MUSICOL 139 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Percussion Instrument, Slendro, Shadow Play
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Musicology study guide: scientific and objective study of music. A texture involving more than one part or melody plus accompaniment: uses: court music, sung poetry, shadow puppetry, cyclical time and time keeping instruments (gong) Gong marks the beginning and end of the cycle with the melody line and stress/emphasis creates metric patterns: slendro and pelog modes. Pelog has seven notes: stratified polyphony. Layering simple melodies over each other to create a larger melody. Ethnomusicology: a written representation, description, or interpretation of some aspect of musical culture, the study of human beings and music, field work, interviews, analysis, representation of folk/local music and asking permission basic respect of people(cid:859)s (cid:396)ights. Rhythm: general time aspect of music, beat/pulse. Regularity and propulsion rhythm of music as metrical wave: static, linear, cyclical. Moves forward but moves back to the beginning (gamelan) Form: organization of elements in a musical work, uneducated listeners, temporal. How music unfolds over time: spatial.
