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Introduction to MusicElements of Music
Unit 1
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What is Music?
• Music is defined as:
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Elements of Sound
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1 - Pitch
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• Frequency (Fq) - The number of vibrations per second. Higher pithes have a faster frequency and more vibrations per second. Lower pitches have a slower frequency and fewer vibrations per second.
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• Interval - The distance or space between any two given pitches.
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• Octave - A large interval. It is a doubling of the frequency. The 8th letter tone above or below any given note. A-A or Do-Do.
• Half-Step -
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• On a piano the pitch gets higher as we move to the right/lower to the left.
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2 - Duration
• The length of time a particular sound or silence lasts.
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3 - Volume
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• DO NOT CONFUSE THIS WITH PITCH. THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING!
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4 - Timbre (Tone Color)
• The way each instrument sounds different. This is why you can tell the difference between a trumpet, flute, piano etc… when listening to music.
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Notation of Musical
Characteristics
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Notation
• Notation is:
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• All musical symbols are recorded on the staff.
• Staff -
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• Instruments that produce pitch will need a clef placed on the staff.
• Clef -
• Of all the different clefs that exist there are two which are more dominant / commonly used.
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Treble Clef
• Used to indicate higher pitches and is placed on the left side of the staff. Instruments such as the trumpet, violin and flute use this clef.
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Bass Clef• The bass clef is placed at
the left side of the staff and is used to indicate low pitches. Low pitched instruments such as the double bass, bassoon and the tuba all use the bass clef.
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Grand Staff• Created when:
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• Due to the range of each instrument there are times when notes can not be placed within the staff. In this case we need to use ledger lines.
• Ledger lines -
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Notating musical sound
Notes -
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Notating silence in musicRests -
There are several types of rests, many of which have a unique design.
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• For every type of note that exists there is a corresponding rest of equal value. The chart to the left shows several examples of notes and rests side by side in order to illustrate this principle.
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Notating volume in music
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Elements of Music
(Controlling and combining the elements of sound)
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Melody
• Melody is:
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1 - Static movement• Here an individual pitch is repeated several times
before it changes to a new one which in turn repeats several times before changing again.
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2 - Stepwise movement• Here pitches move in very small intervals; typically
from one line to the next space above or below it. The notes of the melody remain close together.
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3 - Movement by Skip / Leap
• The pitches in the melody move in very large / wide intervals. There tends to be several lines and or spaces between each note.
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Harmony• Created when a minimum of two or more
different pitches are sounded together. Chords form the basis for most harmony.
• Chords -
• Arpeggio -
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1 - Consonant harmony• -
• The vast majority of music that we listen to predominantly uses consonant harmony.
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2- Dissonant harmony• -
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Tonality• A system which establishes the dominance
of certain pitches and chords around which we write our melody and harmony.
• Scale -
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So Happy Together - The Turtles (Original-major)
So Happy Together - Jim Lapbap (Altered-in minor)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Original-minor)
God Rest Ye Major Gentlemen - Jim lapbap (Altered-major)
Nothing Else Matters- Metallica (Original-minor)
Nothing Else Matters (Altered-major)
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• Scales begin with a tonic (a home base around which we build the scale).This is called the key. Tonality relates to how all the other notes relate to that note. (What will sound “right” or “wrong”.)
• Modulation -
Example of modulation Modulation Explained
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Meter• Rhythm -
• Beats - Units that measure equal lengths of time and are felt as pulses while the music is playing. Some pieces have a strong / clear sense of beats (i.e. marches), whereas others have a weak sense of beat. Some styles of music have no sense of beat at all.
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• Measures -
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1 - Duple and Quadruple Meter
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• ONE - two , ONE - two (Duple Meter)
• ONE - two - THREE - four (Quadruple Meter)
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2- Triple Meter• -
• ONE - two - three (Triple Meter)
• Waltzes are an example of a type of music that is always written in triple meter.
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3 - Irregular Meter• Uneven groupings of beats. Fives, sevens,
eleven. Very hard to tap along with since the accents fall at uneven spaces.
• FACT: Meter can change within a piece of music.
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• As mentioned, beats go together to make make measures (meter). Measures go together to make phrases.
• Phrases -
• Syncopation - Accenting a weak beat or portion of a beat. A disturbance of the expected accented beats. (Explanation)
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Identifying meter when listening:1. Listen for the percussion or the lowest
pitched instruments (generally the bass). These instruments will establish the beat/pulse. Quietly tap it to yourself.
2. Count in groups of two, three or four along with the beat.
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HINT: If your accents do not consistently line up in the same place it is a sign that you are counting in the incorrect meter.
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Tempo• -
• Tempos can be separated into three categories: Fast-Medium-Slow
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Slow tempo terms:
• Largo / Lento -
• Grave -
• Adagio Dolce -
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Medium tempo terms:
• Moderato -
• Andante -
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Fast tempo terms:
• Allegro -
• Allegro Vivace -
• Presto -
• Prestissimo -
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Identifying tempo when listening:1. Listen for the percussion or the lowest
pitched instruments (generally the bass). These instruments will establish the beat / pulse. Quietly tap it to yourself.
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Musical Form• Form is the organization of musical ideas.• You may recognize words like verse,
chorus,refrain, bridge, etc. Those are musical ideas. How they are assembled is the form.
• Composers consider two contrasting elements in relation to form:
1. Unity -
2. Variety -
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• Most music becomes appealing by balancing familiar ideas (unity) with different ideas(variety).
• A lack of balance can often lead to one of two problems:
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1. Too much unity:• -
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2. Too much variety• -
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• Musicians refer to musical ideas as letter sections, each NEW idea receiving the next letter in the alphabet beginning with the letter “A”. Depending on the order of ideas (letter diagram) we are left with a specific musical form.
• REMEMBER:
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1. Strophic form• -
• A diagram would look like is: AAAAA• This is the most familiar form. Our
hymns, carols, folk tunes and patriotic songs are typically written in strophic form.
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Notice how each verse is the same musical idea (melody) repeated. This is what makes this hymn strophic. The lyrics may change but that has nothing to do with the form.
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2. Rondo form• -
• A diagram would look like this: ABACA
• In this form the opening section / idea (A) should also be the last idea in the piece.
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3. Through-composed form
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• A diagram would look like this: ABCDE
• The Salve Regina that we sing at the conclusion of mass is written in through-composed form.
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4. Theme and variations form
• One musical idea repeated but with significant changes made each time. These changes can be melodic, rhythmic or harmonic.
• A diagram would look like this: A1 A2 A3 A4 A5
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REMEMBER: When discussing form we are considering
musical ideas and not words.