Music powerpoint

Music

Rachel Johnston

Jessica Hodge

Matt McCoy

“An art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.”

Expressing emotions through sounds Creating a story within a piece

◦ Appalachian Spring

What is Music?

Staff◦ 5 Lines◦ Bass or Treble Clef

Accidentals◦ Sharps◦ Flats

Time Signatures Key Signatures Rhythm Accents

◦ Tenuto ◦ Staccato ◦ Marcato

Basics of Music

A sequence of musical notes in ascending and descending order

12 Major Scales◦ Circle of Fifths

12 Minor Scales◦ Harmonic ◦ Melodic◦ Natural

Basics of Music: Scales

Harmonic set of two or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously

Root, Third, Fifth Dissonance and Consonance Major (B♭ D F) Minor (B♭ D♭ F) Open Fifth (B♭ F)

Basics of Music: Chords

Classical Period Romantic Period Modern Music

Eras of Music

1750 to 1830 Mozart and Beethoven Enlightenment inspired Structural clarity “Easy to remember” melodies Sonatas Valued simplicity over complexity

Classical Era

1756 – 1791 Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus

Mozart Child prodigy Over 600 composed works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT7_Y1pIBb4

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1770-1827Transitional composer between classical and romantic ModulationBegan to lose his hearing by 1800Composed 38 piano sonatas and 9 symphonies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVW8tgGY_w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA

Ludwig Van Beethoven

1830 to 1900 More artistic freedom, experimentation and

creativity Increased use of dissonance Different sounds created more color

Romantic Era

Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker

Lots of operas and dramatic music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8At8zfh_o3E

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Igor Stravinsky and Dmitri Shostakovich Plays with tempo modulation and dissonance Often almost uncomfortable to listen to

Aaron Copland Plays with variations on a repetitive melody

Modern Music 1900 - 1975

Heavily influenced by his hatred of Soviet communismRite of Spring

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M16zasqydUE&feature=relmfu

Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971

Also heavily influenced by his hatred for communism

Angry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjvTTfbpWjY

Lamenting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCnQDUSO4I

Dmitri Shostakovich

Appalachian Spring http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiLTwtuBi-o skip to 1:00

Aaron Copland