MUSIC 2F03 Lecture Notes - Musical Note, Railways Act 1921, Diegesis
1 Oct 2012
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Term for how high or low a musical note is letter names. Pitches are given letter names from a-g. After g it goes back to a because the notes sounds the same except the note is either higher or lower. Interchangeable, a melody is a succession of pitches with a distinct rhythm: rhythm being a pattern of duration. A melody is a single kind of thread in a piece of music. An important part of western european traditional music and film music. Perceptually when listening to music people pick up on the melody first: often very predominant in film music. Group of pitches that form pitch material for a section of music. Two types of keys used are major and minor. Pitches from keys can be arranged from lowest to highest, vice versa, creating a scale major/minor. Two seven note scales using a combination of whole and half steps. Minor keys often provide a darker, more menacing sound.
