Music 2711F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Octatonic Scale, Parallel Key, New German School
25 Apr 2016
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Wagner: arts as vehicle for political and philosophical ideas. Opponents in france: art only about beauty. Impression- art that lacked clarity, good art has clarity. Goal to be vague, capture impression of moment. Drawn to scenes with water, sunlight ex. Create immediate impression, music similar in juxtaposition of colours. Not important, how we experience what is expressed in language. Uses words and repeated sounds to evoke moods and feelings. Musical colour (way instruments used and put together) Art affects change, art for you to arouse emotions. Rhythm harmonic function melody (all elements that unfold over time, freer) Turn to non-western sound worlds that emphasize priorities. Ambigious haronies eg. dim 7, aug triads, parallel motion. Incomplete chords float, travel wherever and leave by any door. Maintain feeling of harmonic movement don"t know why, suspended in moment. Begins and ends with whole tone scale. Interest in alternative scales inspired by east asia esp.
