Music Appreciation 1

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK: UNDERSTANDING MUSIC PAST AND PRESENT

Both songs below  are meant for large orchestras to perform. Describe each piece being played in a word or two

Barber: “Adagio”: Suspenseful or Sombre. Can be used in times of peril, despair or loss  ( Comparison: Avengers infinity war ending or PATW s5 ending theme ) 

Penderecki: “Threnody”: This piece inspires Tragedy, Malice, Dissonance and Violence.

Listening Modes and Listening Strategies

Distracted Listening: Not paying attention at all

TANGENTIAL LISTENING: Random thought occur while being semi-attentive

METAPHYSICAL LISTENING: Listening to music with semi-attention

SIGNAL LISTENING: Waiting for a certain point of a song your signaling to ( trumpet noises and 808s)

SING-ALONG LISTENING: You know the music by heart whether it be lyrics, sounds, etc. 

LYRIC LISTENING: Paying most attention to specifically to the words of a song

PROGRAMMATIC LISTENING: Imagining a situation to go with a musical piece. You do this all the time

ALLUSIVE LISTENING: A musical piece that reminds you of other music.

REMINISCENT LISTENING: Music that reminds you of a certain moment you've lived. Section 80 and the flight to london

IDENTITY LISTENING: Applying terms and categories to sounds

RETENTIVE LISTENING: Fixing a passage in your memory got later music

Fundamental Concepts

Pitch: A musical one that is composed of an organized sound- wave- it is hummable

Interval: The distance between any two pitches , whether in succession ( in tune) or simultaneously (in a chord)

Melody: A succession of single tones, often composed of complementary phrases, that often form a memorable and singable tune. 

Harmony: They way melody is accompanied

Texture: ways musical lines and voices interact with each other. Textures can be thin ( monophonic or one music line) or Polyphonic ( thick textures and more than one musical line ) 

Rhythm ( and tempo): The way music is organized in terms of time in groups of long and short notes

Dynamic: Feature that adds variation of musical volume in terms of its loudness or softness

Timbre: Tone color or tone quality of a song. It's how we identify different sounds of different instruments. 

Form: The structure of the phrases and sections within a musical composition and the whole design of a composition.