MUSC 145 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tessitura, Music Of Africa, Apple Music
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Four basic qualities of musical sound: duration (individual notes staccato, legato) - rhythm. Intensity (loud/soft) - dynamics: pitch or register - melody/harmony, timbre (color of sound) instrumentation, tessitura (how an instrument sounds in different ranges) America instrumental developments- the rhythm section: chord instrument (banjo, piano, guitar, keyboard, bass instrument (tuba, string bass, electric bass, synth, percussion instrument (drum set, conga) 1970s-80s: latin rhythms in pop music, disco, sixteenth notes. Melody: contour (shape), rhythm, riff-based melodies, either repetition (basie, jumpin" at the woodside, or developmental (deed i do, sung by ruth etting aaba, most common chord progression in jazz ii v i. Exam 1 tuesday, sept. 17: rhythm, dynamics, pitch, melody (one note at a time, harmony, progressions, chords, arpeggio, timbre, color of the sound, tessitura. Instrumentation: texture, homophonic: chords, single melody pop, rock, counterpoint: multiple melodies, layered rhythmic textures, form, aaba abab, tempo, surface rhythms: faster rhythmic vales on top of the basic quarter, meter, measure, bars, riff.
