MUL 2720 “Music of the World”

MUL 2720“Music of the World” Section 0001 – (Class Nbr.: 11064) Meets Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:30 am - 11:20 am “HPA I 0112” Health and Public Affairs I,(“behind” Union)

Scott Warfield Assoc. Prof. of Music History Office: PAC M 227Email: scott.warfield@ucf.edu

Some Important Web Pages • My home web page :- Scott Warfield's Home page(google my name to find) • MUL 2720 home web page :- MUL 2720 - Music of the World- links to: Syllabus, Daily Assignments, (my) Review Sheets, PowerPoints, etc. • Course Syllabus- Syllabus (MUL 2720) • “Bookmark” or add to your “Favorites”

What is “Music”? (Try writing your own definition.)

“Organized Sounds and Silences”– John Cage (American Composer) “The rational organization of sounds and silences as they pass through time.”–Craig Wright (Yale University) (…but what parameters of sound can you “organize”?)

The 4 Parameters of Sound • PITCH = the frequency of vibration (heard as “high” vs. “low”) • DURATION = the length of time a sound lasts (heard as aspects of rhythm) • TIMBRE = tone color (the source of the sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other) • DYNAMICS = Loudness/Softness

Timbre • Pronounced “tam-ber” • Also known as “tone color” • The aspect of sound that makes a trumpet different from a flute • Literally, the source of a sound • Technically derives from the “shape” of the sound wave (don’t need to know this)

Sources of Musical Sounds • Human Voices (probably the earliest way humans made music) • Musical Instruments (devices or “tools” for making and controlling sounds) • “Other” sources, e.g., “natural” sounds, electronic devices (synthesizers), etc.

Voices & Voice Ranges • Soprano – high female • Alto – low female • Female Voice Types - YouTube • Tenor – high male • Bass – low male (watch the spelling) • Classical Male Voices - YouTube • Others? (mezzo soprano, contralto, baritone, bass-baritone, etc.) • “SATB”

MUL 2720 “Music of the World”