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SATB
soprano alto tenor bass
Lieder
romantic songs
Lieder: instruments
piano and voice
Lieder: period
romantic
Lieder: composers (4)
schubert schumann beethoven brahms
Lieder: structure
through-composed or strophic
What is a collection of Lieder?
song cycle
Lieder: origins
germany
Lieder: venue
concert halls
Why are Lieder often dramatic and full of emotion?
tell a story
How might one tell the characters apart in a Lieder?
pitch tempo articulation
Lieder: how instruments work together
Equal importance
Lieder: feature (i)
imitation word painting
Pop ballad
slow romantic songs that tell a story
How do you know if a pop ballad is about love?
slow and sad
Pop ballad: composers (3)
beatles the carpenters elton john
Pop ballad: main instrument
lead singer
Pop ballad: accompaniment
backing singers drums bass/lead/rhythm guitar strings
Pop ballad: structure
verse/chorus with intro middle 8 outro bridge instrumental verse
Pop ballad: time signature
4/4
Pop ballad: harmony
simple
Pop ballad: role of instruments
lead singer supported by band
Pop ballad: features of lead singer
vibrato falsetto portamento riffing a cappella
Pop ballad: features of backing singers
harmony unison descant call and response
Pop ballad: venue
pop/rock concert, radio
Pop ballad: tempo
slow
Pop ballad: features of accompaniment
repetition inversion of motifs texture varies instrumental section
Classical concerto
composition for soloist and orchestra
Classical concerto: venue
concert halls
Classical concerto: origins
vienna
Classical concerto: period
classical
Classical concerto: movements
3
Classical concerto: composers (3)
haydn mozart beethoven
Classical concerto: role of strings
tune
Classical concerto: role of wind
fill out the harmony
Classical concerto: first movement
sonata
Classical concerto: second movement
ternary or variation
Classical concerto: third movement
rondo variation or sonata
Classical concerto: features of soloist
cadenza
Jazz
fusion of african and american music
Jazz: venue
jazz club, concert hall
Jazz: period
20th century
Jazz: rhythm
syncopated, swung
Jazz: composers (2)
louis armstrong, miles davis
Jazz: origins
USA
Jazz: rhythm section
piano, guitar, drums, double bass
Jazz: lead instruments
trumpet, trombone, clarinet, saxophone
Jazz: name of rhythm
12 bar blues
Jazz: role of rhythm section
chords
Jazz: role of front row instruments
improvise
Jazz: how instruments work together
call and response
Jazz: name for when piano/guitar play chords under to support soloist
comping
Jazz: name for type of improvised singing with nonsense words and syllables, type of fill
scat
Jazz: other features
repetition, development, improvisation
Voice and accompaniment (2)
lieder, pop ballads
Music contrasting one solo instrument with orchestra/band (2)
classical concerto, jazz
Ensembles (3)
indian classical music, gamelan, baroque and classical chamber music
Large vocal ensembles (2)
the great choral classics, african a capella singing
Indian classical music: origins
india
Indian classical music: when
traditional
Indian classical music
music based on ragas
Indian classical music: raga (scales)
set of notes to create particular mood
Indian classical music: difference between ragas and western 12 note scale
not tempered
Indian classical music: passed on by mouth
oral
Indian classical music: structure
alap jhor jhala gat/bandish
Indian classical music: sitar player improvises, no beat, tambura drone accompaniment only
alap
Indian classical music: speeds up, tambura and sitar player only, more rhythmic, improvised sitar melody has steady beat
jhor
Indian classical music: loads faster
jhala
Indian classical music: raga takes off, tabla player comes in, pre-composed piece, improvisation, question and answer
gat (instruments only) bandish (song)
Indian classical music: string instrument, plucked for melody, drone notes, 'bend' or distort, 'mind' glissando
sitar
Indian classical music: string instrument, backing, 4 metal strings
tambura
Indian classical music: pair of drums, LH: smaller, RH: larger, lower pitch
tabla
Indian classical music: small bowed instrument, no frets
sarangi
Indian classical music: bamboo flute
bansuri
Indian classical music: with double reed
shehnai
Indian classical music: keyboard instrument
harmonium
Indian classical music: role of sitar
improvised melody
Indian classical music: notes of a raga
sa ri ga ma pa dha ni
Indian classical music: role of tabla
main rhythm called tala
Indian classical music: role of audience
claps along with tala
Indian classical music: role of tambura
harmony or drone
Gamelan: origins
indonesia (bali, java)
Gamelan: texture
heterophic
Gamelan: venue
celebrations, religious events
Gamelan
traditional indonesian music
Gamelan: tuned percussion
gongs, metallophones, drums
Gamelan: role of parts
equal importance
Gamelan: 5 note scale
slendro
Gamelan: 7 note scle
pelog
Gamelan: name of the main tune (java)
balungan
Gamelan: name of the main tune (bali)
pokok
Gamelan: role of metallophone
main tune
Gamelan: type of metallophone
saron
Gamelan: other decorating instruments
gender, bonang family, gambang, strings, suling
Gamelan: look like a xylophone, bronze keys, bamboo pipes to resonate sound
gender
Gamelan: instruments with two rows of gongs
bonang family
Gamelan: xylophone with wooden bars
gambang
Gamelan: stringed instrument, plucked
celempung
Gamelan: stringed instrument, two stringed fiddle
rebab
Gamelan: bamboo wind instrument
suling
Gamelan: role of gongs
rhythm
Gamelan: name for rhythmic cycle
gongan
Gamelan: time signature
4/4
Gamelan: role of drummers
keep tempo
Gamelan: notation
learned by ear
Gamelan: structue
cyclic
Baroque chamber music: origins
vienna
Baroque chamber music: composers (2)
handel bach
Baroque chamber music: dynamics change suddenly
terraced or stepped
Baroque chamber music: harmony e.g. triads
simple
Baroque chamber music: features
ornaments
Baroque chamber music: texture
polyphonic
Baroque chamber music: bass instrument plays bass notes e.g. cello
basso continuo
Baroque chamber music: role of harpsichord, plays chords
figured bass
Classical chamber music: origins
vienna
Classical chamber music: composers (2)
mozart, haydn
Classical chamber music: popular ensemble
string quartet
Classical chamber music: dynamics
subtle
Classical chamber music: ornaments?
fewer
Classical chamber music: phrases
regular
Classical chamber music: new structure
sonata
Chamber music: melody features...
melodic inversion, retrograde, sequencing, imitation, ostinato
Chamber music: structure
binary, ternary, rondo, theme and variation, ground bass form
Classical chamber music: ornaments
trill, appoggiatura, passing notes, mordents and turns
Great choral classics: origins
europe
Classical chamber music
music for choir and orchestra
Classical chamber music: venue
concert hall or church
Classical chamber music: piece for soloists, choir and orchestra e.g. Handel's Messiah
oratorio
Classical chamber music: choral work based on latin text
mass
African a capella:
traditional unaccompanied african song
African a capella: e.g.
ladysmith black mambazo
African a capella: south african, loud and powerful, high pitched lead vocals and harmony bass line homophonic or polyphonic
mbube
African a capella: softer more gentle, blending voices in harmony, C&R, dance moves (stamps, tip toeing)
isicathamiya
African a cappella features
Polyrhythms and cross rhythms, syncopated, call and response, repetition, ostinato
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