MUS 1751 : M A Exam 1 Notes
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Improvation- no sheet music, creating it while you play powerful agent of memory. High art or learned vs. appeals to large population. Timeless qualities vs. contemporary issues of life can be timeless. Lengthy and varied in mood vs. short and single mood. Best sound is near back of first balcony. Never enter while a performance is in progress. Grabs attention: understands the importance of silence (opposite deprushenda) Brass instrument, louder, no silence, string, dynamic level: quiet, but grew (grow prushenda) Essential characteristic of music is sound that moves throughout time: organize interaction with melody, harmony and rhythm. 3 beats to all measures except 1st and last. Normally placed at the beginning of the score. Pickup: upbeat prior to a composition"s first downbeat. Mode: term for a general type of scale; major or minor. Major and minor used in all western melodies. Major: 7 note scale, order of whole and half steps, usually associated with.
