Music- 2nd Quarter

Grade 10

20th Century Music

a way of innovation and experimentation in music

Impressionism

inspired by visual art
- claude debussy (clair de lune)

Neomodality

revival of old modal scales in a new way

Open chords

widely spaced notes to create airy sounds

Whole tone scales

all whole steps, dreamy, and floaty quality

Parallelism

moving notes in parallel motions

Free rhythm

flexible timing, not strictly metered

wide intervals

distant notes giving a spacious feel

Expressionism

expressed deep emotions, tension and darker side of human experience
-arnold schoenberg

twelve tone system

uses all 12 notes before repeating any

serialism

organizing in a series

unpredictable melodies

irregular or fragmented

new rhythmic and metric effects

changing meters, syncopation, polyrhythm

dissonant chords

harsh or unstable sounds combinations

electronic music

invention of new technology
-edgar varese

tape music

recorded sounds, edited and rearranged on magnetic tape

analog synthesizers

early electronic circuits producing soundwaves

digital synthesizers

computer based sound generation

aleatoric music - chance music

some parts are left to chance of performers choice
-john cage

elements of randomness

performer or chance decides what happens