Natasha Leon Music class Study guide Study guide 1 1. Sound- begins with the vibration of an object‚ such as a table that is pounded or a string that is plucked or bowed. 2. Music- is part of this world of sound‚ an art based on the organization of sounds in time. 3. Pitch- is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound. 4. Interval- "Distance" in pitch between any two tones. 5. How are vibration and pitch related? - The faster the vibrations‚ the higher the
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lord; shall be revea-led; and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the lord hath spoken it. The structure of the piece is based around these phrases. It uses a SATB choir arrangement along with many string instruments (Including the Harpsichord in the Continuo Bass)‚ creating a mainly homophonic texture‚ with a short monophonic texture at bars 108-109. The phrases also use imitation; this can be clearly seen at bar 19. The dynamics of the piece do not vary greatly‚ however it does go from
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GCSE OCR Music Notes Baroque (1600 – 1750) 1. Approx. date: 17th and 18th Centuries (1600 and 1750) 2. Instruments: Violin‚ Viola‚ Cello‚ Harpsichord‚ Organ‚ Recorder‚ Flute‚ Oboe 3. Typical forms/structures: Opera‚ Oratorio‚ Fugue‚ Suite‚ Sonata‚ Concerto 4. Composers and their works/pieces: Purcell – Dido and Aeneas Vivaldi – The four seasons J. S Bach – Mass in B Minor Monteverdi – L’Orfeo Handel – Messiah Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard Sonatas J. S Bach – The well – tempered
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purpose of this response‚ we are focusing on the architect and musical style of the Baroque Era. Bach’s composition No. 5 (Brandenburg)‚ has polyphonic texture and uses the string and woodwind instrument family. You can hear the violins‚ flute‚ and harpsichord in this piece. The musical form of this piece is a three-part ritornello‚ and there are 3 movements. The movements go: (1) fast‚ (2) slow‚ and (3) fast. You can see the same type of texture used in the architect of the Town Hall in Munich‚ Germany
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Drang is associated with Classical music‚ and therefore shows that the piece was written in this time. Also‚ the instrumentation shows it was written in the classical period; it is scored for two oboes‚ two bassoons‚ horns‚ timpani‚ continuo (harpsichord) and a string section containing first and second violins‚ violas‚ cellos and double basses. This instrumentation is typical of the classical period orchestra‚ although a few are missing‚ eg flute.
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The Biography of Johann Sebastian Bach Many people today look back to the writings and works of Johann Sebastian Bach‚ “Bach‚” to learn and admire the indelible marks and influence that he was to the world of music as a composer‚ organist‚ harpsichordist‚ violist‚ and violinist of the Baroque Period. Bach was born in 1685 in Eisenach‚ a town in Thuringia‚ Germany; he was raised and spent most of his life there. Because a scarcity of finances his career and himself were limited to where he could
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Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) was an Italian composer who was born in Naples‚ Italy‚ in 1685‚ the same year as Johan Sebastian Bach and George Handel‚ and spent much of his life in Spain and Portugal as music master to the princess Maria Barbara who later became Queen of Spain. The Scarlatti’s Sonatas Form and Tonal structure In the works of Scarlatti there are no sonatas that may be considered completely typical. Generally there is a single movement in binary form with both a varied and expressive
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Bach more than twice the salary of his predecessor. Restricted by the chapel’s low-quality organ‚ Bach negotiated for new instruments in Carlsbad and Berlin‚ traveling with the prince throughout 1718 and 1719. Composing for the inauguration of a harpsichord he had acquired in Berlin‚ Bach prepared the Brandenburg Concertos in 1720.[1] Drawing from a wide range of musical influences and styles‚ Bach pays tribute to and in many ways surpasses the works of his contemporaries‚ ultimately and undeniably
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“I really can’t think of any other music which is so all-encompassing‚ which moves me so deeply‚ and which‚ is valuable beyond all its skill and brilliance for something more meaningful than that-it’s humanity. I would tire of a repetition of lush Tchaikovsky melodies day in and day out”(Jacobson 10). Glenn Gould said that very quote about Johann Sebastian Bach and his music. Johann Sebastian Bach left an amazing legacy as the best composer in the Baroque era‚ and he is one of the most important
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Frequencies A sound wave is created as a result of a vibrating object. The object that is vibrating‚ is the source of the disturbance that moves throughout the medium. The object creating the disturbance could be the vocal cords of a person‚ the vibrating strings and soundboard on a string instrument‚ or the vibrating diaphragm of a radio speaker. If an object has the ability to vibrate‚ then it will produce sound. Almost every
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