MUSC 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Idiophone, Emic And Etic, Circular Breathing

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSC 2270
• Professor: Leah Modigliani

Document Summary

Soundscape: sound involved with a setting and significance. Seascape could be a better word as it is ever changing. Pitches that create this sound are called overtones. There are vibrations per second that create the sound. Overtone singing is two notes at the same time. Changing the shape of the mouth to bring out overtones: brings out single notes within the tone, mouth filters out other tones and strengthens a given note. Artii sayir the far side of a dry riverbed (frog sound) Huun huur tu group of 4 doing the same. Vertical bow common in the arabic world. Relates to the rules of ensembles now a day and the interaction. Strange as hes not changing his mouth form, different technique. This is a reason that super natural music does not change as fast as secular music: if its working to interact why change. Solo music in tradition, but to vary things for the audience that mix it up.