MUS 142 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mezzo-Soprano, Neume, Strophic Form
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Slide 1: music and words: non-lexical syllables: do not communicate meaning. >scat-singing, vocalise: secular (latin) vs. secular (vernacular, stanzas (strophes)= strophic form, refrain (chorus)=words and music after each stanza, text-setting styles. >neumatic (one syllable to a few notes: word painting= text is reflected in the music. Slide 1: music timbre: timbre (tone color) accounts for the differences in the sound quality of musical instruments. Slide 2: the voice as instrument: all cultures enjoy some sort of vocal music, vocal ranges: Slide 3: the world of musical instruments: enormous diversity around the world, categories of classification: Slide 1: influences on musical timbre: material, proportion (size and shape, vibration, pitch range, style. Slide 2: western musical instruments: four traditional categories (families): >percussion (keyboard: not all instruments fit neatly into one of these categories. Slide 3: string instruments: chordophonesi, traditional instruments: Slide 4: woodwind instruments: aerophones, common methods of producing vibration, traditional instruments: Slide 5: brass instruments: aerophones, traditional instruments:
