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Defined as the art of combining and regulating sounds of varying pitch to produce compositions that express various ideas and feelings
Music
Appeals to the emotions
Music
Can convey emotions with great intensity which can affect people directly
Music
The oldest and most popular medium for music is the human voice. It is the most personal as it comes from within the person
Vocal Medium
Most natural form of music
Human Voice
highest female singing voice
Soprano
female singing voice that is low and rich in quality
Contra Alto
highest adult male singing voice
Tenor
male singing voice that is low and rich in quality
Bass
male singing voice that is between tenor and bass
Baritone
These mediums may be natural or invented to produce a distinct type of sound
Instrumental Medium
produce sound by blowing, beating, plucking or through the use of a bow
Musical Instruments
provide the basic orchestral sounds
String instruments
They produce tones by means of the vibration of the stretched string
String instruments
produce tones by means of a bow of horse hair
Bowed Strings
Violin, viola, violoncello and the double bass are examples.
Bowed Strings
produce tones by plucking the strings with a finger or with a plectrum held in one’s hand.
Plucked Strings
Guitar, ukulele, banjo and the kudyapi of the Maranao and Manobo of the Philippines are examples
Plucked Strings
create sounds by blowing into them
Woodwind Instrument
The piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, double bassoon and saxophone fall under this category.
Woodwind Instrument
The air blown causes vibration which can be altered by shortening or lengthening the column of air inside the instrument.
Woodwind Instrument
have cup-shaped mouthpieces and expands into a bell-shaped end. Sound is produced by blowing into the mouthpiece
Brass instruments
The sound can be altered depending on the tension of the lips
Brass instruments
The trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba belong to this category
Brass instruments
make sound by hitting them with the hands, special sticks or by striking or shaking their parts together
Percussion instruments
Kettledrums, chimes, xylophone, tambourine, castanets, cymbals and maracas fall under this category.
Percussion instruments
make sound by means of a keyboard which consists of a series of black and white keys.
Keyboard instruments
The piano, harpsichord, celesta and organ belong to this group.
Keyboard instruments
