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by Prof. Lydia Ayers

Exploring Music Introduction 1. by Prof. Lydia Ayers. Introduction. Every human society has music. Music is universal, but its meaning is not. Music is like food, every human being needs food, but everybody eats different food. Mark Slobin, ethnomusicologist. Topics. What is Music?

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by Prof. Lydia Ayers

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  1. Exploring Music Introduction 1 by Prof. Lydia Ayers

  2. Introduction • Every human society has music. Music is universal, but its meaning is not. • Music is like food, every human being needs food, but everybody eats different food. • Mark Slobin, ethnomusicologist

  3. Topics • What is Music? • What is Rhythm? Points of Sound • What is Timbre? Colors of Sound • What is Melody? A Line of Sound • What is Texture? Layers of Sound • Final Project: Making a Musical Instrument and Composing for It

  4. The Project • Design and build a musical instrument • Learn how to play your instrument • Write a piece for your instrument • Perform your piece • If you want to use other instruments too, the performance can include some of your friends • Write a short paper to document your project to show what you have learned

  5. Homemade Instruments! • Can make instruments out of all kinds of stuff

  6. Homemade Instruments! • Can make instruments out of all kinds of stuff

  7. Homemade Instruments! • Can make instruments out of all kinds of stuff

  8. Dean Drummond’s Zoomoozophone • Tuned aluminum tubes

  9. Lucia Dlugoszewski’s Instruments glass ladder harp www.btinternet.com/~rubberneck/luciaphotos.html

  10. Learning Process vs. Results • Education is a journey, not a destination • Document your projects • Discuss your goals • Describe your results • Show what you have learned • Example: What if the instrument does not play “in tune”?

  11. Composition Game • Can make music with any sound • BUT! • DO ANYTHING = DO NOTHING! • “What should I do? • Need “rules” to organize sounds • A composition is a game between the composer and ideas • Composer decides the rules

  12. Stickiness • How can you remember what you learn in class? Take Notes!! • Write down a few keywords to help you remember key ideas later

  13. TAs and Labs • Lab: In Lab 4. Two hour lab session each week. • TAs: Eric Fung, Kevin di Filippo • 1A – Monday, 11:00 p.m. • 1B – Monday, 1:00 p.m. • 1C – Monday, 3:00 p.m. • Workshops – TBA

  14. Where Did Music Come From?

  15. Creation and Sound • Many of the world’s societies associate the beginning (and the end) of time with loud, percussive noise • Nadha Brahma – The World is Sound • Creation in Hinduism depends on the five elements of ether, air, fire, water, earth. The first is ether, and ether is sound – the original sound, the nada. Out of the vibration of nada comes the universe. That’s the beginning of the universe – it begins with sound, vibration. … • Joseph Campbell

  16. The Emergence of Rhythm • Early percussion instruments may have tried to tame the wild terrifying percussive noises of nature by imitating them • Thunderstorms [i:2] • Volcanoes <1:2> http://www.patsweb.com/Ligtning.jpg

  17. First Instruments • Found objects: gathered, not made • Sticks • Shells • Stones • Bones • Hollow logs Putatara – Conch shell (NZ) http://waiata.maori.org.nz/trad_ins/ Photographer: Philippe Colombi stones • <1:3>Playing a Stalactite Column in a Cave in Halong Bay, Vietnam Young boy plays rocks to mark important times in the agricultural cycle. (Togo)

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