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VocabularySpring 2018WEEK OF FEB 20. 2018Concert Promoter : organize shows by booking talent, securing venues, and marketing their events. Concert Hall Manager : manages concert hall, oversees all activities and employees in the venue. Composers : create musical scores for TV, film, and computer games. They use live musicians and sampling to evoke the intended mood or emotion to mirror what’s happening onscreen. Music Blogger : writes breaking music news stories to be posted on an online music blog. Music Critics : interview musicians and review live performances and recorded albums for print or online media outlets. Music Editor : mixes, edits, and syncs music to film. Serves as the technical and creative liaison between the Composer and filmmakers. Program Director : programs radio format and DJ schedule and selects radio programs. Production Music Writer (TV Music) : writes music that is usually licensed or sold to a Production Music Library. This music is then placed into TV shows, commercials, and films. The music composer generally splits their earnings with the Production Music Library that owns the rights to the music. Stage Manager : makes sure the day-to-day operations of a concert hall or other musical venue run smoothly. Tour Manager : manages transportation, scheduling, and the financial aspects of an artist’s time on the road. WEEK OF FEB 13. 2018Order of Sharps : in key signature notation is F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯, each extra sharp being added successively in the following sequence of major keys: C→G→D→A→E→B→F♯→C♯.
Order of Flats : in key signature notations if Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, Fb each extra flat being added successively in the following sequence of major keys: C→F→Bb→Eb→Ab→Db→Gb→Cb. WEEK OF Feb 5. 2018Romantic Period
1800-1850 A.D. Key Signature : any of several combinations of sharps or flats after the clef at the beginning of each stave indicating the key of a composition. Sharp : higher in pitch by a half step, and has an associated sharp symbol, ♯, which may be found in key signatures or as an accidental. Flat : lowers a note by a half step and has an associated flat symbol, ♭, which may be found in key signatures or as an accidental. Natural : is an accidental which cancels previous accidentals and represents the unaltered pitch of a note. A note is natural when it is neither flat (♭) nor sharp (♯) (nor double-flat nor double-sharp ). WEEK OF JAN 29. 2018Classical Period
1750-1820 A.D. Common Time (C) : there are 4 quarter notes per measure and the quarter note has one beat. 2/4 : there are 2 quarter notes per measure and the quarter note has one beat. Measure : a segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats in which each beat is represented by a particular note value and the boundaries of the bar are indicated by vertical bar lines. Bar Line : vertical lines to help you keep track of where you are in the music, sort of like punctuation in a written sentence.
Staff : a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represent a different musical pitch—or, in the case of a percussion staff, different percussion instruments.
WEEK OF JAN 22. 2018Baroque Period
1600-1750 A.D. Interval : is the difference between two pitches. Arpeggio : the notes of a chord played in succession, either ascending or descending.
Key Signature : a set of sharp (♯), flat (♭), and rarely, natural (♮) symbols placed together on the staff.
Enharmonic : relating to notes that are the same in pitch, though bearing different names. WEEK OF JAN 15. 2018Renaissance Music
1400 - 1600 A.D. Dissonance lack of harmony among musical notes. Major (of a key) based on a major scale, tending to produce a bright or joyful effect. Minor (of a key) based on a major scale, tending to produce a sad or pensive effect. Dynamics The level of volume in music.
Medieval Music
500 - 1500 A.D.
Accompaniment : a musical part that supports or partners a solo instrument, voice, or group.
Arranger : a person who adapts a musical composition for performance. Composer : is a musician who is an author of music in any form, including vocal music instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple forms. FALL 2017
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Form - The structure of a piece of music
Rondo Form (Rondeau) - ABACA / ABACADA Symphony - contains multiple movements within one - First Movement: FAST sonata form (Sonata Allegro) - Second Movement: SLOW, lyrical feel (usually in ternary or theme and variations form) - Third Movement: MEDIUM, usually associated with the waltz and is in a triple meter - Fourth Movement: FAST sonata form or rondo form Movements - large, self-contained segments of a piece of music Sonata Form - ABA' - Exposition: the section where the composer presents two melodic themes - Development: experiments with the themes - Recapitulation: restates the original two themes Motif: small section Modulation: change of key Theme - a small group of phrases that make up a complete musical idea. Theme and Variation - first presents a theme, then several altered or modified versions of the theme Ternary Form - AB Concerto - soloist featured with the orchestra Classical - 1750 - 1830 Cadenza - an added section right before the end of the piece where the soloist plays an elaborate solo. Often one that is technically difficult with fast rhythms and a healthy variety of pitches |
Classical Music Forms
Form / Rondo Form
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WEEK OF OCTOBER 30, 2017
Cadence - A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase, either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Chamber Music - Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Coda - Closing section of a movement.
