MUSI 1001 Lecture 1: l0
Document Summary
Classical music the traditional music of any culture, usually involving a specialized technical vocabulary and requiring long years of training, it high art or learned music that is enjoyed generation after generation. Popular music a broad category of music designed to please a large section of the general public; sometimes used in contradistinction to more serious or more learned classical music. Acoustic instruments instruments that produce sounds naturally when strings are bowed or plucked, a tube has air passed through it, or percussion instruments are struck. Symphony a genre of instrumental music for orchestra consisting of several movements; also, the orchestral ensemble that plays this genre. Movement a large, independent section of a major instrumental work, such as a sonata, dance suite, symphony, quartet, or concerto. Symphony orchestra the large instrumental ensemble that plays symphonies, overtures, concertos, and the like. Motive a short, distinctive melodic figure that stands by itself. Crescendo the gradual increase in the volume of sound.
