MUSIC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pentatonic Scale, Chromatic Scale, Time Signature
13 Mar 2017
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Melody an organized musical line, the tune in music. Phrase section of a melody marked off by a cadence. Pitch exact highness or lowness of a musical note. Half step distance between a white note and the black note next to it on the piano. Whole step distance between two white notes on the piano when there is a black note between them. Rhythm the organization of stressed beats gets one beat. Meter (and accent) patterns of strong and weak beats in a measure. Time signature tells how many beats in a measure and what type of rhythmic note. Syncopation when notes seem to come ahead of the beat. Harmony notes sounding together, melody + accompaniment. Key the melody is dominated by one particulate note. Major/minor determined by the sequence of half and whole steps. Chromatic scale series of half steps from tonic to octave higher or lower. Pentatonic scale a scale with only five notes.
