Lecture

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Thursday, September 7, 2017 3:20 PM

Elements of Music

• Melody
○ Pitch
§ (Sounds high or low)
○ Range
□ (Distance)
○ Disjunct
§ (Large leaps)
○ Conjunct
§ (Narrow range)
§ Most music we're listening to is this
○ Motive
§ (2-3 not fragment - Jaws, 1975)
§ Usually repeated
• Texture
○ Monophonic
§ (single melody line with no accompaniment / chords)
○ Homophonic
§ (Single melody line with accompaniment / chords)
§ Singer/songwriter music
○ Polyphonic
§ (Multiple melody lines)
• Harmony / Tonality
○ Chord
○ Dissonance
§ When a composer doesn’t write in a specific key signature
○ Major
○ Minor
○ Chromatic
○ Minor
○ Chromatic