MUS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Binary Form, Sonata Form, Homophony
1 Nov 2016
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Leaps - movement to notes more than a step away. ***examples to listen to: happy birthday and america. Rate at which object vibrates determines the pitch we hear. Fast vibration = high pitch, slow vibration = low pitch. A, b, c, d, e, f and g are repeated for notes of different frequencies. Unison - closest interval; made up of 2 notes on the same pitch. 2 diff ppl sing the same note at the same time. Second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, octave intervals - determine by counting the distance from one note to another. C to f is a fourth (c, d, e, f). Made up of combo of half-steps and whole steps. Whole step - distance between one white note and the next if there is a black note in between. Half step - moving from a white key to black key or moving from white key to white key w/o a black note in between.
