Music Appreciation 1

Barber: Adagio

Suspenseful or Sombre, suitable for times of peril, despair or loss.

Penderecki: Threnody

Inspires Tragedy, Malice, Dissonance and Violence.

Distracted Listening

Not paying attention at all.

Tangential Listening

Random thoughts occur while being semi-attentive.

Metaphysical Listening

Listening to music with semi-attention.

Signal Listening

Waiting for a certain point of a song you're signaling to.

Sing-Along Listening

Knowing the music by heart, including lyrics and sounds.

Lyric Listening

Paying attention specifically to the words of a song.

Programmatic Listening

Imagining a situation to go with a musical piece.

Allusive Listening

A musical piece that reminds you of other music.

Reminiscent Listening

Music that reminds you of a certain moment you've lived.

Identity Listening

Applying terms and categories to sounds.

Retentive Listening

Fixing a passage in your memory for later music.

Pitch

An organized sound wave that is hummable.

Interval

The distance between any two pitches.

Melody

A succession of single tones forming a memorable tune.

Harmony

The way melody is accompanied.

Texture

How musical lines and voices interact; can be monophonic or polyphonic.

Rhythm

The organization of music in terms of time with groups of long and short notes.

Dynamic

Variation of musical volume in terms of loudness or softness.

Timbre

Tone color or quality of a song, identifying different instrument sounds.

Form

The structure of phrases and sections within a musical composition.

monophonic

one music line

Polyphonic

 thick textures and more than one musical line