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Genre
Type of Music
Example of Music Hall
Recital Hall, Symphony Center, Opera House, Chamber Hall
Beethovens Struggle
Deafness
Also Sprach Zarathrusta is a
Tone Poem
Style is
Distictive sound of Music
Three levels of listening
Sensual, Expressive, Musical
Three Elements of Music
Rhythm, Melody, Harmony
2 or more pitches sounding at the same time
Musical texture where voices mover roughly at the same time
Monophony
Single line of music, no harmony
polyphony
musical texture with free and independent lines
Counterpoint
harmonious opposition of 2 or more independent lines
pizzicato
string technique of plucking
trill
rapidly alternating between 2 pitches
tremolo
rapidly repeating the same pitch (strings)
vibrato
controlled wobble in the pitch
arpaggio
notes of a triad played separately up or down
dynamics
louds and softs in music
chord
2 or more pitches sounding at the same time
triad
chord constructed on 3 pitches in a very specific way
genre of music in the Renaissance era are best exemplifies that music express the meaning of the text
Madrigal
sharp
raises the pitch
flat
lowers the pitch
tonality
organization of music around the pitch
modulation
move from one tonality to another