MUS 1751 Chapter : Music
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Building blocks of music: melody, rhythm, harmony. Melody is a series of pitches arranged to form a cohesive musical line. Melodies have four main elements in common: solid tonal center, forward motion, goal of climax, final feeling of repose. Pitch- relative position of sound or high or low. Duplication of a pitch either higher or lower is called the octave. Octave is produced by doubling or halving of the vibration rate. Western music prefers 7 pitches in the octave. C d e f g a b then back to c. Melodies are notated on a grid work of lines called a staff. this staff is marked with a clef to show the relative position of the pitches. Two most important clefs are the treble clef and the bass clef. The piano can use both so it uses the great staff. Sharp # this means to play the pitch between that note and the one above it.
