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word “music” is from the Greek word

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mousike

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mousike means?

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“Art of the Muses

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Importance of Music

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  • an integral part of peoples way of life
  • puts sounds together in a way that people like
  • Most music includes people singing with their voices or playing a musical instrument, such as drums, piano, guitar, and others.
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pitches (tones) and their duration are represented by symbols known as

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Notes

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Role of Music

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  • fundamental human functions and essential parts of human life
  • help us in venting our emotions
  • right way of helping our imagination goes to new heights
  • touches our soul and enables us to express different moods and emotions
  • inspires people and allows us to get in touch with our feelings in a way that is unique
  • allows our body and mind to make a break from the monotony of life
  • kindle the mind
  • bridges gaps between cultures
  • shows emotions that are sometimes difficult to articulate
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The Elements of Music

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  • harmony
  • key
  • melody
  • pitch
  • rhythm
  • tempo
  • texture
  • timbre
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Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to the verticalization of pitch
- often thought as the art of combining pitches into chords
- chords are usually arranged into sentence-like patterns called chord progressions

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harmony

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Greek word harmonia means?

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“joint or agreement

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Identify the Elements of Music
- known as tonality
- principle in music composition wherein at the end of the piece there is a feeling of completion by going back to the tonic

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key

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Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to the tune of a song or piece of music

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melody

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Greek meloidia, which means?

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“singing” or “chanting”

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Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to the perceptual property that allows the ordering of sounds on a frequency-related scale either relative lowness or highness

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pitch

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Identify the Elements of Music
- comes from a Greek word rhythmos, which means “any regular recurring motion
- pattern of the sound in time and beats in music

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rhythm

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Identify the Elements of Music
- regards to the speed (slow or fast) of a given piece of music

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tempo

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Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to how the harmonic materials are combined in a composition
- could be monophonic, polyphonic, and homophonic

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texture

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Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to the quality of the sound (tone) that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another

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timbre

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Songs with more than one voice to a part

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choral works

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Essentials in Song writing

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  • arrangement
  • beat and rhythm
  • chords (chord pregression
  • genre and style
  • length
  • lyrics
  • melody
  • song sections
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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- reconceptualization of a previously composed work
- includes the order in which the sections of music are placed
- organization of the instrumentation, vocals or other parts of music that make up the song

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arrangement

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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- the speed (tempo) of the song that drives the listener to feel either fast or slow
- beat that the various instruments such as bass, drum, and guitar have produced

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beat and rhythm

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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- refers to any harmonic set of pitches used to accompany the melody of the song
- formed when multiple pitches placed together on staff
- comes in different varieties, which includes the augmented chords, major chords, minor chords, diminished chords, seventh chords, and Neapolitan chords

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chords (chord pregression

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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- such as pop, rock, or country is established by the beat and rhythm of the song
- song branches out such as alternative, hip-hop, punk rock, or alternative type of music

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genre and style

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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- length of a song is always considered, depending on its use
- can be shorter or longer, but this is the typical length of today’s musical arrangement

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length

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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- always considered, depending on its use
- determines if duration of song is shorter or longer

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length

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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- describes a concept of a theme which rhymes in the sections of music
- term comes from the Greek word lyrikos means “singing to the lyre.”

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lyrics

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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- harmony of the song that you play or sing
- main line of music you’re making and the basis of the song

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melody

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Identify the Essential in Song writing
- Songs are divided up into sections or components such as intro, verse, chorus, bridge, lead breaks, etc.

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song sections

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different music genres

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  1. classical music
  2. folk music
  3. funk
  4. hip-hop music
  5. jazz
  6. opera music
  7. rock music
  8. Techno music
  9. Trance music
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Identify the different music genres
- sophisticated form of composition as it requires skills like learning the ability to coordinate with others musicians
- example: Beethoven – Für Elise, Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik

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classical music

30
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Identify the different music genres
- reflects the emotions of common people
- sub genres include cultural and popular music

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folk music

31
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Identify the different music genres
- known in the late 1960s
- made rhythm the most important element while de-emphasizing melody
- example: super freak by Rick James

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funk

32
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Identify the different music genres
- includes the use of an instrument such as bass, drums, guitar, piano, violin, and fiddle
- bass is the main instrument
- used in different intensities to emote feelings of anger or pride

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hip-hop music

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Identify the different music genres
- Complex and strong beats
- main instruments used for this type of music are a cornet, trumpet, or violin

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jazz

34
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Identify the different music genres
- has a fantastic combination of theatrical art and musical invention
- played explicitly in big audiences
- example: La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi

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opera music

35
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Identify the different music genres
- requires the vocals to be accompanied by bass, drums, and guitar
- has several sub-genres, such as hard rock, metal rock, and progressive rock

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rock music

36
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Identify the different music genres
- known as fusion type of music
- form of electronic dance-music based on African-American music styles like electro jazz and funk.

