MUSI 1002 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Staccato, Jack Bruce, Ice Ice Baby
Document Summary
Criticism: journalistic (review, magazine article, interview) academic writing (books, articles from different disciplines) Popular music: mass appeal (popularity), commercialization, status as a commodity. Considerations of pop music: setting (time & location), social and cultural context. Culture (values, traditions, social and political relationships) of people that share (history, language, social standard, religion) Dominant culture: center of society (what rich people do) Subordinate cultures: lacks access to power and resources (underground) Euro centrism: viewing the world from white, upper/middle class, hetero, western, male, perspectives. Western cannon: cultural knowledge needed to be an educated or a cultured person. Color of a musical sound, (distinguishing instruments from each other) Range of timbres or instruments used change in intensity ( pianissimo, fortissimo) and spacing (legato staccato) Aspect of music as a function of time. Group of pitches heard at the same time. Way of combining musical elements to give a certain feel to the music. Term to refer to particular styles or genres.
