motion within a narrow range
|
|
|
Elements of Jazz
|
Steady Rythym from beginning to end
Blues notes and scales (Pitches bent and scooped) select instrumentation Improv |
|
|
Birthplace of Jazz
|
New Orleans, 1890
cultural mixing pot |
|
|
Influences of Jazz
|
Ragtime, Band Music, Blues
|
|
|
Musicals - Location
|
Broadway street
London's West End |
|
|
First operreta on broadway
|
Babes in Toyland - 1903
Victor Herbert |
|
|
Irving Berlin
|
Alexanders Ragtime Band
|
|
|
Rogers and Hammerstein
|
Oklahoma, Carousel, South Pacific, The King of I,
|
|
|
The Music Man
|
Merideth Wilson
1957 |
|
|
Lerner and Loewe
|
Brigadoon
My Fair Lady Camelot Westside Story |
|
|
Andrew Lloyd Webber
|
Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Superstar, Phantom of the Opera
|
|
|
Why is Pop Music Popular?
|
No formal training needed to appreciate it
Usually Vocal attractive subject matter style and structure are simple and repetitive |
|
|
Early Length
|
2.5 minutes. that was what could fit on a 45 rpm record
|
|
|
Elvis Presley, the king of Rock and Roll
|
Sold over 250 million records
Died at 42 |
