EMUS 1832 004

Appreciation of Music

Rebecca Maloy, Instructor

COURSE MATERIALS

TEXTBOOK Machlis/Forney THE ENJOYMENT OF MUSIC Shorter (8th edition), WITH

CDSThe Norton Recordings

Course Syllabus, Activity forms (3)

GRADING Exams: 60% (3 @20% each) Quizzes: 10% Activities: 20% Concert report 10%)

Exams Multiple choice questions, true & false

questions, listening section Quizzes

Based on the music on the CDs Listening (active listening!)

identify & know historical information know what to listen for--the musical components you hear Be sure to keep up with your listening (on

syllabus) For LG# (Listening Guide) see Machlis inside

covers

Activities (1-3): Number 1 Interview with a Musician

fill out the form and attach a 1-2 page typed commentary

Due 1/30

Second Activity Music Journal

for 4 days you record the times you hear music fill out the form and attach a 1-2 page typed commentary (see

instructions) Due 3/20

Third Activity Viewing Opera or Musical Theater from

Home due 4/10

Concert Report Attend a concert of western art music

There are many free concerts on campus this term Turn in a 2-3 paged, typed essay on the

music and musical experience Discuss elements and the relationship of works (music) you hear to the

works we studied in class Due 4/24

Concert announcement WHEN: Thursday, January 16, 2003

@ 7:15PM WHERE: CU-Boulder Macky

Auditorium WHAT: Boulder Philharmonic

Orchestra Open Rehearsal TICKETS: $1 per ticket, available at

the door

Contact information

Office: N 147

Office hours: W 3-4, TH 2:30-3:30

(and by appointment)

Office Phone: (303)492-8219

The ELEMENTS of MUSIC MELODY RHYTHM HARMONY TEXTURE FORM DYNAMICS/TEMPO TIMBRE

Melody

succession of single tones (pitches) the mind perceives as a unit

Horizontal element (what you usually end up humming)

Melody

Range-- distance between lowest and highest notes

Wide range: “Star-Spangled Banner”

Narrow range: “Shall we Gather at the River”

Melodic Shape

Shape-- direction (up, down, wave, arch)

“Joy to the World” opens with? …descending/ascending Barber’s Adagio … long arch

Melodic movement

Conjunct : stepwise movement Steps of the scale

“Joy to the World” conjunct Disjunct: leaps between pitches

of more than a few steps Brahms “Violin Concerto” (first you

hear conjunct, then disjunct)

Melodic Phrase

Phrase: a unit of meaning (like a sentence) Symmetrical (balanced) Asymmetrical (unbalanced)

The phrase ends with (and therefore is defined by) cadences (like a period) Cadences: musical points of rest Usually governed by rhythm and harmony

“Amazing Grace” 4 phrases (with 4 cadences)

Rhythm

Rhythm-how music is organized in time 1. beat-or pulse, basic unit of length, regular

clocklike pattern 2. meter- the measurement of time in music:

groupings of beats with accented patterns a) duple meter-ONE two : ONE two … etc. b) triple meter- One two three: One two three

…etc.

Triple meter My Country ‘tis of Thee

More sextuple meter Greensleeves

What kinds of meter are these? Sousa, Stars and Stripes Forever Star Spangled Banner

Rhythmic activity

Upbeat, a phrase begins on the last beat of a measure (or on a part of it)

see “America, the Beautiful” Syncopation, accent occurs on weak beat, or

anywhere unexpected Very prominent in Folk, Ragtime, Jazz, Rock 20th century music of Western tradition (Stravinsky,

Bartok-- both influenced by Folk music) Example: Cakewalk

Rhythmic activity

Non-metric, music that defies meter Example: Gregorian Chant Example “Haec dies”

Polyrhythmic, simultaneous use of different rhythmic patterns Common in African music & 20th c Western music

For next class Read assigned pages in book on

elements of music.