Post on 20-May-2015
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Music
Rachel Johnston
Jessica Hodge
Matt McCoy
“An art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.”
Expressing emotions through sounds Creating a story within a piece
◦ Appalachian Spring
What is Music?
Staff◦ 5 Lines◦ Bass or Treble Clef
Accidentals◦ Sharps◦ Flats
Time Signatures Key Signatures Rhythm Accents
◦ Tenuto ◦ Staccato ◦ Marcato
Basics of Music
A sequence of musical notes in ascending and descending order
12 Major Scales◦ Circle of Fifths
12 Minor Scales◦ Harmonic ◦ Melodic◦ Natural
Basics of Music: Scales
Harmonic set of two or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously
Root, Third, Fifth Dissonance and Consonance Major (B♭ D F) Minor (B♭ D♭ F) Open Fifth (B♭ F)
Basics of Music: Chords
Classical Period Romantic Period Modern Music
Eras of Music
1750 to 1830 Mozart and Beethoven Enlightenment inspired Structural clarity “Easy to remember” melodies Sonatas Valued simplicity over complexity
Classical Era
1756 – 1791 Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus
Mozart Child prodigy Over 600 composed works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GT7_Y1pIBb4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1770-1827Transitional composer between classical and romantic ModulationBegan to lose his hearing by 1800Composed 38 piano sonatas and 9 symphonies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mVW8tgGY_w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wod-MudLNPA
Ludwig Van Beethoven
1830 to 1900 More artistic freedom, experimentation and
creativity Increased use of dissonance Different sounds created more color
Romantic Era
Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker
Lots of operas and dramatic music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8At8zfh_o3E
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Igor Stravinsky and Dmitri Shostakovich Plays with tempo modulation and dissonance Often almost uncomfortable to listen to
Aaron Copland Plays with variations on a repetitive melody
Modern Music 1900 - 1975
Heavily influenced by his hatred of Soviet communismRite of Spring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M16zasqydUE&feature=relmfu
Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971
Also heavily influenced by his hatred for communism
Angry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjvTTfbpWjY
Lamenting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCnQDUSO4I
Dmitri Shostakovich
Appalachian Spring http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiLTwtuBi-o skip to 1:00
Aaron Copland