VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cymbal, W. M. Keck Observatory, Legato
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Vpma93 lecture 10 music and dance musical (comedy) a popular form of musical theatre of the 20th century, developed chiefly in the us and england. It features spoken dialogue developing dramatic situations appropriate for song, ensemble numbers, and dance. Set in urban setting, about contemporary events, set to pop music. Cole porter, night and day from the gay divorcee (1932 broadway play) 32-bar popular song form a standard song form, usually divided into shorter sections, such as aaba or aab. Sections of repeated notes, chromatic movement from repetition. Astaire"s rhythm of feet same as rhythm of singing text. At end of lines, astaire slides around a. k. a portamento a continuous movement from one pitch to another through all of the intervening pitches. Like the beat, beat, beat of the tom-tom; When the jungle shadows fall, like the tick, tick, tock of the stately clock. as it stands against the wall. Like the drip, drip drip of the rain drops,
