MUS110H1- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 29 pages long!)
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Characterize the theme: performance forces/ instrumentation, patterns of beats/rests, patterns of pitches, cadences/punctuation [half cadences = comma, full cadences = period, tempo, dynamics, meters. Mahler cd 5:5 12: no specific way to describe timbre, orchestra example, begins dark, becomes brighter. Intervals: distance between any two pitches semi-tone to octave; small vs. large intervals: pitch: height of the sound [high pitch, low pitch etc, smallest interval = semi-tone, 1. Layered rhythms [contains line: complex rhythm = within each line, two rhythm goes against each other and each line is an ostinato [repetitive fragment] layers of rhythm = poly rhythms, rhythms grouped together into beats: ex. Test format: an hour, 25 multiple choice questions relate to concepts seen in class, medieval period (cid:449)hat"s the (cid:373)ost (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) te(cid:454)ture, spa(cid:272)e (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:374)otes is (cid:272)alled (cid:449)hat. K(cid:374)o(cid:449) a(cid:271)out the period a(cid:374)d the music characters in the different periods. S(cid:272)ales: to(cid:374)al or ato(cid:374)al, do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to sa(cid:455) (cid:449)hat s(cid:272)ale.
