07:700:292 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rondo, Hemiola, Heterophony
Document Summary
Western art music is all governed by things such as time signatures. Rhythm- the combination of sound and silence. Meter- the organization of rhythm in time; the grouping of pulses or beats. Think of the canticle piece from club. When a meter has been disrupted this is something you"ve seen commonly. The structural organization of a musical piece; based on repetition (of rhythms, melodic, phrases, harmonic progressions, or sections of a piece), contrast, and variation. Ostinato, binary (ab, aabb), ternary (aba, abc), rondo" (abaca), strophic/verse-refrain, etc. Heterophony: the basis is an monophonic line with slight embellishment. The study of music and how it pertains to culture. Arose from musicology in the mid to late 19th century. Musicology: the study of western art music; primarily brookner. Music as culture (as a cultural outsider) Can also be seen as a network of ideas. There are 2 basic ways to think of music. A single, vast body of sound and thought.
