MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Renaissance, Lamb Of God, Paul Desmond
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Passive listening: background music you should listen to while studying, cleaning, etc. Unconscious listening: background music that you hardly notice, music played in a store. Active listening: analyzing music as you listen to it. You will learn the course material through active listening. For each piece played, try to write down as many characteristics as possible. You can use musical terms or description. Side notes: there were many strings in this piece, temp was irregular from fast to slow, there was strings, woodwinds, piano, vocals. It was major key: there was change in volume from loud to soft. Mass for the dead (agnus dei section) Composed by bang on a can (new york based group) Range (distance) from highest to lowest note. Conjunct (narrow range)- pleasing to the ear, notes close together. Motive (2-3 note fragment- jaws, 1975: short section of music.
