VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ostinato, Melodiya, Ternary Form
18 May 2016
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Form the constructive or organizing element in music. Consonance/dissonance and their relationship with melodic or tonal completion. Consonance an interval (two notes) that sounds resolved and stable. Dissonance an interval that sounds unresolved and unstable. Antecedent, consequent two musical phrases, the second of which is a concluding response to or resolution of the first. Closure a sense of relative musical stability or finality. Harmony the relationship of pitches as they sound simultaneously. Cadence a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution. Phrase a unit of musical materials articulated by a cadence or some other type of closure. Section a group of phrases which are related in the listener"s mind by proximity or musical content. Motive a short fragment of melody or rhythm used in constructing a long section of music. Melody a succession of pitches having a coherence similar to that found in a sentence in language.
