MUTH 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Oboe, Tambourine, Bassoon
12 Mar 2016
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Beat: the basic unit of measuring time in music. Texture: the number of parts and their relation: accented beats, and how often they occur. Tempo: the speed of the beat: italian terms like: largo, adagio, andante, moderato, allegretto, allegro presto, metronome markings in beats per minute (bpm) Accent: a beat that has more emphasis than the others. Metre: how the beats are grouped together: duple metre: 1 2 or 1 2 3 4 (commonly march, triple metre: 1 2 3 (commonly waltz 19th, minuet 17th/18th, ametric: without a clear beat and a grouping. Metrical: has a clear beat and regular accents. Ametrical: no clear beat or grouping of beat pitch: the highness or lowness of the sound interval: the distance between two pitches. Timbre: qualities other than pitch or dynamic: referred to the instruments that"s playing, bright, brassy, clear strings: played with a bow or the fingers, orchestral: violin, viola, cello, bass, harp, viola: more richer and mellow.
