VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tessitura, Coloratura, String Vibration
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Listening pieces: mozart, der vogelfanger, mozart, symphony, ravel, bolero. Timbre: aspects of a musica; sound, classification of instruments in the modern orchestra, classification of voices, aspects of musical sound. The brevity or length of the sound. Sound will change as time goes by . The lowness or highness of the sound. The softness or loudness of the sound; volume of sound. It varies from person to person and instrument to instrument. The separation of successive notes and how this is accomplished by the. Smooth vs. detached (e. g pizzicato: pluck the string) Has to do w/ how the sounds are approached. The kind of instrument and voice will have a specific colour. Composers are very specialized in bringing out & illustrating specific. Timbre colour: classification of instruments in the modern orchestra. Instruments w/ taut strings attached to a sound box that amplifies the sound; pitch varied by the length of the vibrating string: played w/ a bow or plucked/strummed.
