MUSC 2150 Midterm: Theory Midterm Review
2 Mar 2017
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The main emphasis in this course is the historical significance. Musical terms (starting vocabulary to use to discuss music) culture/music. Don"t use the word edgey of popular. What you think makes it sounds edgey. Duple metre - strong, weak, strong, weak (march, national anthem ) Book talks about compound metre and 4/4 metre but don"t. Shuffle rhythm - the beat (not the metre anymore) is divided into 2 unequal parts (similar to a skipping rhythm) Timbre (tam-ber) - the colour of a sound. Blue jay has a rough timbre while a cardinal has a softer timbre. Punk singer - distorted, rough, raw, choppy. Bin crosby"s white christmas - pure, clean, smooth. Register - highness and lowness of sound. Bing crosby and judy garland have the same timbre of voice but different registers. Often feature a lyric that is repeated for the next 4 measures.
