MUSIC-UA 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Duple And Quadruple Metre, Time Signature, Woodwind Instrument
26 Sep 2016
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Beat is a steady recurring pulse that divides music into equal units of time. It is a basic unit of time by which all notes are measured in. Rhythm refers to a particular arrangement of sounds and silences in a piece of music. It is an essential feature of a personality of a piece. We can recognize pieces based on rhythm only. Meter: some beats are more stressed than others. Meter refers to the pattern of strong and weak beats. Pieces can be in triple meter, duple meter, or mixed meter: form/structure. Timbre associated with the human voice. (warmth, emotion) Fingers pressed on the string makes it shorter, thus raising the pitch. The wooden body vibrates and acts as a resonator. Mute dampens the vibrations and softens the sound. Concertmaster- leader of the stings, first violinist. Tones are produced by blowing across a reed, causing the air and reed to vibrate. Covering the holes make the tube longer-lowers the pitch.
