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Music Theory Crash Course!. ~Music isSOUND organized in TIME~. Elements of Sound. Pitch- How high or low; frequency Duration- How long or short it lasts Dynamics- How loud or soft; amplitude Goes from Fortississimo to pianoississimo Articulation- Quality as sustained
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Elements of Sound
- Pitch- How high or low; frequency
- Duration- How long or short it lasts
- Dynamics- How loud or soft; amplitude
- Goes from Fortississimo to pianoississimo
- Articulation- Quality as sustained
- Common Articulations: Staccato, Legato, Accent
- Timbre- Color of tone; waveform
Types of Timbre/Textures
- Homophonic- All use similar rhythm
- Polyphonic- Independent musical parts overlap
- Monophonic- Only one musical line
- Accompianmental- Exactly what it says on the tin; accompanying a clear melody
More Vocab! Yayy
- Range- Spectrum of pitch an instrument can play
- Equal Temperament Tuning- all half steps equal distance from each other
- Used in Romantic Era as common tuning standard
- Expression Marks- Indicate articulations, setting the mood
Time Signatures
- Top number- Beats per measure
- Bottom number- Length of the beat
- Simple meter= top number 2 [duple],3 [triple], 4 [quadruple]
- Compound is everything else; divides beats into parts
Accidentals
- # = Sharp, raises pitch by a half step
- ♭= Flat, lowers pitch by half step
- ♮ = Natural, cancels sharps and flats
- Half step- two consecutive keys
- The key signature provides set of sharps or flats at the beginning of a line of music.
- indicates which notes the main scale of the piece alters.
Scales (PREPARE YOURSELVES)
- Tonic- Name of scale, usually 1st note
- Dominant- 2nd most important, 5th note
- Leading Tone- Half step below tonic
- Diatonic- Within the Scale
- Chromatic- Outside of the scale
Comparing Major and Minor
- Relative- Same key signature, same sharps and flats
- Parallel- Same tonic
Instruments- Technical Boring stuff time!
- Classifications
- CHORDOPHONES
- Vibrating Strings (violin)
- AEROPHONES
- Vibrating column of air (tuba)
- MEMBRANOPHONES
- Vibrating stretched membrane across frame (drum)
- IDIOPHONES
- Body itself vibrates (xylophone)
Instrument Families
- Strings- Chordophones; plucked, bowed, struck
- Brass- Metal Aerophones; caused by buzzing lips
- Woodwinds- Aerophones; breath alone vibrates
- Percussions- Membranophones/Idiophones
- Keyboards- Self explanatory :P
