MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mezzo Forte, Sound
27 Feb 2018
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"music is an art based on the organization of sounds in time" 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 maximum distance between the lowest note and the highest note of an instrument is called its "pitch range" or simply "range" Defined as the volume or power of a musical sound. "pianissimo, piano, mezzo piaon, mezzo forte, forte fortissimo, Crescendo : gradual increase in dynamic over time. Decrescendo/diminuendo : gradual increase in dynamic over time. The experience of a time as artistic, meaningful, and ordered. Fundamental to the creation of all sound, because the frequency of a sound wave must be defined within the context of time. Downbeat: the first, and generally heaviest, beat within a froup of beats. Upbeat: the breath that precedes the downbeat possesses the character of direction and suspense.
