MU 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Monophony, Double Reed, Pizzicato

• School: Belmont Abbey College
• Department: Additional Courses
• Course: MU 101
• Professor: Karen Jacob

Document Summary

Pattern- accent - strong bear/ weak bear. Whole quarter ( ) eighth ( ) sixteenth (1/16) Relative range of sound level from quiet (soft) to loud. Forte (loud) ppp (quietest) m (medium) fff (loudest) Produce sound when their strings are activated by a horse hair bow drawn across them, or when plucked by finger. Their timbre is modified when the player uses vibrato- a rapid rocking motion of the left hand. The timbre is also affected by the way the bow is drawn across the string. Produce different pitches depending on which string is played and where the finger is pressed on the string. Start and stop sounds with the bow by plucking with the finger, called pizzicato. Violin- smallest and most common string instrument. Viola- sounds a little lower than the violin. Cello- usually sounds notes in a man"s singing range (played while sitting)