MUSC 102 Lecture : week 1 lecture.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSC 102
• Professor: Kip Pegley

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2) what are the ways you can differentiate between individual sounds? a) pitch highness or lowness of a sound, faster vibration= higher pitch higher testosterone = lower voice relative to rate or frequency an object vibrates definite pitch= tone range/register range from high to low ledger lines above or below staff extra lines indefinite pitch some percussion instruments, b) dynamics volume, loudness or softness c) timbre quality of sound. 8) characteristics of melodies a) definition b) melodic range examples of different songs, jingle bells vs joy to the world c) melodic shape ascending up, descending down d) types of melodic movement conjunct or disjunct, some melodies have both e) phrases where you breath f) balance g) parallelism and contrast similar/ something different h) sequence a pattern that repeats right after itself, beethoven"s 5th i) climax usually the highest note j) form ex churnary form three parts twinkle twinkle aba binary ab.