MUSC 1180 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Solmization, Leading-Tone, Subdominant
10 Oct 2016
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Collection of pitches arranged from high to low or low to high. Tones and semi tones are what makes traditional scales. Takes solfege syllables and applies them to each step pf a scale, a process called solmisation. Semi tones are on the i syllables. Do and sol are the tonic and dominant. Standard hand gestures used for sight singing. Referential melodies are popular melodies associated with intervals. Tonal melodies are made up of steps and leaps based off of scales. Scalar(conjunct): sounds like a scale/moves by steps. Major triads are 1,3,5 of the scale. When the root is the lowest sounding note, we say it is in root position. Simple meters: 3 different patterns 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 but you will nd signatures with a 2, 6, C: two time signatures are represented by the letter c. 2/4 is c with a line in the middle of it- cut time or all breve.
