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Contour
LINEAR shape of music ; PITCH rises and falls
rhythm
Relationship between music and time: different links
Tempo
Speed of beat
Pitch / tone
Vibration put into motion
Melody
Collection of note it notes that make memorable tunes
Harmony
More than one note simutaneously
chord
3 or more notes at the same time
Octave
Distance between one note and the next higher or lower with the same name
Key or toneality
Collection of pictures where one becomes the total center
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Timbre
The tone quality of sound
Texture
How the musical lines function together in relation to each other
Dynamics
Fluctuations in volume
Form
organizational structure of a piece of music
The majors
RCA Victor, Columbia, Capitol, Mercury, Decca
Tin Pan Alley
Piano sound / New York City
R&B musical characteristics
Hard driving rhythms, words, melody little attention, vocal style = shout
Louis Armstrong
Scat singing
Bessie Smith
Empress of blues/ St Louis Blues
Guitar types
Hollow or solid, acoustic or electric, metal or wood, # of different shapes
Strat
Made by fender (6)
Les Paul
Made by Gibson 3&3
Early types of American music
sacred vs secular, minstrel, vaudeville, tin pan alley
Types of saxophone
SATB: soprano, alto, tenor, baritone
four types if American blues
Country classic urban Chicago
West African influences on American blues
Polyrhythm, Bluenotes, call&response
Sacred vs secular
Sacred = religious
secular = non-religious
Blue notes
Lowering the 3rd and 7th scale
Boogie woogie
Repetitive left hand
Cover
Follow-up version of the original song
Crossover
Song from one market selling in another
Bill Haley's 3 musical styles
Country R&B rock and roll
Elvis's musical influences
R&B, gospel, C &W, bluegrass, western swing,pop
Elvis's special watched by 1 billion
Aloha from Hawaii
Three main influences on rock
Pop ,C & W ,R & B
monophony, homophony, polyphony
m: ------ 1 dom
h: --------
~~~~ 1 dom one side
p:------
--------- 2 dom
Yodeling / falsetto
Cracking of the voice higher
Crooner vs shouter
c= low
s= loud
Mellotron
Electric keyboard instrument pre-recorded acoustic sound on tape
Mi di
Musical instrument digital interface flash link between keyboard and keys