MUS 1751 Chapter : 3 Mus Ch 3
Document Summary
Melody: a series of notes forming a distinctive, recognizable unit, can produce an overwhelming emotion experience, the lyrical character of music. Pitch (high or low: the relative position of a musical sound, based on the vibrations per second of sound waves, tone: sound with a definite, consistent pitch. Scale: a sequential arrangement of pitches, ascent and descend in an unvarying pattern, mode: a patter of pitches forming a scale, major and minor scales use din almost all western melodies. Tonality: organization of music around a certain tone, central tone called the tonic, establishes tonality, melodies gravitate around the tonic, sometimes the first note. Key: a specific tonal center built on the tonic, makes use of a scale. Identified by a patter of musical symbols (sharps and flats: played at the beginning of the score. Modulation: changing the key, or tonality, within a composition.
