MUS 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dramatic Structure, Recitative, Harpsichord

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUS 300
• Professor: Kristin Force

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Exercise: listening to music to identify the instrument groups: strings, string quartet: violin 1, violin 2, viola, cello, percussion, woodwinds, strings, metronome, brass, percussion, woodwind, brass, strings, brass, percussion, woodwinds (full orchestra) Exercise: for each piece played, try to write down as many characteristics as possible. Does it relay a certain mood or emotion: first piece: pierrot luniare from madonna (1912 modern era). I did not like it: second piece: requiem (1461 early renaissance). Instrument/voice types: choir of men modal: texture: monophonic, volume: moderate, volume level: constant. 2017-09-14: makes me feel: calm, third piece: take five (1959 jazz example). Musical analysis: make sure you memorize the main headings: time, melody, instruments, tonality, texture, dynamics, too many instruments to tell the difference (tmittd the acronym) Periods in music history: early periods, medieval (400-1400, very few surviving pieces from this period, renaissance (1400-1600, baroque (1600-1750, middle periods, classical (1750-1820, romantic (1820-1890, late periods, modern (1890-1950, postmodern (1950-1980, contemporary (1980-present)