MUS 2304 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Leonard Cohen, Roots Rock, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
15 Feb 2017
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Dependent on context and social function of the cultural form. Defined by repetition of certain technical and performative features: a given work belongs to a genre if it shares those features and arises from the same contexts. Style: the manner of articulation of musical gestures. Mode of expression associated with a given composer/performer or genre. Form: the organization of a work into phrases and sections. Sections are related by repetition, variation, and contrast. Lyrics important for form: verse: new lyrics, chorus: repeat lyrics. Time: musical events happen in time and are organized into regularly recurring beats. Beat: groups into a meter: subdivided into patterns and groupings, most common subdivisions are groupings of 2 or 4. Meter: number of beats per bar/measure (ex: 4 beats per bar or 3 beats per bar: compound meter has subdivided groupings of 3 pulses per beat. Rhythmic patterns occur in relation to the beats and meter.
