MUSIC 2F03

Pitch

how high or low the musical tone is.

Melody

is pitches heard as a unit. If this is easily memorable, its called a tune.

Range

is the distance between the highest and lowest pitch. This can be examined for thematic meaning.

Intervals

the distance between one pitch to the next.

Disjunct

when a melody moves in large intervals

Conjunct

when a melody moves in small intervals.

Phrase

when the vocal melody comes to a rest to allow the singer to breathe.

Cadences

the end of a phrase

Open cadence

when the ending seems to be incomplete like a question mark

Closed cadence

when the ending is clear like a period

Tuneful/Lyrical

when instruments can mimic vocal style

Motive

repeated, small part of the melody that can serve as a larger part of the melody or it can stand alone. Motives can help make a tune more memorable, or it can be isolated and developed on its own. Ex. jaws theme

Lemotiv

segment of melody, closer to the length of a theme. Often used in film music. Specifically used for story music

Ostinato

can be used as a main event, or a complement. Shorter. Fits into melody, because its a single strand.

Theme

melody that re occurs usually adding significance to the drama of a piece

Que

section of music

Texture

Refers to how different parts relate to each other Where's the focus of the tension

Homophonic

single dominant melody with an accompaniment

Monophonic

a single melodic line with no accompaniment, not common in film music.

Counterpoint/counterpunctual

type of texture that represents two equal lines of melody

Harmony

made up of chords (which is just one note)

when two or more pitches sound at the same time, to created a _____ sound

Triad

most common for harmony

its three chords playing at once

dissonance

when cords played together are more then three, and sounds unsusual (relates to harmony)

Constance

• relates to harmony

• a harmony made up or mostly major or minor chords (which are triads)

Major chord

• 1, 2, 3

• sounds happier,

• is a type of triad

Minor Chord

• 1, 2, 3 still, but second note is shifted down by a half step

• sounds sadder

• type of a triad

Functional Harmony

organization of chords, the outcomes depend on their organization

• using functional harmony we can find the tonic

tonic

the central pitch of a passage (music is called tonal when it has a central pitch)

Key

• a group of pitches that the piece is centered around, so music is pulled from this tonal family, its the central idea of the piece and the tonic is the group of these keys

• ex. motzarts being in key G

• when harmonies have a central tonal pitch they are considered to be in key

A major key

• this is the white keys and provides a more intense, darker music feel

A minor key

• black keys, is a happier feeling

scale

the organization of specific keys

• specific organization of patterns you play

dominant/dominat seventh

• this is the goal in the middle of the piece, its what the sounds are organized around

• normally goes tonal, dominant, tonal

• gives a resolved feeling and Is common in modern music

modulation

switching key in the middle of the piece

chromatic music

• common to older music, when triads aren’t really used, and chords are played from outside of a key, borrows from all of them

Rhythm

• refers to the DURATION of sound

Beat

is like the pulse of a musical piece

• normally steady.

tempo

how fast or slow a piece is. relates to the speed

Meter

how the beats are organized

• duple (up, down) two main beats

• triple ( three main beats)

• quadruple (four main beats, listen for emphasis at the end of the fourth)

• downbeat (emphasis on the first note of a peice)

syncopation

• being a little off beat, like having it a step behind the beat. common in popular music

timber/ tone colour

• relates to the technical term for how each different voice quality/ instrument it categorized.

volume

music in relation to other elements of a film

sound elements

contains dialogue, sound effects and music for a film

opening music

sets the theme/tone for a film

closing music

can reestablish a theme or introduce a new idea

overture

music that proceeds the beginning of a film

enact’ure

music that resumes a film, after a break or a intermission

source/diegetic music

• music durring narrative potion

• adds to drama

• if it would make sense for charter to hear this, its source music

non-dietagic music/ underscoring

• doesnt add to the drama

• wouldn’t make sense for the charter to hear

• can add to the mood or theme

stinger

• music that relates to movement in the film ex a slap

Mikey mousing

• music that is overemphasized

• like Mikey mouses steps

the score

• contains all musical notations for a piece

wall to wall music

when music basically plays end to beginning of a film

Baroque music

• 1700s

• bass heavy, harpsichord,

• counterpoint! (which is when the melodic lines are equal)

classical

• late 1700s

• bass heavy as well, but has more breaths/pauses

• JOYFUL

romantic

• 1800s

• explores more emotions

• lyrical/tuneful and triumphant

• GROWS TO A CLIMAX

jazz

• versatile, experimental

• lots of diff types like big band etc

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narrative film

film with a story

plot vs story

plot is more specific like what happens when, and story is a more general idea off what happens

protagonist

person we are ment to sympathize with

antagonist

presents the conflict, we aren’t ment to sympathize with them

antihero

not emit to sympalze with hem, but we can often understand motivations

= ex roobinhood

scene

is a single location

sequence

is a group of scenes that make sense together

acts

collection of sequences

typically 3x per film

shot

is uninterrupted

cut

is movement to a new shot

cross-cutting

linking shots together

montage

usually represents a passage of time, and uses music to link it

point of view

what the camera is showing

can be subjective: which is from charaters perspective

or omnipresent: which is like a fly on the wall

mise-on-scence

refers to the placement of objects in a shot

• ex. foreground/background of a character

visual rhythm

is how things move. created by shots, cross cutting etc