MUSI 1001 Lecture 2: Lecture Notes
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The basic musical unit (a) is repeated over and over again: a a. Used for hymns, carols, folk songs and patriotic songs. The music repeats for each stanza of text. The musical unit, or melody, is subdivided into phrases. Each repetition of the melody is varied in some manner (intro cd. Variations: a a1 a2 a3 a4 using the same melodic outline, and adding passing notes, etc. Variety obtained by a dissimilar mood, key or melody. Opening and closing statements of a are often played twice. Dissonance: chords that sound discordant, tense, and unstable, provides harmonic momentum to a consonance. Medieval music: melody o mostly conjunct motion o narrow range, scales use diatonic, not chromatic notes. Phrases end with open unisons, octaves or fifths. Medieval instruments different from those used in modern orchestras some are ancestors of modern instruments, others became extinct. Surviving polyphonic compositions written in non- imitative counterpoint.
