ᴛᴇxᴛᴜʀᴇ, ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀᴘᴏɪɴᴛ, ɪɴsᴛʀᴜᴍᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛɪᴍʙʀᴇ
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melody, rhythm, harmony affect how performance sounds
texture has specific meaning
describes what's going on at once
monophonic - single, unaccompanied melodic line
Steve Reich's Piano Phrase
unison - multiple instruments, same melody
homophonic - melody and harmonic accompaniment
Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changing
polyphonic - 2+ melodies unfold simultaneously
counterpoint - different melodies, follow same beat, fit
into same progression
imitative polyphony - staggered entrances
heterophony - different version of same melody
instrumentation - combination of instruments used
arranging - take existing piece, give instructions
each instrument has unique pattern of overtones
clarinet - 1st and 3rd partials strongest, similar to pure
sine wave
church bells - overtones drown out fundamental
timbre - tone colour, affected by thickness and density
Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima -
traditional instruments, non traditional technique
melody, rhythm, harmony affect how performance sounds
texture has specific meaning
describes what's going on at once
monophonic - single, unaccompanied melodic line
Steve Reich's Piano Phrase
unison - multiple instruments, same melody
homophonic - melody and harmonic accompaniment
Bob Dylan's The Times They Are A-Changing
polyphonic - 2+ melodies unfold simultaneously
counterpoint - different melodies, follow same beat, fit
into same progression
imitative polyphony - staggered entrances
heterophony - different version of same melody
instrumentation - combination of instruments used
arranging - take existing piece, give instructions
each instrument has unique pattern of overtones
clarinet - 1st and 3rd partials strongest, similar to pure
sine wave
church bells - overtones drown out fundamental
timbre - tone colour, affected by thickness and density
Penderecki's Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima -
traditional instruments, non traditional technique
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Dynamics, Articulation,
Ornamentation
Ornamentation
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Dynamics - loudness and softness of sound
full name of piano is "pianoforte"
crescendo - gradual increase in dynamics
decrescendo - gradual decrease in dynamics
articulation - mechanics of starting and ending a sound
staccato - shorten duration of note
legato - smooth, connected
pizzicato - use fingers to pluck strings
accent - more sudden sound, space not needed
ornamentation - localized embellishments
trill - rapid oscillation between 2 notes
Miles Davis's Concierto de Aranjuez solo embellished in
same manner as flamenco guitarist would
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