Musical Parameters
MUSICAL PARAMETERS
Pitch:
consonance Felix Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nocturne (MEB 2/10) dissonance Béla Bartók, String Quartett no. 4, mvt. 1
Melody:
conjunct 10. Yıl Marşı Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker (“Pas de Deux”) (MEB 1/5) Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1, mvt. iv (MEB 1/11) disjunct Istiklal Marşı Claude Debussy, Golliwog’s Cakewalk (MEB 1/51) Stockhausen, Klavierstück V
Harmony:
diatonic Wolfgang A. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21, in C,mvt. ii (MEB 1/4) chromatic Fryderyk Chopin, Prelude in F minor, Op. 28 No. 18
Texture:
Monophonic Hildegard of Bingen, Columbia aspexit (L 1/8)
Homophonic Wolfgang A. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21, in C,mvt. ii (MEB 1/4) Ludwig van Beethoven, The Ruins of Athens, “Turkish March” (MEB 1/9)
Polyphonic, imitative Johann Sebastian Bach, The Art of Fugue, Contrapuntcus 1
Polyphonic, nonimitative Sergey Prokofiev, Montagues and Capulets, Dance of the Knights- Mid-section
combination of textural types: Georges Bizet, L’Arlésienne Suite, “Farandole” LISTENING EXERCISE
Tonality:
Major M.-A. Charpentier, Te Deum ‘100/2’ IV/1 Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, Op. 35, mvt. i ‘100/2’ IV/16
Minor Vivaldi, Le quattro stagioni: No. 2 (L’estate), mvt. iii ‘100/2’ IV/11 Fryderyk Chopin, Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
Articulation:
Legato Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, “Pas de Deux” (MEB 1/5) Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1, mvt. iv (MEB 1/11)
Staccato Dmitry Shostakovich, “Music Box Waltz” (MEB 2/20) Léo Delibes, Sylvia, “Pizzicato” (MEB 1/66)
combination Sergey Prokofiev, Violin Concerto in G, mvt. ii (MEB 1/12)
TIMBRE: The tone “color” of a given instrument
THEME: A melody, a musical idea.
DYNAMICS: The “volume” or “intensity” of a given music
Pitch:
consonance Felix Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Nocturne (MEB 2/10) dissonance Béla Bartók, String Quartett no. 4, mvt. 1
Melody:
conjunct 10. Yıl Marşı Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker (“Pas de Deux”) (MEB 1/5) Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1, mvt. iv (MEB 1/11) disjunct Istiklal Marşı Claude Debussy, Golliwog’s Cakewalk (MEB 1/51) Stockhausen, Klavierstück V
Harmony:
diatonic Wolfgang A. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21, in C,mvt. ii (MEB 1/4) chromatic Fryderyk Chopin, Prelude in F minor, Op. 28 No. 18
Texture:
Monophonic Hildegard of Bingen, Columbia aspexit (L 1/8)
Homophonic Wolfgang A. Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21, in C,mvt. ii (MEB 1/4) Ludwig van Beethoven, The Ruins of Athens, “Turkish March” (MEB 1/9)
Polyphonic, imitative Johann Sebastian Bach, The Art of Fugue, Contrapuntcus 1
Polyphonic, nonimitative Sergey Prokofiev, Montagues and Capulets, Dance of the Knights- Mid-section
combination of textural types: Georges Bizet, L’Arlésienne Suite, “Farandole” LISTENING EXERCISE
Tonality:
Major M.-A. Charpentier, Te Deum ‘100/2’ IV/1 Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, Op. 35, mvt. i ‘100/2’ IV/16
Minor Vivaldi, Le quattro stagioni: No. 2 (L’estate), mvt. iii ‘100/2’ IV/11 Fryderyk Chopin, Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4
Articulation:
Legato Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, “Pas de Deux” (MEB 1/5) Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1, mvt. iv (MEB 1/11)
Staccato Dmitry Shostakovich, “Music Box Waltz” (MEB 2/20) Léo Delibes, Sylvia, “Pizzicato” (MEB 1/66)
combination Sergey Prokofiev, Violin Concerto in G, mvt. ii (MEB 1/12)
TIMBRE: The tone “color” of a given instrument
THEME: A melody, a musical idea.
DYNAMICS: The “volume” or “intensity” of a given music