Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Duple And Quadruple Metre, Duple Coachbuilders, Unique Key

• School: Western University
• Department: Music
• Course: Music 1102A/B
• Professor: Kate Helsen

Document Summary

Single line of notes heard in succession as a coherent unit. Notes form into phrases separated by breaths or pauses. Cadence - point of arrival (when we are done at an appropriate time) Melodies constructed from subphrases and phrases, which form complete statements ending with a cadence. Melodic motion either conjunct (motion by steps) or disjunct (motion by leaps) Melodic notes typically derive from a scale (series of stepwise notes spanning an octave) Scales combine whole steps and half steps, form building blocks of a melody. Central note of scale or melody determines its key. Standard western music uses 12 keys with two possible modes. Major mode do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do; sounds bright or happy. Minor mode sa(cid:373)e as (cid:373)ajo(cid:396), (cid:271)ut lo(cid:449)e(cid:396)ed (cid:862)(cid:373)i(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)la(cid:863); sou(cid:374)ds da(cid:396)k o(cid:396) so(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396) Meter underlying, recurring pattern of beats. Triple meter one strong beat followed by two weak beats. Duple meter one strong beat followed by one weak beat. Measure rhythmic unit formed by meter.