play the harp on 5/8/14 at the Mondavi Center‚ the main composition that caught my attention and triggered my memory was Henry the VIII’s "Greensleeve". The first few notes of the piece were already familiar and harmonious to my ears and also to the ears of other people worldwide. "Greensleeve" is a folk composition that was written in 1580‚ well known during the late Romantic period and early Baroque period‚ and continues to be of musical prominence today for "its heartfelt melancholic lyrics"‚
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Interested in the psychological effects of color and sound they developed the method of color composition based on what they termed color chords derived from the color wheel. Russell has been credited for inventing synchromism‚ meaning “with color”. It was chosen as an analogy to the musical term symphony to denote his emphasis on color rhythms. The Synchromists’ first exhibited in Munich in June 1913‚ with artwork that was controversial because
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forms of metal. 4. What are three examples of forms of music? Describe each form. 1.) Concerto: A musical piece in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. 2.) Sonata: A musical composition for a solo instrument. 3.) Symphony: A musical piece that has been scored for a full orchestra‚ aka an extended composition. 5. What is form in music? Form is the combination of the other musical elements‚ including pitch‚ tempo‚ and dynamics. Critical Thinking Questions 1. Music has sometimes
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This genre came out the mix of cultures living on the Caribbean coast in the colonial era. Every musical genre in Colombia has its own dance‚ and cumbia is no exception. The dance is based in cumbia’s roots as a courtship ritual‚ and is performed by male and female pairs of dancers‚ usually in a group. Women wear long ruffled skirts that were once typical
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he term musical form (or musical architecture) refers to the overall structure or plan of a piece of music‚[1] and it describes the layout of a composition as divided into sections.[2] In the tenth edition of The Oxford Companion to Music‚ Percy Scholes defines musical form as "a series of strategies designed to find a successful mean between the opposite extremes of unrelieved repetition and unrelieved alteration."[3] Musicologist Richard Middleton describes form through repetition and difference:
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Coltrane’s improvisations from compositions of 1965 to 1967. The analysis is categorized in two distinct sections. The first section analyzes melodic vocabulary that is derived from the cycle of descending major thirds progressions found in the compositions of 1959 to 1960. The second section analyzes melodic vocabulary that is derived from Nicolas Slonimsky’s Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns using the theoretical terminology incorporated in the treatise. Musical examples consist of patterns
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of music? Describe each form. Concerto: is a musical piece in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an orchestra. It’s usually structured into three different parts or movements. Sonata: a musical composition for a solo instrument Symphony: is a musical piece that calls for a full orchestra. 5. What is form in music? - It is the overall structure that a composer uses to create a piece of music. Also it’s the combination of the other musical elements. Critical Thinking Questions
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slower the vibration‚ the slower the pitch; the shorter the vibrating material‚ the higher the pitch it produces. Duration is the length of sound in time. The varying length of sounds in time creates rhythm‚ and these variations are what make compositions interesting. In music‚ time is indicated by symbols we call notes. Intensity means the loudness and softness of a sound produced by the varying degrees of pressure applied to the instrument producing the sound. It evokes the emotional features
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composed during this time period‚ in literature‚ painting and music. Romanticism followed a path which led to the expansion of formal structures for a composition‚ and the end result is that the pieces are ‘understood’ to be more passionate and expressive‚ both by 19th century and today’s audiences. Because of the expansion of form within a typical composition‚ and the growing characteristic and expressiveness of the new composers from the new century‚ it thus became easier to identify an artist based on
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Chapter 1: Musical Styles * Glissando * Rapid slide up or down a scale * Tone Cluster * Chord made up of tones only a half step or a whole step apart‚ used in twentieth-century music. * Bitonality * Approach to pitch organization using two keys at one time‚ often found in twentieth century music. * Polychord * Combination of two chords sounded at the same tine‚ used in twentieth century music. * Polytonality * Approach to pitch organization using two or
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