MU121 Chapter Notes - Chapter Intro: Simple Verse, Doo-Wop
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Study of the way sections are structured in a piece of music and the way they combine to produce larger structures. Formal analysis of a single work usually consists of noting its similarities to and differences from some formal design common to the style. Rhythm: refers to the ways musical sounds are organized in time. Meter: organizing rhythm and beats in music through measures. Grouped by combining the number of beats per measure with the way each beat is divided. Simple meter: when every beat is evenly divided into two parts (1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and) Compound meter: each beat is divided into 3 parts (1 and a 2 and a 3 and a 4 and a) Verse: a section with repeating music and non repeating lyrics. Chorus: section that repeats the same music and lyrics intact. Bridge: section that provides a contrasting, non repeated section of music and lyrics and returns to a verse or chorus.
