Music Exam 1

Rachmaninoff Prelude. What it is made of?

Rachmaninoff Prelude is a short piano piece made by Sergei Rachmaninoff which sounds like toiling bells. (Which is nicknamed the Bells of Moscow). Its built in ABA form (first and last section are similar while middle section s completely different.

Melody and accompaniment, crescendo, octave

-melody: main part

-accompaniment: background noise’

-crescendo-volume gets louder gradually

-octave same note in the beginning but same note at a different pitch ex: Do

Mozart's travels and improvisation

-Mozart leaves at age 7 to is grand tour and comes back at age 10 and he master s improvising music on the spot and it was to impress his audience.

Follow the score of Mozart's Variations

Following the measurements to follow the score order.

How does the theme work? How do the variations work?

Note this is Mozart variation

The switch up and improve of Mozarts Ex: He takes twinkle twinkle little star and improvises

Basics of orchestral scores

-This is the music sheet order which is

1)woodwinds

2)brass

3)percussion

4)strings

Woodwinds- flute, piccolo, clarinet, obose

Brass-Horns, trumpets, trombone, tuba

Percussion-timpani, harp

Strings violin: violin 2, viola, cello,bass

Melody from Nutcracker: how it unfolds.

Melody: Short scale of growing and then it repeats itself and then its extended and higher

How sound propagates, how does it look in an oscilloscope

Propagates- are the sound waves, and the air moves forwards in a wiggle form.

Oscilloscope- the machine that shows you the sound waves

Side note: the higher the hz the higher the sound waves and the lower the hz the lower the sounds waves.

Harmonic series, frequencies

Harmonic series-represents the harmonic series of adding 65 heartz to to each harmonic note which gives you the whole number scale of harmonic series (it is mathematical)

Frequencies- speed of the sound/ how fast something vibrates

Recognize instruments by audio (percussion by video and audio)

All the instruments we went over and listened to:

Violin: Higher in sound

Viola: lower then violin

Celli: More thicker then the viola

Basses: really deep

Harp: baby angel

Obos: lower then the flute

Clarinet: climbs up and down

Britten's Guide to the orchestra: how does the piece work?

ALL INSTRUMENTS have their own part (each instrument) and then everyone.

Symphony orchestras, organization, numbers of instruments, role of the conductor

Symphony Orchestras-big team of musicians

Organization-grouped into a family of instruments

The conductor- is the boss and is the only one who can see full score and spread sheet of everyone.

Consonance and dissonance

Consonance- means smoother sound (goes together)

Dissonance- Clashing sound or unresolved