MUS 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Duple Coachbuilders
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Pitch (musical notes) highness or lowness of a tone produced by a single frequency. Duration (rhythm) length of time a pitch sounds. Loudness (volume) loudness or softness of a tone. Tone quality (timbre) characteristic quality of the sound (different instruments have different tone qualities; one instrument can also produce different tone qualities) Melody a singable tune, pitches that occur horizontally, a succession of musical tones (one at a time) Harmony music organized vertically, pitches heard simultaneously in ways that produce chords and chord progressions. Contour the shape of a melody, whether smooth (small intervals) or jagged (wide skips) Texture the density of sound; the number of simultaneously sounding melody lines or instruments. Music can have a full, thick texture or a thin, transparent texture. Pulse recurring (regular) beat of the music. Tempo rate of speed at which the music is performed (speed of the pulse) Meter organization of the pulse into a pattern of strong and weak beats.
