Collage – mixing of extremely different textures or sounds. Heterophony – “mixed” or multiple similar versions of a melody performed simultaneously. Texture – monophonic (one voice or line), polyphonic - many voices, usually similar, counterpoint Dynamics can change suddenly or gradually ( crescendo, getting louder, or decrescendo, getting softer.) A composition that has extremely soft passages as well as extremely loud passages is said to have a large or wide dynamic range. Rather than describe the timbre of an instrument in other terms, it is often more clear just to describe the timbre by naming the instrument, once we have learned the names and sounds of a few instruments.ĭynamics – loud or soft. I prefer to avoid describing timbre in emotional terms (excited, angry, happy, sad, etc.) that is not the sound quality, it is its effect or interpretation. Terms we might use to describe timbre: bright, dark, brassy, reedy, harsh, noisy, thin, buzzy, pure, raspy, shrill, mellow, strained. Timbre – sound quality or tone color timbre is the characteristic that allows us to distinguish between one instrument and another, and the difference between vowel sounds (for example, long "a" or "ee"). I might describe the opening four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony as a "motific cell." A motif (or motive) is either a very short melody or a distinctive part of a longer melody.
Not surprisingly, a melody that uses large intervals is called a disjunct melody. A melody that uses mostly small intervals (or scale steps) and is smooth is said to be a conjunct melody. We might characterize melody by its contour (rising or falling) and the size of the intervals in it. Sometimes a melody is considered to be the theme of a composition. Melody- or musical line, is a combination of pitch and rhythm (some say "duration"). Meter organizes beats into groups, usually of two or three beats can be divided into small units usually 2, 3 or 4 subdivisions The two main schools of anarchist thought are individualist and social. Anarchy is also used negatively as a term describing violence, chaos, and social collapse. A specific rhythm is a specific pattern in time we usually hear these in relation to a steady pulse, and mentally organize this pulse or tempo into meter (sometimes called a "time signature"). Anarchy is social and political theory calling for the replacement of government rule with a system of self-government and unlimited individual liberty. Pitch – register (high or low) Organization of pitches with a pattern of intervals between them creates scales Words we might use to describe scales: major/minor, chromatic, gapped, skipping, linear.
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