MUL 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Percussion Instrument, Tonality, Tambourine
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In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a tone. The central tone around which a musical composition is organized is called the tonic. Contrapuntal texture is sometimes used in place of the term polyphony. The organization of musical ideas in time is called form. The loudness of a sound is related to the _________ of the vibration that produces the sound. amplitude. In traditional western music, the __________ is the smallest interval between successive tones of a scale. half step. When the string player causes small pitch fluctuations by rocking the left hand while pressing the string down, it is called vibrato. A composition that alternates often between soft and loud dynamics can be said to be high in contrast. When a dissonance moves to a consonance, it can be called a resolution. The vibrations of brass instruments come from the musician"s lips. Retaining some features of a musical idea while changing others is called variation.
