GTA Office Hours • Ms. Catheryn Van Kley (PAC M 203) is available at the following (& by appointment): - Monday (3:00-4:00 pm) - Tuesday (4:15-5:00 pm) - Friday (10:30-11:15 am) • Assistance w/ course materials • To see your previous tests • To make up tests - only by appointment - MY APPROVAL REQUIRED
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GTA Office Hours• Ms. Catheryn Van Kley (PAC M 203) is
available at the following (& by appointment):- Monday (3:00-4:00 pm)- Tuesday (4:15-5:00 pm)- Friday (10:30-11:15 am)
• Assistance w/ course materials
• To see your previous tests
• To make up tests- only by appointment- MY APPROVAL REQUIRED
NB. The following slides (on Terminology) are not covered
in the text book.
What is “Music”?
“Organized Sounds and Silences”--John Cage
What can you organize?• The 4 Parameters of Sound• Pitch = the frequency of vibration (heard as
“high” vs. “low”)• Duration = the length of time a sound lasts
(heard as aspects of rhythm)• Timbre = tone color (the source of the sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other)
• Dynamics = Loudness/Softness• More Music Terminology—mine (not in the book)—
this week and next
“RHYTHM”
• From a Greek word (“rhythmos”) that means “flow”
• Refers to all temporal (durational) elements in a piece of music
• “The organization of time in music, dividing up long spans of time into smaller, more easily comprehended units”
Some Terms related to Rhythm• Beat – regular, unchanging pulse• Accent – emphasis on a beat (or other)• Meter – measurement of time in regular
groupings of beats• Measure or Bar – one group in a Meter
- can be Duple, Triple, or Quadruple• Division of beats can be Simple (2) or
Compound (3)• Tempo – speed of the beat
Examples for Rhythm
• The Thunderer by John Philip Sousa – YouTube
• Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz – YouTube
• Dave Brubeck - Take Five ( Original Video) – YouTube
• Alan Jackson - Amazing Grace – YouTube
• The King's Singers - Greensleeves – YouTube
• Jethro Tull - Living In The Past 1969 – YouTube
• Don Ellis 1977 (10) Pussywiggle Stomp
• Monks singing Gregorian Chant in a Catholic Benedictine Seminary
Rhythm – Last Term• New word: syncopation – irregular or
surprising accents in rhythmic patterns that disrupt the regular flow of a melody
• For information and explanations of meter, etc. - see the Textbook Appendix, p. 566-7
• For information and explanations of form(on later slides)- see the Textbook Appendix, p. 567-8
• For external help w/ basic theory see: Music Theory at the Piano - Lesson 1: Pitches, Notes, and Octaves – YouTube and following lessons (Hannah Hoffman)
Five “Themes”
1. Listening Critically
2. Music and Identity
3. Music and Technology
4. Music is a Business
5. Music has “Centers” and “Peripheries” (places)
Music and Business(Theme 4)
• Music as a commodity(something bought and sold, and “consumed”)
• Industrial Model- efficient (“assembly line”) production- marketing- distribution and sales
• Illusion of “individuality”- manipulation of taste- leads to passivity- fragments community