VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: British Princess, Keyboard Instrument, Thomas Weelkes
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Ability to tie in emotional expressions to music. The listening list from last week & this week is important for the quiz. Listen to each of the pieces & think of context of piece during actual lecture. Only concepts we talk about in lecture tests. Melody a succession of pitches that form a distinctive, coherent musical unit. Range narrow, medium, wide; lowest pitch to highest pitch of melody. Contour is it levelled = is in the same pitch level, is it undulating = melody is moving like a wave, is it ascending/descending = melody rising up/going down, is it arch-shaped = melody ascends and descends. Motion is it conjunct = pitches close together, is it disjunct = pitches are further apart. Ornamentation unornamented = no extra added pitch, highly ornamented = extra added pitch. Anon, gaude virgo salutata: music is rather narrow in its range o.
