MUS 1220- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 28 pages long!)

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Part one: elements: sound: pitch, dynamics, and tone color, music is an art based on the organization of sounds in time, 4 main properties of musical sounds, pitch, dynamics, tone color, duration. Dynamics: loudness or softness: notation, pp pianissimo (very soft, p piano (soft, mp mezzo piano (moderately soft, mf mezzo forte (moderately loud) f forte (loud) ff fortissimo (very loud, decrescendo (descr. Gradually softer: accent: emphasize certain tone crescendo (cresc. ) Tone color: timbre: wagner, prelude to act iii of lohengrin strong, grieg, (cid:862) olveig"s o(cid:374)g(cid:863) fro(cid:373) peer gy(cid:374)t uite warm. Indefinite pitch: snare drum, bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, keyboard, harpsichord, pipe organ, piano, 88 keys (more than 7 octaves) and 2 or 3 pedals, exceptionally versatile. Invented around 1700 and mechanically perfected by the 1850s: electronic, modern symphony orchestras contain string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments, conductor most powerful person in orchestra, concert master best violin player in the orchestra.

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