MUS202H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sound, Accelerando, Cello
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Pitch (frequency): refers to how often particles of a medium vibrate when a sound wave passes through it. Dynamics (amplitude): the energy contained in the sound wave. Softer/lower amplitude fortissimo very loud forte loud medium loud mezzo forte medium soft soft very soft ff f mf mezzo piano mp piano pianissimo p pp gradually getting louder: crescendo (cresc. ) gradually getting softer: decrescendo (decresc. ) Timbre/overtones: one of the frequency components of a sound other than that of lowest frequency. : combinations of different overtones create different timbres, the characteristic sound quality of an instrument. http://meettechniek. info/additional/additive-synthesis. html. Melody: a series of pitches that are organized across time; horizontal, linear aspect of music. Motives: melodic fragments that are short and repetitive. Themes: the basic subject of a longer work. : melodies may have wide or narrow ranges. Harmony: the vertical aspect of music; simultaneously sounded pitches. Chromatic scale: collection of all 12 pitches in an octave.
