MUSIC 3 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 (2)
Lecture 3
● And I basically address three things
○ the Contour
○ the phrasing
○ the rhythmic vitality video of the song
● when you listen to these things think about Contour
○ Contour means how does how far does it go up how far does it go down
what is the shape if you connected the dots on the page.
○ Phrasing means how often do you breathe.
■ Are the lines long is there a long a flow to these lines is unnatural
as spoken language but as a song that changes from Style to Style
and era to era.
■ lines: is it unnatural as spoken language but a natural as a song.
■ Does it change from style to style and era to era and so that's
something that's very important to listen to how much repetition is
there do you hear the same melodic idea over and over again or is
it always free flowing and going into something new.
■ The older the poetic form the older the song practice the more likely
it is that you're going to hear melodic repetition over and over again
essentially chorus and Verse Chorus and verse; it's a continuous
practice not old.
■ People still write that way.
○ The last criteria that I want you to listen for these the rhythmic Vitality
■ is the Rhythm very quick is there a lot of change from note to note
in terms of the durations that you here or is it very even these
things play a big part in the recognizability and memorability of
Melody
■ sometimes the rhythmic Vitality could get in the way if there's text
■ other times that helps decline language that is naturally a little less
evenly flowed
●Break: A stop of the music in a jazz piece during which a soloist improvises,
usually for two bars. A break occurs at the end of a phrase, providing transition to
the next phrase.
● Computing: The syncopated chords and melodic figures played by a jazz pianist
while accompanying a solo improvisation, adding rhythmic punctuation and
vitality.
● Form: The shape or structure of a piece of music. Form is determined primarily
by patterns of contrast and repetition. A two-part form is binary (a b) - no
Document Summary
The rhythmic vitality video of the song. When you listen to these things think about contour. Contour means how does how far does it go up how far does it go down what is the shape if you connected the dots on the page. Phrasing means how often do you breathe. Are the lines long is there a long a flow to these lines is unnatural as spoken language but as a song that changes from style to style and era to era. Lines: is it unnatural as spoken language but a natural as a song. The last criteria that i want you to listen for these the rhythmic vitality. Sometimes the rhythmic vitality could get in the way if there"s text. Other times that helps decline language that is naturally a little less evenly flowed. Break: a stop of the music in a jazz piece during which a soloist improvises, usually for two bars.
