MUS 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tito Puente, Strophic Form, Fundamental Frequency
16 Mar 2017
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Instruments of pop music: electric instruments =big part, piano, computer generated, synthesized, keyboards =big parts. Acoustic string instruments: violin/fiddle, viola, cello - strings stretched over a hollow wooden body, played with a bow, double bass - common in jazz, bluegrass, early rock and roll, swing. The bass provides rhythmic foundation, articulating the harmonic structure of a song; ie playing the different notes that indicate the chorus, bridge. The bass is the rhythm and supports everything and lays out the form: guitar. Electric instruments: electric guitar - can play much louder than acoustic, with a wider range of sounds. Requires an amplifier: electric bass - louder, more portable than double bass, drums play the rhythm, but give sound to it with a combination of cymbals (high sound), snare drum (medium sound), and bass drum. Drum machines born in early 80s 808 drum machine. The (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:373)posed(cid:863) part of (cid:373)usi(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sists of a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of sou(cid:374)ds a(cid:374)d sile(cid:374)(cid:272)es.
