2. What is Music?Music?
* The word derives from Greek word,
MousikeMousike which means "art of the Muses".art of the Muses".
* Music is an artart form whose medium is
sound and silence.
* Music may be played and heard live,
may be part of a dramatic work or film,
or may be recorded.
3. . Ancient Greek and Indian philosophers
defined music as
tones ordered horizontally as
melodies and vertically as harmonies.
6. Notation – system of signs by means of which music is written d
which indicate pitch and duration.
Notation of PitchNotation of Pitch
taff (Staves/Staffs)
a five-horizontal line with 4 equal spaces in which musical notation is w
Clef
a letter sign placed on the staff to indicate the pitch of notes,
ither G (treble) , C, or F (bass)
Octave
– the distance between two notes of the same letter
(eg. From C to the next C note)
7.
8. Notation of Duration (Note Values)
Note and Rest
– each has correspondence with each other, each further divided into
two
Triplet Groups
– note values are divided into three
Meter
– series of regular pulses, also grouping pulses indicated by time
signatures
Time signatures
– include the number of beats indicated by a bar in the staff, like 3/4,
2/2, 4/4, and 9/8
Bar and double bars
– bars indicate the time signature while double bars indicate the end
of composition
9. SoundSound
Organization of Music
– the “composition” of music.
Appreciation of Music
– the acquired ability to listen to music
intelligently, which depends on the familiarity
11. Components of Music
Pitch
– highness or lowness of a sound
Duration
– length of time of vibration
Intensity
– loudness or softness of a sound
Timbre
– quality of music (also called tone color)
(eg. different sound of a violin from a flute)
13. Folk MusicFolk Music
– spontaneous and traditional music of a certain
race or group, generally passed down orally from one
generation to another, expressing the feelings typical
of the people from which it originated and reflecting
the spirit of the time (eg. work, love, drinking, cradle,
patriotic, dance, and narrative songs).
14. Art SongArt Song
– usually composed with a piano accompaniment
and is the work of musically trained composers,
making the music of his song fit the words chosen,
partly determined by
its poetic structure written in stanzas or strophes
16. azz Music – exciting form of music where melody and rhythm
end harmoniously, the rhythmic background and syncopation (accent,
tress) being strong, began in the United States in the year 1900
- played by Negroes who had been brought from Africa to
America as slaves, thus has common traits with African music
raditional Jazz Band – includes trumpet, clarinet, and trombone
(for melody) and double bass, drums, and banjo (for rhythm),
played from about 1910
Modern Jazz – began to develop in 1940s, and a band may use tru
saxophone, piano, double bass, and drums
17. –– a musical drama, combining the resources ofa musical drama, combining the resources of
vocal and instrumental music, soloists, ensembles,vocal and instrumental music, soloists, ensembles,
chorus, orchestra, and ballet, with poetry and drama,chorus, orchestra, and ballet, with poetry and drama,
acting and pantomime, and costumes and sceneryacting and pantomime, and costumes and scenery
LibrettoLibretto – the text of an opera– the text of an opera
OvertureOverture – introduction music to opera– introduction music to opera
OperaOpera
18. a dramatic religious work on a non-a dramatic religious work on a non-
liturgicalliturgical
intent, employing operative formsintent, employing operative forms
performedperformed
without staging, costuming orwithout staging, costuming or
scenery,scenery,
the subject usually biblical and storythe subject usually biblical and story
told by atold by a
narratornarrator in a recitative style.in a recitative style.
OratorioOratorio
19. ? M u s ic a l th e ra p y – p re s c rib e d u s e o f m u s ic to p ro d u c e
p o s itive c h a n g e s in th e p s y c h o lo g ic a l, p h y s ic a l, c o g n itive ,
o r s o c ia l fu n c tio n in g o f a n in d ivid u a l w ith h e a lth o r
e d u c a tio n a l p ro b le m s , c o n s is tin g o f s in g in g , b o d y
m o ve m e n t, a n d lis te n in g , a n d d e s ig n e d to in c re a s e
c o n c e n tra tio n , m e m o ry re te n tio n , c o n c e p tu a l
d e ve lo p m e n t, rh y th m ic b e h a vio r, m o ve m e n t b e h a vio r,
ve rb a l o r n o n ve rb a l re te n tio n , a n d a u d ito ry d is c rim in a tio n
21. - a successive group of bodily movement
rhythmically performed in timing with music
- provides fun, relaxation, and companionship
(eg. Rigodon de Honor, gave pioneer families
welcome chance to socialize)
22. KindsofDancing
Ethnologic Dance – native to a specific race or ethnic group, which
includes folk dances and religious rituals (eg. Tinikling, Alcamfor, Banga,
Sayaw sa Bangko, Pandango sa Ilaw, Cariñosa, and Sakuting)
24. Social or Ballroom Dance
- popular type of dancing performed by pairs such as the waltz, foxtrot,
swing, boogie, tango, and the latest rock dances,
and performed to the music of live bands in a ballroom or to recorded m
in night clubs called discotheques or disco
25. Theatrical or Spectacular Dance
– performed for the entertainment of spectators, which
includes ballet, modern dance, musical comedy dances, and tap dance
26. Modern Dance (also contemporary or interpretative dance)
– represent rebellion against the classical formation
of ballet emphasizing on personal communication of moods and theme
