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“Bowed Strings”

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Music: Dual Nature

ARTS

SCIENCE

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Why is music important?

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The Western Musical Periods

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Timeline• Medieval (~800-1400 AD)• Renaissance (~1400-1600 AD)• Baroque (~1600-1750 AD)• Classical (~1750-1830 AD)• Romantic (~1830AD – WWI)• Twentieth Century (Post World

War)

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Baroque (1600-1750)

• Music flourished in complexity and its scope broadened• Instrumental music became more fashionable and different forms of music were defined• Notable Composers: Bach, Handel & Vivaldi

Classical (1750-1830)

• Music settled in the well defined forms that developed in Baroque era• More defined forms: Sonata, symphony, concerto• Notable Composers: Mozart, Haydn, Schubert & Beethoven

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Romantic (1830 – WWI)

• Music began to break out of ‘classical strictness’.• More expressive and emotional melodies• Rules often broken to develop new ideas• Notable Composers: Brahms, Schumann, Tchaikovsky & Wagner

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Instrument Families

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Instrument families

• Bowed Strings•Woodwinds• Brass instruments• Percussion instruments• Keyboard instruments• Plucked strings (guitar family)

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The Viol Family

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Instrument Structure

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Characteristics• Flat Back• Slanted upper ribs (opposed to squared-round edged upper ribs of violin family)

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The “Violin” Family

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The Violin

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The Irish Fiddle

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The Viola

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Double Bass

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Cello

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A Cello Quartet [Online Image]

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Strings of South Asia

• Sarangi • Rebab (Persian/Afghan)• Sarod• Sitar

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