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An Appreciation
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Elements
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Purposes of
Elements
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Breaks down each piece of the “puzzle”
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Makes each “puzzle” piece understandable
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When we put the pieces back together then we have a complete understanding of the piece.
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NO we are NOT talking about lyrics!
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Rhythm/Meter
Your definition: The arrangement of musical
time. Music is arranged in beats/note
values grouped into measures. Rhythm is
the arrangement of note lengths in a piece
of music.
Questions to ask:
Long vs. Short?
Repeat?
Pattern?
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Tempo
How fast or slow music is played. This is usually
marked using with symbols or Italian terms
Tempo Markings
Largo
Andante
Allegro
Allegretto
Questions?
Does it change/repeat?
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*Pitch/Ti
mber
PITCH/Timber
This is how high or low the sounds seem, but for this section it tells us what we here.
Questions:
What families do we hear?
What specific instruments do we hear?
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Pitch/Melody
MELODY
This can be considered the recognizable
‘tune’ of the piece.
Questions:
Who has the melody?
Does it move to someone else?
Does it change or stay the same?
**(Think main thing in a picture)**
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Harmony
HARMONY
This is a group of notes played together, that
supports the melody; played simultaneously or
as broken chords.
Questions:
Who has the harmony?
Does it change?
How is this helping the melody sound better?
**(Think background in a picture)**
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CHAPTER 1—SOUND:
PITCH, DYNAMICS, AND TONE COLOR
Tone Color
• This is the quality of a sound
– Can be bright, dark, mellow, etc.
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Questions to ask:
What is the tone color of the melody?
Does it match the harmony?
How does it affect the overall sound of the piece?
Ex. The tone color for this piece would be best
described as bright and happy - It makes me want
to get up and dance.
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Texture
This describes the layers in music and how
they relate to each other.
**(Think how complex is the picture I’m looking at?)**
THICK/THIN
MONOPHONIC (Simple 1 item picture)
HOMOPHONIC (Normal picture with
POLYPHONIC (Abstract art!) O_o
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Texture –
Monophonic
• Texture = thickness of sound
– Monophonic: “one sound” music is performed
in unison; (everyone plays or sings the same
part at the same time.) Therefore, Harmony
DOES NOT exist in monophonic music.
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Think picture with only a flower in it.
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Simplest form of music. Period.
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Examples?
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Texture – Homophonic
Homophonic: “same sound” music has multiple or different parts being sung or played, but ARE done
at the same time.
Melody and harmony exist, BUT melody RULES!
Think picture with a flower in a vase on a table next to a window.
(The flower is still the main
thing in the picture!)
Most COMMON form of music heard!
Examples?
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Texture – Polyphonic
• The final texture– Polyphonic: “many sounds” music has
multiple, independent parts that are sung or
played at the same time.
– Each part is as important as the others.
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Thickest sounding of the three!
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Picture a Picasso painting of a flower… though you are not sure it’s a flower and there are so
many colors and too many lines
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