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Bell Ringer 8/31/12

Bell Ringer 8/31/12. Write the definitions of Melody and form. Bell Ringer 9/4/12. What types of instruments were found in Mesopotamia?. Chapter 2. Music As Culture. Quote. “The function of music is to enhance in some way the quality of individual experience and human relationships.”

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Bell Ringer 8/31/12

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  1. Bell Ringer 8/31/12 • Write the definitions of Melody and form.

  2. Bell Ringer 9/4/12 • What types of instruments were found in Mesopotamia?

  3. Chapter 2 Music As Culture

  4. Quote • “The function of music is to enhance in some way the quality of individual experience and human relationships.” -John Blacking Ethnomusicologist(1928-90)

  5. Music Cultures and Instrumental Timbres • In Mesopotamia, an ancient land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, archaeologists found rattles, flutes, and harp-like instruments dated back to 2000 B.C.

  6. Culture • Many cultures still have music that is unwritten. Certain people have taken responsibility to collect information about these cultures. • Anthropologists-scholars who study physical and culture characteristics as well as social customs of a group of people. • Ethnomusicologists-scholars who study the music of a group of people.

  7. Definitions of culture • Culture-the customs, beliefs, language, arts and institutions of a group of people that are learned and transmitted within the group. • Music Culture-performance practices, means, traditions, uses, and beliefs about music of a group of people, either from a time or place

  8. Elements of Music • Melody –succession of musical tones • Rhythm-way the beats or pulses are organized and subdivided • Timbre-Tone color • Pitch-highest or lowest of a sound determined by vibration

  9. Identifying Instrument Timbres Aerophones Instruments that produce sound by a vibrating column of air. This can be pipe made out of wood, plastic, or metal. Ex: flutes, oboes, trombones, bagpipes

  10. Identifying Instrumental Timbres Idiophones • Simple, solid instruments that produce sound by being struck, scraped, or shaken. This group includes gongs, cymbals, rattles, and xylophones Vietnamese dan t’rung

  11. Identifying Instrumental Timbres • Membranophones • Instruments that produce sound by striking or rubbing a skin or membrane stretched across a resonating air chamber. Members of this category include conga drums, tabla, and timpani. Gamelan kendang

  12. Identifying Instrumental Timbres • Chordophones • Instruments that create sound by striking, rubbing, or plucking a taut string (or chord). Among this grouping are guitar, harp, violin, and string bass. The strings on many of these are attached to a resonating box. Sitar

  13. Identifying Instrumental Timbres Electrophones • Instruments that generate sound from electricity. Electronic organs and synthesizers are in this category.

  14. Recordings • Listen to the recordings and try to identify what type of instrument they are. • Aerophone • Idiophone • Membranophone • Chordophone • Electrophone

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