Music is an art based on the organization of sounds in time. Also the universal language of man or something who knows Pitch is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound Tone is a sound that has a definite pitch Interval is the distance in a pitch between any two tones Tones are separated by an interval called the octave Tones have a specific frequency in music Pitch range is the distance between the lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce Range of an untrained
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(guitar and violin)‚ percussion (bass drum‚ cymbals)‚ woodwind (flute‚ clarinet)‚ keyboard (organ‚ piano)‚ brass (trumpet‚ trombone)‚ and electronics (synthesizer). 2. Define each of the following terms: (4 points total/.08 point for each term) a. Pitch – highness or lowness of sound b. Tone - sound with specific frequencies c. dynamics – relative loudness of sound d. pianissimo – very soft e. piano (the dynamic marking‚ not the instrument) - soft f. mezzo piano – moderately soft g. mezzo forte
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first birthdays. Babies that are taught sign language are able to communicate their needs much sooner than babies that depend on verbal communication. Babies that are exposed to foreign language from birth are able to speak like a native with no accent. The younger we teach our babies language‚ the faster and better they learn it. Babies can also learn how to recognize true quantity. When babies are taught quantity before the
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Speaking Skills of Tour Guides * Speaking in front of a group is considered the most common fear. Qualities of a Successful Speaker * Enthusiastic * Natural * Comfortable with their audience‚ their topic and themselves * A spontaneous relaxed style draws listeners while an unenthusiastic or tense style drives them away “Nervous speakers make people nervous” How does a person overcome the fear of speaking before a group? Speaking at ease requires feeling at ease. * Preparation
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Readings: Bonvillain‚ Chaps. 1 & 2 (pp. 7-17) (handout #2) Some key terms: cultural‚ social‚ situational meaning; language; phonetics; the vocal apparatus; the vocal cords; voiced-voiceless sounds; place of articulation; stress or accent; pitch or tone; morphology; morpheme (singular-plural‚ tense). Assignment # 1: Essay on “what can the way a person speaks tell us about that person?” (due 1/18 at lecture time). Week 2: Jan. 18 The structure of language. [Assign. 1 (essay)
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It was warm‚ loud‚ and smelled of Italian food and garlic. Every employee seemed extremely busy and that’s when I took a closer look at one particular server. This server had two people she was waiting on that were from a different country. Their accent was thick and the server was having a hard time understanding. It was difficult reading her nonverbal cues‚ but once I started relating her cues to that of the examples in the textbook it was easier to understand. The first thing I started
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Long before any white man ever set foot in this hemisphere‚ there were fully functional and highly developed societies here. These civilizations were sophisticated‚ could even be considered more advanced than the European nations at the time. While the rest of the Eastern world was in the dark Middle Ages‚ the people here were flourishing. The Aztecs were the Native American people who dominated northern México at the time of the Spanish conquest led by Hernan CORTES in the early 16th century.
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placito: up to the performer * a cappella: in the manner of singing in a chapel; i.e.‚ without instrumental accompaniment * accarezzévole: expressive and caressing * accelerando‚ accel.: accelerating; gradually increasing the tempo * accent: emphasize‚ make a particular part more important * accentato/accentuato: accented; with emphasis * acceso: ignited‚ on fire * acciaccato: broken down‚ crushed; the sounding of the notes of a chord not quite simultaneously‚ but from bottom
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LECTURE 1 1. History of phonetic development 2. Subject of Phonetics 3. Branches of Phonetics 4. Connection of Phonetics with other sciences 5. Methods and devices of phonetic investigation 1. History of phonetic development The “birthplace” of phonetics is considered to be Ancient India. The idea of studying sounds was brought about by the need to understand Veda (1500 BC)‚ i.e. sacred songs (brahmans) sang during religious ceremonies. The principal question for the
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always be one who takes on the dominant role through Voice. It’s their choice of what they say and how they say it that gives insight into their character. Some characteristics of voice that we take into account are register‚ range‚ accent‚ tone‚ volume and pitch. In a movie such as “Rain Man”‚ we hear the timbre of Dustin Hoffman’s flat‚ autistic monotone. In the play‚ Pygmalion‚ we are asked to provide for ourselves the sound of Eliza Doolittle’s cockney twang. Through the study of ”Pygmalion”
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