MUSC 171 Midterm: MUSC 171 midterm notes.docx
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Rhythm: steady beat/pulse, turned into diff patterns, have diff. accents. Volume (dynamics): loudness/softness of a sound/ voice (percussion does not have pitch) Measure: pattern of strong and weak beats, separated by bar line (4/4 how many beats in measure/what duration gets the beat) Chord: 3 or more notes played at same time. Thomas edison invented cylinder & lined w/ tinfoil (1877) A. graham bell replaced tinfoil w/ wax (better sound) Louis glass father of the juke box. Made negatives (so he could have copies stampers ) records . Tinny sounds of the piano: block in nyc, 1890-1950 (people getting together to write music, sheet music= major (thus people could do it themselves, style of song (melodramatic ballads and comic novelty songs) Vaudeville show: pre-cursor to musical, used tpa music in shows, theatrical variety entertainment. 1880- 45,000 pianos, recording companies wanted ppl to buy sheet music. Payola: paying 25583/ gifts for radio play.
