7500:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Star-Spangled Banner, Duple And Quadruple Metre, Duple Coachbuilders
17 Jan 2016
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Melody-a succession of single pitches or tones received as a meaningful unity. The line or tune that sticks in your head. (can have both ascending, descending, wavy (star spangled banner), arch (amazing grace)) Interval-the distance between any two pitches or notes. Conjunct movement-a smooth, connected melody that moves principally by small intervals. Disjunct movement- a disjointed or disconnected melody with many leaps. Phrase- a unit of meaning within a larger structure, like a musical sentence. Rhyme scheme-poetic phrases and musical phrases generally align. Metrical patterns-simple recurring patterns, typically 2,3, or 4 beats grouped into a measure. Triple meter three groups of 2 (3/4 time) Syncopation-deliberate disruption of pattern; accent shifted to a weak beat or offbeat. Simultaneous use of different rhythmic patters (jazz, african) Additive meter-irregular grouping of beats in a larger pattern (indian music) Nonmetric-music without a strong sense of beat or meter (gregorian chants) Harmony-the vertical events in music and how they sound together.
