MUS 2304 Lecture Notes - Reverberation, Beat Music, Ostinato
19 Aug 2014
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Meta-geenres: rock/hard rock, folk rock, psychedelic /prog, punk, metal, indie. Contain sub genre, example metal- death metal, heavy metal. Beatles and stones are not classified in genre because their music changes through time. Dependent on context and social function of the cultural form. Defined by the repetition of certain technical and performative features (a given work belongs to a genre if it shares those features and arises from the same context) A lot of genre are created by the music industry. What sort of cultural form or spectacle is it, who consumes it (target audiences help define genre), how is it used, etc. Style: the manner of articulation of musical gestures. Mode of expression associated with a given composer or performer, or even with a given genre. Form: the organization of a work into phrases and sections. Sections are related through the use of reeptition, variation, contrast. Lyrics are important for form: verses offer new lyrics, chorus repeats lyrics.
