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Introduction to Music

Introduction to Music. Fundamentals of Music. Definition of Music Time ordered by sound Elements of Music Timbre Meter/Tempo Texture Context Emotion. Timbre. Definition – The physical sound produced by instruments. Categories of Instruments Stringed Woodwind Brass Percussion

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Introduction to Music

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  1. Introduction to Music

  2. Fundamentals of Music • Definition of Music • Time ordered by sound • Elements of Music • Timbre • Meter/Tempo • Texture • Context • Emotion

  3. Timbre • Definition – The physical sound produced by instruments • Categories of Instruments • Stringed • Woodwind • Brass • Percussion • Keyboard • Electronics • Voice

  4. Meter • Meter – how individual beats are grouped • Duple: Two or Four Beats • Triple: Three Beats (Usually dance music) • Unmeasured: No perceptible beat • Can you find the beat?

  5. Duple or Triple Beats?

  6. Tempo • Tempo – the relative speed of music • Fast (Presto, Allegro, & Andante) • Slow (Adagio, Lento, & Largo) • Is the music fast or slow? • Fast (Presto)

  7. Tempo • Tempo – the relative speed of music • Fast (Presto, Allegro, & Andante) • Slow (Adagio, Lento, & Largo) • Is the music fast or slow? • Slow (Largo)

  8. Tempo • Tempo – the relative speed of music • Fast (Presto, Allegro, & Andante) • Slow (Adagio, Lento, & Largo) • Is the music fast or slow? • Pretty Fast (Allegro)

  9. Texture • Monophony “One Sound” • A single unaccompanied melody

  10. Texture • Polyphony “Many Sounds” • Two or more simultaneous melodies

  11. Texture • Homophony • A single melody with accompaniment

  12. Texture • Heterophony • Different melodies create a single composite melody • Rarely used in Western music

  13. Context Examples: • Most music of the middle ages was commissioned by the church. • Beethoven wrote a song about indigestion. • When Mozart wrote his music several modern instruments weren’t invented yet and orchestras were much smaller. • Lady Gaga is an alien.

  14. Emotion • What feelings or emotions do you have while listening to the piece? • If this was in a movie, what action would it go with? • How does this picture reflect the piece?

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