“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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