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Unit 1: Elements of Music
World Music Dr. Corbin
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Music
Undergraduate 1
08/23/2012

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Melody
Definition
An organized succession of pitches forming a musical idea. (The tune: the part you whistle)
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Pitch
Definition
A tone's specific frequency level (ie - high or low) (described either in Hertz (Hz) or by pitch name (A, Bb, C#, etc.))
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Ornamentation
Definition
An embellishment or decoration of a melody
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Meter
Definition
A grouping of beats into a regular pattern (usually only 2, 3, or 4 beats, but can be up to 16 or 32)
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Beat
Definition
A steady pulse
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Rhythm
Definition
The length or duration of sounds (how sounds occur in time)
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Form
Definition
The larger underlying structure of a musical performance
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Timbre
Definition
The tone quality or "color" of a sound
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Aerophone
Definition
Instruments that require air to produce sound
(flutes, reeds, trumpets, organs, bagpipes)
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Chordophone
Definition
Instruments that use strings to produce sound (violin, guitar, harps, piano)
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Idiophone
Definition
Instruments that vibrate to produce sound
(cymbals, wood block, triangle, bells, gongs, xylophone)
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Membranophone
Definition
Instruments that a vibrating, stretched membrane to produce sound
(all drums)
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Electronophone
Definition
Instruments that require electricity to produce sound
(synthesizer, Hammond organ, computers)
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Tuning System
Definition
The "notes" that a musical tradition uses, defined by that tradition. (The West uses the 12-note octave, as seen on the piano)
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Scale
Definition
Sequence of notes arranged in ascending order
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Interval
Definition
The distance between two pitches
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Tempo
Definition
The speed of the beat
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Syncopation
Definition
The accenting of a normally weak beat (What makes music "funky" or dance-like.)
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Homophonic texture
Definition
Multiple lines of music expressing the same musical idea
(typical singer with accompaniment)
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Heterophonic texture
Definition
Multiple performers playing simultaneous variations of the same line of music
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Is music a universal activity or language?
Definition
Activity
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Ethnocentrism
Definition
The unconscious assumption that one's own cultural background is "normal," while that of others is "strange" or "exotic"
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Classical Music
Definition
Music created in the context of wealth, requiring considerable training on the part of the musicians, and is performed for an educated and/or select audience.
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Folk Music
Definition
Music originating among the common people of a nation or region, spread about or passed down orally, and uses simple instruments.
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Popular Music
Definition
Any genre of music having wide appeal and thus large amounts of financial resources.
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Polyphonic texture
Definition
Music with two or more distinct music ideas sounding simultaneously
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Concept: Musical Identity
Definition
(pages 40-42 in text, ideas related to how music can be an expression of cultural identity...)
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Concept: Musical Transmission
Definition
(page 48 in text: the idea that different cultures may teach music to their younger generations in different ways: rote teaching vs. sheet music vs. "guru" approach)
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Concept: Music's Use vs. Function
Definition
(Page 42 in text: the way the music is perceived by outsiders and insiders in a culture is different: what is the "ritual" behind the music?)
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Music
Definition
Organized Sound (though we know this term is culturally defined by the culture that creates the music)
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Concept: How can some cultures NOT consider "singing" to be "Music"??
Definition
Since "music" is a culturally defined term, religions that don't believe in the concept of sacred music (most Islam and some Buddhist sects) will not define sacred chanting as music.
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Texture
Definition
The relationship between different sounds in a given piece, such as homophonic, polyphonoic, monophonic, or heterophonic.
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Concept: Music's connections to other arts
Definition
In most cultures, music is inextricably linked to other art forms, such as dance, visual arts, masks, etc.
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Monophonic texture
Definition
a single, unaccompanied, melody.
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