MUSC 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Quarter Note, Musical Note, Little Red Corvette

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSC 171
• Professor: Kip Pegley

Document Summary

Beats are organized by accents (heavier sounds emphasized more than others) The length of time we here a sound. Number of lines in a verse, syllables in line, and long or short arrangement, accented or unaccented. 4 on the bottom, means the quarter gets the beat. The first beat of a measure in music. The last beat of a measure in music. When one piece of music has multiple meters or time signatures during the piece e. g. repeated 4 beats then 3 beats. Alternate a long note and a short note. Long note falls on the beat and the short one in-between on the upbeat. Definite pitch (singing a note) = tone. Decrescndo when a note gets softer. The quality of a musical note or sound or tone that distinguishes different types of sound production. 3 or more notes at the same time. Same music, same lyrics, title of the song.