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Chapters 7 and 9 (week 4): Literature and Music

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Hearers
do not attempt to pperceive accurately either the structure or the details of the form
Listeners
concentrate their attention upon the form, details, and structure
Tone
a sound with one definite frequency or a sound dominated by one definite frequency
Dissonance
unpleasantness resulting from wave interference and "beating"- which accounts for the instability
Rhythym
temporal relationship of sounds
Tempo
speed at which a composition is played. Perceived in beats.
Presto
very fast
Allegro
fast tempo
Andante
at a walking pace
Largo
slow
Melody
group of notes played one after another- having a perceivable shape or having a perceivable beginning, middle, end
Theme in music
melody that undergoes significant modifications in later passages
Motive in music
briefest intelligible and self contained fragment or unit of a theme, usually of a melody or a theme
Chord
group of notes sounded together that has a specific relationship to a given key
Cadence
established by chords: progressions to resting points that release tension

Move from unstable chords to stable chords
Piano
soft
Forte
loud
Pianissimo
very soft
Fortissimo
very loud
Crescendo
gradual buildup of loudness
Decrescendo
gradual reduction
Contrast
helps us value dynamics. composer can contrast timbres when more than one instrument is involved. (ex: Beethoven's "Eroica")
Mood
sometimes arise from no apparant stimulous, as when we feel melencholy for no apparant reason
Exposition
statement of the main theme in the tonic key of the composition and usually a secondary theme or themes in the domiant key
Theme in literature
a main idea or general topic of a literary text.
Symphony
four-movement structure often employing the sonata form for its opening and closing movements.

Middle movement/movements are contrasted with the first and last movements in dynamics, tempos, timbres, harmonies, melodies
Harmony
sounding together of tones simultaneously that have an established relationship with one another
Consonance
when two or more tones sounded simultaneously are pleasing to the ear
Denotation
a literal level where words mean what they obviously say
Connotation
subtler level where words mean more than they obviously say
Narrative
a story told to an audience
Narrator
the teller of the story
Quest Narrative
A protagonist sets out in search of something valuable that must be found at all cost.
Lyric
usually a poem, primarily reveals a limited but deep feeling about something. Poems that can be sung to music.
Objective Correlative
an object that correlates with the poet's feeling and helps express that feeling.
Sonnet
poem of fourteen lines that follows IAMBIC PENTAMETER
Imagery
use of language to represent objects and events with strong appeal to the sense, especially the visual.
Metaphor
helps writers intensify language. Comparison designed to heighten our perception of the things compared.
Standard definition: comparison made without any explicit words to tell us a comparison is being made.
Simile
Kind of comparison that has explicit words and uses "like, as, than , as if". Very obvious that there is a comparison being made.
Perceptual metaphor
a comparison that evokes an image and involves us mainly on a perceptual level.
Conceptual metaphor
evokes ideas, gives us information that is mainly conceptual.
Symbol
further use of a metaphor. it is a comparison but only one of the things being compared is clearly stated.
Irony
implies contradiction of some kind.
Diction
refers to the choice of words (words choosen specifically for their impact)
Satire
when diction is so subtly ironic
EX: Jonathan Swift in A Modest Proposal
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