What is Music? Music is Organized Sound Sound with a purpose or meaning.
What Is Music?
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What Is Music?
The Sequel
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In what ways have we learned to organize sound?
• Pitch• Rhythm• Timber• Melody• Harmony
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Is there another way to organize these elements?
• F O R M
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What is musical form?
• Musical form is: – the structure of the composition– the order and transition of sections– a blueprint or map, which describes the overall
shape of the musical work
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Every form has a….
• Beginning• Middle• End
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Typical forms
• A-B-A• Rondo• Sonata-Allegro• Song• Theme & Variation• Canon
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Song form
• Verse• Refrain• Verse• Refrain• Example: JT's "Mirrors"
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A – B – A
• An idea• Followed by a different idea• Followed by the first idea performed a second
time
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Rondo
• A• B• A• C• A• D• A
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Sonata-Allegro
• Exposition• Development• Recapitulation
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Example of Sonata-Allegro form
• Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 with listening map
• Just for fun…..• Beethoven's Wig
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Theme & Variation
• ….takes a main idea and repeats it while adding a twist, or a remix.
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There are several ways to change up the theme and create multiple variations….
• Change the rhythm (like Mississippi hot dog)• Change the harmony (chords or scale)• Change the instruments or timber• Change the style• Change the tempo• Add effects like repetition, arpeggio, canon
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Example of Theme & Variation
• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (by Mozart)• piano soloist
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Canon
• A melody followed by the same melody starting a short interval later. The two melodies on top of each other create harmony.
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Example of Canon
• Pachabel’s Canon• Pachelbel's Canon on original instruments
Do So La Mi Fa Do Fa So
D A Bm F#m G D G A
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……but wait, there’s more…..
• Look ahead for a few more techniques to guide you in your next assignment.
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Improvisation
• Musical conversation……….• ……….within guidelines……..• …………which are specified or implied
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Listen to examples of improvisation
• Billy Taylor demonstration• Winton Marsalis on improvisation
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Ostinato
• A repeated pattern or phrase• Usually a rhythm or single pitch, but can be a
melody• “Ostinato” is an Italian word for stubborn
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Listen to examples of ostinato:
• Faith Hill sings "Little Drummer Boy”• Dudamel conducts Ravel's "Bolero"