(M) L1.2: Elements of Art (Auditory) Flashcards
Considered to be the least tangible of the arts
Music
An arrangement of sounds to create a continuous and unified composition
Music
Classical or Popular Music?
- Use of electronic instruments
Popular
Classical or Popular Music?
- involves lyrics
Popular
Classical or Popular Music?
- associated with the performer/singer
Popular
Classical or Popular Music?
- tend to involve repetition hence it is memorable
Popular
Classical or Popular Music?
- are usually short
Popular
Classical or Popular Music?
- usually has a strong beat which is why we can move along to it
Popular
Classical or Popular Music?
- usually instrumental in nature but operas are an exception
Classical
Classical or Popular Music?
- expression of meaning involves the use of pure sound
Classical
Classical or Popular Music?
- has a duration of around 30-40 minutes
Classical
Classical or Popular Music?
- there is more variation
Classical
Classical or Popular Music?
- originally produced from a written score
Classical
T or F: Classical sheet music can be played in a variety of ways and interpretations
False (one acceptable way of interpretation)
Classical or Popular Music?
- the beat is not generally obvious
Classical
Classical or Popular Music?
- we associate it with the composer, not the performer
Classical
T or F: Classical music has a reputation of belonging to the middle class
False (upper class)
Most people, especially the _____ would find classical music, difficult to understand
Youth
T or F: The preference for popular music may be linked to a person’s obsession with anything that is material and can be seen
True
T or F: The preference for popular music is linked to how our contemporary society is a highly visual civilization
True (a person’s obsession with tangible things)
This refers to a form of media wherein the music is marketed through the performers
Music Videos
T or F: Popular music commonly dwells in using polyphony and discursive genres like sonatas and symphonies
False (avoids)
People reject classical music due to the urge for ________
Immediacy
T or F: Listening to classical music requires engaging our minds through time
True
Classical or Popular?
- transcends what is physical and material and dwells in the intellectual and spiritual
Classical
T or F: Tackling a musical score objectively has something to do with the hidden meanings of the composition
False (nothing to do)
Refers to patterns in time
Rhythm
Described how fast or slow a musical piece is; usually marked by a metronome symbol at the start of the piece
Tempo
Refers to a unit of time made up of a group of notes/beats/pulses within a measure
Metro
Refers to the succession of consecutive notes or tones that change in pitch or duration
Melody
T or F: Harmony is known to carry the overall theme of the music
False (melody)
This is usually inseparable with rhythm
Melody
Refers to a combination of different tones or pitches played or sung together; can also involve playing them successively
Harmony
Notes played or sung together is also known as a _______
Chord
Refers to the relationship between melody and harmony, has three forms:
- monophonic
- homophonic
- polyphonic
Texture
This type of texture has only one melodic line, and it involves singing or playing along to the music
Monophonic
This type of texture refers to playing the melody and accompanying chords at the same time
Homophonic
This type of texture is usually the most complex as it has more melodic lines that seem independent from one another
Polyphonic
Refers to the degree of softness or loudness in a musical piece; also refers to the changing from soft to loud and vice versa
Dynamics
> Also known as tone color
Refers to the quality of sound generated by an instrument or voice
Timbre
T or F: Timbre depends on the amplitude of overtones played by an instrument and which parts of it are vibrating
True
Refers to the arrangement of musical events or themes throughout a composition; a pattern
Form
Type of Form:
- has an AAAA pattern
- most popular music form; evident in hymns
Strophic
A stanza is also known as?
Strophe
Type of Form:
- has an AB pattern
- a new melody is played after one melody
Binary
Type of Form:
- has an ABA pattern
- the (A) melody is played right after a binary pattern is played (AB); it goes back to A
Ternary
Type of Form:
- the theme alternates with 2 or more different themes
- can have multiple patterns: ABACA, ABACABA, or ABACADA
Rondo
Type of Form:
- the melody is initially presented or played then it changes appearance after it is entirely played
- has a numerical pattern: A-A1-A2-A3-A4
Theme and Variation
Type of Form:
- a typically fast music form similar to ternary
- divided into 3 parts: exposition, development, and recapitulation
Sonata-Allegro
This part of a sonata-allegro presents the overall theme of the music (introduction)
Exposition
This part of a sonata-allegro involves the build up or expounding parts of a composition (the tension among characteristics)
Development
This part of a sonata-allegro reviews the themes in the initial structure (the resolution)
Recapitulation
The types of musical instruments are based on what classification?
Hornbostel-Sachs
Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Sound is produced when the body of an instrument vibrates
Idiophones
Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Sound is produced by membranes tightly stretched over a part of an instrument
Membranophones
Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Involves the use of stretched strings to produce sound
Chordophones
Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Sound is produced when air vibrates inside a column or when the reed vibrates by air flow
Aerophones
Classification of Musical Instruments:
> Sounds is generated through materials that produce electrical signals transmitted to a loud speaker
Electrophones
