MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Melody Type, Legato, Fermata
28 Mar 2017
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Tempo , dynamic, instruments, melody type and general character. Elements of music: sound, rhythm, melody and harmony. Music is an art based on the organization of sounds in time . Sound is the result of physical vibrations. Through the use of an instrument, created pressure differences become a wave of vibration, which vibrates through the air, and eventually vibrates your eardrum. Definite and steady vibrations produce a tone or note . The frequency of their vibrations, fast=high pitch , slow=low pitch . Synonymous with tones , (definite and steady vibrations) The maximum distance between the lowest note and the highest note of an instrument its called its pitch range or simply range . The volume or power of a musical sound. Pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, fortissimo pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff. Crescendo : gradual increase in the dynamic over time. The experience of time as artistic, meaningful, and ordered.