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Techno music

37
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Identify the different music genres
- usually performed in clubhouses
- characterized by fast tempo and repetitious beats

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Trance music

38
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What are musical Instruments?

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  • tool adapted or created in making musical sounds
  • primarily designed to emulate natural sounds for ritual purposes
39
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classification of musical intstruments

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  • alto instruments
  • bass instruments
  • baritone instrument
  • soprano instruments
  • tenor instruments
40
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What are the different alto Instruments?

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  • alto saxophone
  • french horn
  • english horn
  • viola
41
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Identify the different types of alto Instruments
- member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax
- type of device mostly used in classical compositions

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alto saxophone

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Identify the different types of alto Instruments
- brass instrument made about 12-13 feet of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell

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french horn

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Identify the different types of alto Instruments
- (also known as coranglais)
- double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family

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english horn

44
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Identify the different types of alto Instruments
- middle voice of the violin family and between the violin and the cello
- bowed string instrument

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viola

45
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What are the different Bass Instruments?

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  • Double bass
  • bass guitar
  • bass saxophone
  • tuba
46
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Identify the different Bass Instruments
- largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern
- symphony orchestra

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Double bass

47
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Identify the different Bass Instruments
- stringed instrument with a longer neck and scale length, with four to
eight strings
- played mainly with the fingers or thumb, by picking, plucking, slapping,
popping, tapping, or thumping

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bass guitar

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Identify the different Bass Instruments
- one of the largest members of the saxophone family of low range
- usually supported on a stand while being played

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bass saxophone

49
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Identify the different Bass Instruments
- largest and deep-pitched brass instrument
- produced by vibrating the lips into a sizeable cup-shaped mouthpiece

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tuba

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baritone instrument

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  • bassoon
  • baritone saxophone
  • bass clarinet
  • cello (viooncello)
  • baritone horn
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Identify the Baritone Instruments
- woodwind instrument in the double reed family
- played by pressing the reed between the lips and blow to sound the instrument

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bassoon

52
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Identify the Baritone Instruments
- one of largest members of the saxophone family and is the lowest-pitched saxophone

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baritone saxophone

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Identify the Baritone Instruments
- regularly performed in symphony orchestras, wind ensembles, occasionally in marching bands, and plays an occasional solo role in contemporary music

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bass clarinet

54
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Identify the Baritone Instruments
- bowed, and sometimes plucked string instrument
- has a hollow wooden body with two sound holes, and four strings were running along the body and neck

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cello (viooncello)

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Identify the Baritone Instruments
- wind instrument that consists of a brass tube that is blown using a cup-shaped or pipe-shaped mouthpiece

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baritone horn

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soprano instruments

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  • flute
  • violin
  • soprano saxophone
  • trumpet
  • clarinet
  • oboe
  • piccolo
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Identify the Soprano Instrument
- wind instrument that produces sound through the flow of air from the hole that has an elaborate set of keys

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flute

58
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Identify the Soprano Instrument
- small string instrument
- usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths

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violin

59
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Identify the Soprano Instrument
- woodwind instrument used as a solo and chamber instrument in classical music concert band or orchestra

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soprano saxophone

60
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Identify the Soprano Instrument
- musical instrument which is usually played by blowing air through closed lips in producing a buzzing sound

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trumpet

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Identify the Soprano Instrument
- type of woodwind instrument that has a straight cylindrical tube with a flaring bell and a single-reed mouthpiece

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clarinet

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Identify the Soprano Instrument
- woodwind instrument with a double-reed mouthpiece
- slender tubular body, and holes stopped by keys

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oboe

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Identify the Soprano Instrument
- high-pitched woodwind instrument used in orchestras and military bands

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piccolo

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tenor instruments

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  • trombone
  • tenor saxophone
  • guitar
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Identify the Tenor Instruments
- musical instrument in which the sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips trigger the air column inside the device to vibrate

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trombone

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Identify the Tenor Instruments
- medium-sized woodwind instrument that is very prominent in jazz groups and is one of the essential voices of a concert or marching band

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tenor saxophone

67
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Identify the Tenor Instruments
- stringed musical instrument with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and have six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming

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guitar

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