MUL 2010 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Gregorian Chant, Duple And Quadruple Metre, Guillaume De Machaut

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Music-Language
• Course: MUL 2010
• Professor: Jeremy Frusco

Document Summary

Study guide: movement 1: language of music. Pitch- slower variations (slow pitch), 20-20,000 (high pitch) No sound with not all the four properties. Meter indicates a regular pattern of emphasis in the beat of a piece of music. More complex meters can be broken down into combinations of twos and threes. Melody (n. ): describes the relationship between sounds that happen one after the other. Harmony (n. ): describes the relationship between sounds that happen simultaneously. Major mode: ( do- re-mi-fa-sol):sounds brighter, more extroverted. Minor mode: (do-re-me-fa-sol) sounds darker, introverted, sad . Tonality- any system for creating tonal music. When a piece of music centers around one specific pitch we call it. Music that doesn"t do this is called atonal . Tonic: the pitch a work centers around home . Does the volume change, and what are the relative differences? (pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff) Variation ( a,a"): mary had a little lamb . Contrast (a,b): row, row, row your boat .