MUS 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Double Bass, Timpani, Tonality
11 Dec 2015
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Genre: a type of music: opera houses and theatres opera, ballet, concert halls symphony, concerto, oratorio, chamber halls art song, string quartet, piano sonata. Chamber halls are more intimate , smaller audience and venue because of smaller ensemble. Has been a part of our lives since infancy. Beethoven"s 5th symphony: made up of 3-6 movements (usually 4 movements) Movement: a large independent section of a major instrumental work. Listen for a gradual transition from the nothingness of murky darkness, to shafts of light (trumpets), and finally to the incandescent power of the full symphony. What does it make you think of: dissonant chords by the symphony at the beginning, later more resolved and more consonant chords for finality. Rhythm: the organization of time in music. Gives shape and profile to the melody. Divides long spans of time into smaller, more easily comprehendible units.
