MUS 018 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Timesdaily, Hymns To Mary, Duple Coachbuilders
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Music notes: noise- characterized by irregular waveform, pitch- characterized by regular waveform. **the frequency of the wave in a pitch determines whether it is high or low. Example: violin, piano, guitar: aerophones: wind instrument. Ex: top of piano: membranophone: percussion instrument with a membrane that you strike. Tone color or timbre: created by overtones. Each pitch is made of frequencies and several pitches make a chord. The more tension on strings, the higher the pitch. Electrophones: any electronic instrument in which sound is emitted by electrical impulses: ex: phone or portable piano, 20th century invention. Dynamics: intensity of sound; loud or soft *dynamics determined by amplitude: determined by amplitude. Music note perceived as short or long relative to what came before and after. Musical rhythm does not have to have a beat sense but it usually does: music historically involves other extents (ex: dancing) **beats are usually organized into patterns strong and weak of meter.
