Week 5 Flashcards
Slowing down is
More noticeable than speeding up. Like flat more noticeable than sharp. Applies to musican so and non musicians.
3 areas to look at for music tempos
Descrimination,
Preference
performance
More even playing perceived as
Faster
To maintain tempo
Has to be automatic,
Do not cut off too soon. Subdivide
Ex. Rachmaninov c# all even composer sped up opening.
Preference, for tempo research
Well tempered clavier ex.
Variability high.
No one was consistently slower or faster, even Glenn Gould.
Harpsichord, piano, editors.
But 15 of 48 played twice as fast.
Editors reccomend even faster. Because they do not play it.
Difference between pianists and harpsichordists.
Pianists played faster pieces faster.
Expert musicians play with wider range of tempi
Preference for period of time
In general tempos have shown dwon, for Liszt sonata. Over time.
Bruno rep study
Individuality means less ratings average rated higher.
Expert performances can be repeated lower if too deviant, highly individual but not the standard.
Tend to prefer performances that are faster, for slow music,
Fast version playe slower, preferred.
Patterson article on loudness.
Say ex need 6 different dynamic levels.
How to test a musican
5 dB ni échange sont nées 30db range’ 1db biffer between each en
Can sttch dynamic range,
Musical style and dynamic range, not applicable to all.
Min, max, loudness reverse,
Classical prefer max dynamic range
Rock prefer min, dynamic range. Like what you are used to
1950 switch over from 78-43 rev/min
Could then produce 20000 hz
Preferred low fidelity. Because more familiar to it.
What is a melody
Memorable Succession of pitches,
Must be able to perceive their unity.
Distinguish between good and bad.
Melodies depend on the person,
What it me na in our heads, between good and bad.
Physical aspects of melody
Things that stand out.
Different aspects of melody stand out and make the meldoy have characteristic traits.
Melody class ex.
Ppl make sense out of nonsense. Explanations
See patterns where they may not actually exist.
Bringing us to gestalt psychology.
Gestalt
Means whole.
Hear transposed melody S being the same.
Diminution and augmentation ,gestalt principle, mirror, inversion,
Sense of similarities.
Illusions
Physical different from psychological.
We interpret what ex sense. Not always right. Gestalt examples.
