MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Falsetto, Half Note
8 Dec 2012
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Sharp sign- raises a note by half a step. Flat sign lowers a note by half a step. Listen to the star spangled banner in minor mode doesn"t sound as positive and has a more sinister sound to it. Half steps is where you find characteristics and can tell us the pattern. All whole steps becomes a very important sound scape in late 20th century because there is no hierarchy. Like keys the key signature tells us what flats and sharps to play. When looking at circle of fifths keys that are adjacent to each other are keys composers like to move to because it is a small shift from getting from one key to another. Meter: underlying patter of beats (usually what you are tapping your foot to while listening to a song) Duple meter: two beats in a bar or measure 1 2| 1 2| 1 2| strong weak, strong weak, strong weak.
