MUSI 1107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Opus Number, Gregorian Chant, Art Music
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2 melody: tune (succession of single pitches perceived as a whole) range: distance between lowest and highest notes ascending, descending, arch, wave, static interval: distance between two pitches conjunct: small, connected intervals disjunct: larger, disconnected intervals. Phrase: unit within larger structure of melody cadence: end of phrase, resting place rhyme scheme: ending of text lines coincide with musical phrase. 5 contour: overall shape narrow, medium, wide peak in intensity, range. 1 measures (or bars): meters marked off in notation. 2 measure (bar) lines: vertical lines that mark off measures. 3 nonmetric: no strong sense of beat or meter. Chords and chord progressions: create order and unity scale: collection of pitches arranged in ascending or descending order. 1 do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do, or 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 octave: interval spanning eight notes of the scale triad: three-note chord, every other note of scale combined. 1 home base to other notes unstable: needs resolution drone: single sustained tone scale chosen determines tonality resolution: relaxation, fulfillment.
