MUL 2720“Music of the World”

Section 0001 – (Class Nbr.: 11064)

Meets Monday, Wednesday & Friday

10:30 am - 11:20 am

“HPA I 0112”

Health and Public Affairs I,(“behind” Union)

Scott Warfield Assoc. Prof. of Music History

Office: PAC M 227Email: scott.warfield@ucf.edu

Some Important Web Pages• My home web page :

- Scott Warfield's Home page(google my name to find)

• MUL 2720 home web page :- MUL 2720 - Music of the World- links to: Syllabus, Daily Assignments, (my) Review Sheets, PowerPoints, etc.

• Course Syllabus- Syllabus (MUL 2720)

• “Bookmark” or add to your “Favorites”

The 4 Parameters of Sound

• PITCH = the frequency of vibration (heard as “high” vs. “low”)

• DURATION = the length of time a sound lasts (heard as aspects of rhythm)

• TIMBRE = tone color (the source of the sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other)

• DYNAMICS = Loudness/Softness

Timbre

• Pronounced “tam-ber”

• Also known as “tone color”

• The aspect of sound that makes a trumpet different from a flute

• Literally, the source of a sound

• Technically derives from the “shape” of the sound wave (don’t need to know this)

Sources of Musical Sounds

• Human Voices (probably the earliest way humans made music)

• Musical Instruments (devices or “tools” for making and controlling sounds)

• “Other” sources, e.g., “natural” sounds, electronic devices (synthesizers), etc.

Hornbostel-Sachs Classifications• Aerophones – vibrating column of air

(includes woodwinds AND brass)• Chordophones – vibrating string(s) – can be

“lutes,” “harps,” or “zithers”• Membranophones – all drums• Idiophones – object itself vibrates• Electrophones – new classification for

electronic sounds• Some Examples: Virtual Instrument Museum

The 4 Parameters of Sound

• PITCH = the frequency of vibration (heard as “high” vs. “low”)

• DURATION = the length of time a sound lasts (heard as aspects of rhythm)

• TIMBRE = tone color (the source of the sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other)

• DYNAMICS = Loudness/Softness

“RHYTHM”

• From a Greek word (“rhythmos”) that means “flow”

• Refers to all temporal (durational) elements in a piece of music

• “The organization of time in music, dividing up long spans of time into smaller, more easily comprehended units” (Craig Wright [Yale U])

Some Terms related to Rhythm• Beat

• Accent

• Meter (duple, triple) (simple, compound)

• Measure

• Tempo

• Syncopation

• Polyrhythm (Polymeters)

Some Examples• Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa - YouTube• The Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss Jr - YouTube • Jethro Tull - Living In The Past 1969• Mission Impossible TV show theme song - YouTube• Ragtime Piano : SCOTT JOPLIN . " The Entertainer " (1902)

- YouTube• Kaida, Rupak Tal - YouTube• Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra - YouTube• West Side Story (4/10) Movie CLIP - America (1961) HD –

YouTube• Bulgaria folklore, ruchenitsa – YouTube• Kopanitsa A La Turka – YouTube• The Rite of Spring - The Sacrifice - YouTube• Gregorian Chants from Assisi - Medieval Lauds - YouTube