MUSIC100 Lecture : Lecture Notes Detailed notes of everything covered during lectures. Completely based upon what the Professor said during class; he covers many things which are not in the textbook and are important for tests. Very helpful if you miss a class!
16 Oct 2011
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In modern day, western music is defined by certain cultural behaviours; one goes to concert, does not talk, claps at the end: music is valued as a commodity; traded, bought etc. as such. E and f) is called a semi-tone (no sharp/flat between: two steps between notes is called a tone (ex. C and d; c sharp between: all major scales are the same, all minor scales are different, rhythm is the displacement of times between notes in a melody. A certain noble negligence of song phrase meaning music is not supposed to specifically reflect the content of the story, but the higher purpose/bigger picture. In 1607 monteverdi was asked to write an opera for a wedding along with alessandro. ***monteverdi"s operas on pages 93-94: began working at a basilica, became most famous composer of the time, henry purcell most well known composer during 1659 1695.