Duet - A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Encore - A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance, shown by continuous applause.
Form - The structure of a piece of music.
Chamber Music - Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Coda - Closing section of a movement.
Duet - A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Encore - A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance, shown by continuous applause.
Form - The structure of a piece of music.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 23, 2017
Composer - a person who writes a piece of music.
Contour - the melody of apiece of music as it turns upward or downward.
Duration - the length of time that a note is sounded
Elements - one of the simple, basic parts of something.
Harmony - an element of music - the simultaneous sounds or notes that result in a pleasing musical sound - more than one note played at a time.
Melody - an element of music - the shape, direction, and pitch (high vs. low notes) of a piece of music
Notation - visual symbols for sound such as the treble and bass clefs
Pitch - the measure of how high or low a note, is, relative to other notes; pitch is determined by the frequency of vibrations per second.
Rote - a method of teaching by imitation
Tempo - an element of music - the speed of a piece of music.
Timbre - an element of music - the way a particular instrument sounds.
Contour - the melody of apiece of music as it turns upward or downward.
Duration - the length of time that a note is sounded
Elements - one of the simple, basic parts of something.
Harmony - an element of music - the simultaneous sounds or notes that result in a pleasing musical sound - more than one note played at a time.
Melody - an element of music - the shape, direction, and pitch (high vs. low notes) of a piece of music
Notation - visual symbols for sound such as the treble and bass clefs
Pitch - the measure of how high or low a note, is, relative to other notes; pitch is determined by the frequency of vibrations per second.
Rote - a method of teaching by imitation
Tempo - an element of music - the speed of a piece of music.
Timbre - an element of music - the way a particular instrument sounds.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 16, 2017
Arpeggio: Notes of a chord played separately
De capo: back to the beginning (D.C)
Embouchure: Mouth muscles used in controlling the tone of a wind instrument
Enharmonic: Same in pitch but different notation
Fine: Finish, end
Legato: smooth and connected
Meno: less
Mosso: more
Poco a poco: little by little
Senza: without
De capo: back to the beginning (D.C)
Embouchure: Mouth muscles used in controlling the tone of a wind instrument
Enharmonic: Same in pitch but different notation
Fine: Finish, end
Legato: smooth and connected
Meno: less
Mosso: more
Poco a poco: little by little
Senza: without
Week of October 9, 2017
A Tempo: Used to "resume original tempo"
Animato: More animated
Chromatic Scale: is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a half step above or below another
Grave: Very slow, ponderous and solemn
Interval: the distance between two notes
Morendo: Dying away
Presto: Extremely fast
Program Music: (see video below)
Scale: an organized sequence of notes
Animato: More animated
Chromatic Scale: is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a half step above or below another
Grave: Very slow, ponderous and solemn
Interval: the distance between two notes
Morendo: Dying away
Presto: Extremely fast
Program Music: (see video below)
Scale: an organized sequence of notes
Week of October 2, 2017
1st and 2nd Endings: Alternative endings for each repeat of a repeated section (like the exposition of a sonata-type movement).
Accelerando: A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accent: an emphasis placed on a note.
Accidental: is a note of a pitch (or pitch class) that is not a member of the scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the sharp (♯), flat (♭), and natural (♮) symbols, among others, mark such notes—and those symbols are also called accidentals.
Beat: The unit of musical rhythm.
C: the note graphically represented on the first ledger line below the treble staff or the first ledger line above the bass staff
Chord:: three or more notes that combine harmoniously.
Harmoniously: when certain notes sound good together
Soli: A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition with an entire section of an ensemble as opposed to the directive solo where only one member of the section performs.
Solo: A single performer or a passage that is to be performed by a single performer.
Unison: playing exactly the same notes or the same melodic line.
Accelerando: A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Accent: an emphasis placed on a note.
Accidental: is a note of a pitch (or pitch class) that is not a member of the scale or mode indicated by the most recently applied key signature. In musical notation, the sharp (♯), flat (♭), and natural (♮) symbols, among others, mark such notes—and those symbols are also called accidentals.
Beat: The unit of musical rhythm.
C: the note graphically represented on the first ledger line below the treble staff or the first ledger line above the bass staff
Chord:: three or more notes that combine harmoniously.
Harmoniously: when certain notes sound good together
Soli: A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition with an entire section of an ensemble as opposed to the directive solo where only one member of the section performs.
Solo: A single performer or a passage that is to be performed by a single performer.
Unison: playing exactly the same notes or the same melodic line.
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