MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Christopher Langton, Monophony, Tonality
Document Summary
Music is a collection of sound with performer or listener intent. Dead pun comedy takes something serious that"s actually funny. Oral tradition information passed down generations, word of mouth, learned through performance (happy birthday, nursery rhymes)""". Notation (written) score, composer"s interpretation, songs keep the same meaning as the first time. Folk is oral (improvisation) while art is notation (consistent tradition) Melody a tune; recognizable patterns in a piece of music. Rhythm the way musical sounds are arranged in time; urge to move along to music. Pitch how high or low a note sounds; flute (high pitches), tuba (low pitches) Dynamics describes how loud or soft a piece of music is (piano, forte, crescendo, diminuendo) Timbre tone color or tone quality ; recognizing subtle, almost indescribable differences between sounds (e. g. recognizing different people"s voices) Modal music crazy sounds that borderline different feelings: musical texture- describes how the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic content of a musical piece fit together.
