MUS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tonality, Duple Coachbuilders, Active Listening
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Memorize the main headings: time, melody, instruments, tonality, texture, dynamics. Difference time melody instruments tonality texture dynamics. Passive listening : background music you would listen to while studying, cleaning. Unconscious listening : background music you hardly notice; music played in a store. Active listening : analyzing music as you listen to it (this course) [practice, good concentration, listen to piece more than once] Keys: major key (happy) or minor key (sad) Conjunct: narrow range (classical, pop, etc. ) (more pleasing) Monophonic: single melody line with no accompaniment/chords. Homophonic: single melody line with accompaniment (singer/songwriter) Chromatic scale (all semitones in octave - black & white keys) Range in sound from very loud and exceedingly soft and delicate. Range from the gigantic alphorn to the small ocarina. A melting/mix/crossover of different cultural music, styles of music, genres, etc. Glass"s compositional style is a good example of fusion. Philip glass"s (1937-) western background & training. Studied at the juilliard school of music nyc.