mul 2720 “music of the world”
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MUL 2720 “Music of the World”. Section 0001 – (Class Nbr.: 11064) Meets Monday, Wednesday & Friday 10:30 am - 11:20 am “HPA I 0112” Health and Public Affairs I, (“behind” Union). Scott Warfield Assoc. Prof. of Music History. Office: PAC M 227 Email: [email protected]. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MUL 2720“Music of the World”
Section 0001 – (Class Nbr.: 11064)
Meets Monday, Wednesday & Friday
10:30 am - 11:20 am
“HPA I 0112”
Health and Public Affairs I,(“behind” Union)
Scott Warfield Assoc. Prof. of Music History
Office: PAC M 227Email: [email protected]
Some Important Web Pages• My home web page :
- Scott Warfield's Home page(google my name to find)
• MUL 2720 home web page :- MUL 2720 - Music of the World- links to: Syllabus, Daily Assignments, (my) Review Sheets, PowerPoints, etc.
• Course Syllabus- Syllabus (MUL 2720)
• “Bookmark” or add to your “Favorites”
The 4 Parameters of Sound
• PITCH = the frequency of vibration (heard as “high” vs. “low”)
• DURATION = the length of time a sound lasts (heard as aspects of rhythm)
• TIMBRE = tone color (the source of the sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other)
• DYNAMICS = Loudness/Softness
Timbre
• Pronounced “tam-ber”
• Also known as “tone color”
• The aspect of sound that makes a trumpet different from a flute
• Literally, the source of a sound
• Technically derives from the “shape” of the sound wave (don’t need to know this)
Sources of Musical Sounds
• Human Voices (probably the earliest way humans made music)
• Musical Instruments (devices or “tools” for making and controlling sounds)
• “Other” sources, e.g., “natural” sounds, electronic devices (synthesizers), etc.
Hornbostel-Sachs Classifications• Aerophones – vibrating column of air
(includes woodwinds AND brass)• Chordophones – vibrating string(s) – can be
“lutes,” “harps,” or “zithers”• Membranophones – all drums• Idiophones – object itself vibrates• Electrophones – new classification for
electronic sounds• Some Examples: Virtual Instrument Museum
The 4 Parameters of Sound
• PITCH = the frequency of vibration (heard as “high” vs. “low”)
• DURATION = the length of time a sound lasts (heard as aspects of rhythm)
• TIMBRE = tone color (the source of the sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other)
• DYNAMICS = Loudness/Softness
“RHYTHM”
• From a Greek word (“rhythmos”) that means “flow”
• Refers to all temporal (durational) elements in a piece of music
• “The organization of time in music, dividing up long spans of time into smaller, more easily comprehended units” (Craig Wright [Yale U])
Some Terms related to Rhythm• Beat
• Accent
• Meter (duple, triple) (simple, compound)
• Measure
• Tempo
• Syncopation
• Polyrhythm (Polymeters)
Some Examples• Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa - YouTube• The Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss Jr - YouTube • Jethro Tull - Living In The Past 1969• Mission Impossible TV show theme song - YouTube• Ragtime Piano : SCOTT JOPLIN . " The Entertainer " (1902)
- YouTube• Kaida, Rupak Tal - YouTube• Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra - YouTube• West Side Story (4/10) Movie CLIP - America (1961) HD –
YouTube• Bulgaria folklore, ruchenitsa – YouTube• Kopanitsa A La Turka – YouTube• The Rite of Spring - The Sacrifice - YouTube• Gregorian Chants from Assisi - Medieval Lauds - YouTube