Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Duple And Quadruple Metre, Surtitles, Indigenous Music Of North America
19 Mar 2018
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San ildefonso indians of new mexico : eagle dance. Texture: notice that all voices sing in unison, singing once melodic line together throughout. Rhythm: listen for the change from free rhythm to duple meter later on. Melody: listen for the consistently downward contour of each melodis unit. Form: listen for repetition of large scale selections of the chant. Chant predominant form of native north american indian music; heard at powwows. Portrays life cycle of eagle (connection between heaven and earth) Most native american music is monophonic, accompanied by percussion. Occasional change in tempo (speed of music) does not alter underlying rhythm. Each section as own melody, built of smaller, repeating units. Difficult to translate foreign-language operas into another language. Opera houses use supertitles to help listeners understand the words.
