MUSC 324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Heterophony, Music Theory, Chordophone
24 Jun 2016
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Texture: the interaction of musical lines and voices. Heterophony: simultaneous variation of a single melody. Homophony: one important voice (based on harmony) melody and accompaniment. Timbre: tone quality or color (can help you identify a particular voice or instrument) Form: listen how phrases or whole sections are similar to or different from each other. Simple-verse: one section of the song is repeated several times but with different lyrics. Musicology: institutionalization of musical past- closely related to history. Ancient greece: music started with the greeks: plato: art is but imitation of an imitation. Be careful with which music you perform for society : pythagoras: numerical relations between sounds (acoustics) Western music: develop form and notation, lives of composers and performers, the development of musical instruments, music theory, and aesthetics. Ethnomusicology: study of social and cultural aspects of music and dance in specific contexts. Etic: your own perspective on how things should be. Work song: helped developed down home blues.
