MUSC 1060 Study Guide - Final Guide: Mezzo Forte, Gregorian Chant, Melodic Motion
17 Mar 2014
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Melody: single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit. A note: is the smallest of music, the building block of which larger structures are created. Phrases: the musical sentences" before the ending breath. Can be long or short and end with a musical completeness". Cadence: a cadence is like a period in a sentence. It signals the end of a unit or phrase that can stand on its own. A brief stopping point at which the music pauses. Conjunct motion> the notes move smoothly and in a stepwise fashion in which the notes are very close together. Disjunct motion> uses large leaps from note to note. Acoustics- the science of sound, how it is produced, transmitted and perceived. Determines the vibration in motion by these actions determine the pitch and volume of the sound. Pitch- the position of the sound on a range from very low (bass register) to very high (the soprano register).
