MUAR 211 Study Guide - Final Guide: String Quartet, Original Intent, Word Painting
3 Dec 2012
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The art or science of combining vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. The written or printed signe representing such sound. Time: duration of the sound and silence (rhythm, rest fermenta, quarter note, etc). Pitch: frequency of sound, vibration of a string (described with terms of high and low). {you don"t start having dynamic markings in scores until the baroque era} Meter: background/yardstick: duple meter (one two/one two, triple meter (one two three/one two three) Some pieces are better in triple than duple. Monophony: sacred and secular (religious music vs. common music: single sound. Followed the fall of rome in 476 bc. Much education and technology was lost in the west. Music in the middle ages: plainchant (aka gregorian chant) Sung by monks, nuns and priests: vehicle for words, political tool. Levels of ornamentation for different occasions and parts of the service (more important ceremonies got better music)
