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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