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| most abstract of all artforms, hard to have back in day so women would have song birds... men would bring instruments on trade trips bc gain more money |
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Rhythm- most emotional response
melody- repetition
harmony- more than one note at a time
tone color- instruments and vocals combined
form- 4 parts |
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Western Africa- bells, rattles, drums
Wester Europe- american folk music |
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| Jobs for musicians back then |
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court composer- only heard the song once if for a wedding, music for the court, chamber music came from this, teach family music lessons
play for wealthy families |
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75% string
10-12 brass
10-12 woodwind
1-3 percussion |
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| 4 periods of symphonic music |
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Baroque- pearly, highly ornate, Portuguese
Classical- simple but elegant
Romanticism- individualism, nature, passion.. gardens
Modern- percussion, "Rite of Spring"= audience arguing at ballet |
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| mice eat organ in Germany, then Christmas mass they played silent night on guitar |
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| Ragtime and March differences |
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R= wide note range, syncopation, broken chords
M= narrow note range, no syncopation, chords |
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| Ragtime and March similarities |
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| 16 measures, trio, scripted, 2 beat energy |
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improv
New Orleans
Call and response (normal conversation with instruments)
lots of ports where people then ended up in different neighborhoods (variety of culture) |
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Ancient Greece
Thespis
First actor: spoke in front of people by himself |
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| 1 movement in life in a groove (emphasis on 2 &4), same rhythm |
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| more than one melody at a time |
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| back of someones truck, parading around town like circus playing music |
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| normal conversation, clarinet respond to trumpet and vice versa |
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| John Phillip Sousa, biggest wind band to travel country |
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| Satchmo is Louis Armstrong nickname |
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| song represents people out having a good time |
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| seek out private instruction, make yourself a schedule, set a goal, concentrate, take things slow, practice what you can't do, invest on what youre trying to do, dont be too hard on yourself, dont show off, think for yourself, be optimistic work to see connections |
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god of wine
smiling/ laughing (unusual for gods) |
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| Change for the audience= No unison voice from all the actors |
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plot- conflict (human v nature, human v himself, human v group), heart of all drama
characters- connect to us, learn about themselves, what others say about them, and what they do
theme- "No place like home"- Wiz of Oz
diction- appropriate speech for character |
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person who deals with money/raises money
final control of what happens |
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Blocking- shows people where to go
Creates the concept |
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Make the performance exactly like the real thing
"The Odd Couple" |
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non- illusary
"Our Town" -wedding scene |
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Color- primary= reaction to color based on culture, secondary= reaction to color based on individual
lines- vertical= powerful, horizontal= secure, curve= comedy, zig zag= action.. eyes dont rest
mass- 3D
texture- sense of touch |
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| What makes a great actor? |
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Character stimulation- outside (height, weight)
Character embodiment- inside (emotion inside)
Virtuosity- play variety of roles
Magic- appeal to make audience want to watch |
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| Daniel.. fight scene...then goes to a total different character (kissing scene) |
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