MUS 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Proscenium, Diatonic Scale, Staccato
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Expand the notion of what music is. During great depression, would look for mushrooms to eat and found that the mushroom research and the music had similarities. Sonatas and interludes (1946-1948: sonatas: different forms; a a b b. Interlude: part that happens in between things: prepared piano: ca put objects between strings (bolts, paper, credit cards, screws) Can still hear the pitches, with more of a percussive sound. Depending on where you put the objects in the string, the sound will change. Prompts in the midterm: describe the music. How the music makes them feel, imagery. 2: percussive piano, short, staccato notes, sudden changes from piano to forte, light, and floating through the keys swiftly, fast moving, can hear a melody over the percussionistic elements, moti(cid:448)i(cid:272): beetho(cid:448)e(cid:374)"s 5th, percussion: timber. Marimba, tympani, xylophones: more eastern sounding because there are more drum sounds. String quartet in 4 parts (1950: 1.
