What to listen for in music

WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN MUSIC

Aaron Copland
Famous American Composer (1900-1990)
Defines American music- folk ideas- western notations
Concert & Film music
Piano player
Writes about music- critic and book

What To Listen For In Music
Asks 2 Questions
Are you hearing all that’s going on?
Are you being sensitive to it?

SOUNDS
TIMBRE: The color of a sound
Like colors in painting
RANGE OF COLOR : BASS, TENOR, ALTO, SOPRANO
NUMBER OF PARTS : MANY, FEW, SOLO

VARIOUS SOUNDS
STRINGS
WOODWINDS
BRASS
PERCUSSION
INSTRUMENT SPECIFIC
QUALITY OF SOUNDS : METALIC, HARSH, ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE OUR FEELINGS WHEN WE ABSORB SOUND

RHYTHM
MEASURED METRICAL UNITS
HAS A HYPNOTIC EFFECT
JUST RELAX AND LET IT DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO
AS IMPORTANT AS THE MELODY

R-H-Y-T-H-M
Discussion questions:
Where do you find rhythm?
Do you find it only in music?
Read a poem and see/hear if you can tap out the meter.

DOGGIE DISCO Feel the meter
My doggy likes to disco dance.
He boogies every night.
He dances in his doghouse till the early morning light.
The other dogs come running when they hear my doggy swing.
A few will play their instruments.
The others dance and sing.
They pair off with their partners as their tails begin to wag.
They love to do the bunny hop, the fox trot and the shag.

TEMPO
The speed of a piece
Using a clock we can gage the speed
60 =‘s 1 beat per min
Beat per min =‘s BPM
CLUB MUSIC MATCHES BPM’S TO MAKE SMOOTH MIXES OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS.

SOUND & RHYTHM REVIEW
WHAT IS TEMPO?
IS TEMPO THE SAME AS BPM?
DEFINE RHYTHM
A TEMPO OF 260 IS FAST OR SLOW?
WHAT IS TIMBRE?
WHEN ANSWERING THE LETTER “S” IN SHMRG WHAT ARE WE LISTENING FOR?

MELODY
Part that we remember!
Gets stuck in our heads
Long & Flowing
Expressive
Sentences: they are like the story…the rest is just effects.

USE OF MELODY
I as a composer have choices…
Like colors: A-G with accidentals
12 tones before it repeats…oct displacement
Organized sound with rhythm
R & M work together to create a piece

HARMONY
Most sophisticated of all elements
*costumes, sets, sound, makeup, audience…all the other stuff
Before harmony- MONOPHONIC
HOMOPHONIC- using lines of harmony
HOMORHYTHMIC- lines match up
1960’s: I, vi, IV, V ….all fits into structure to develop melody

HARMONY
WHAT AP MUSIC IS ABOUT!
UNDERSTANDING, EXPLAINING, COMPOSING HARMONY
SPECIFIC RULES TO FOLLOW
LITTLE CREATIVITY WITHIN STRUCTURE

GROWTH
OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF WORK.
DYNAMIC LEVELS- ..p, F, mp
FORM- BINARY (2 PARTS) SONATA ALLEGRO, VERSE/CHORUS….
ADDITIONAL POINTS OF INTEREST

SHMRG CHART
SOUND
HARMONY
MELODY
RHYTHM
GROWTH

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