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Chapter 6 Music Journal
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Huaimin chen |
Chapter 6 Music Journal - Part 1: The Informative Content
1. Define the following terms:
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Key Terms |
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Texture |
Defined by relationships and interactions
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Form |
How music works are organized
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Single-line texture |
Not limited to performances
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Monophonic |
Only one note sounding at a time
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Polyphonic |
Two or more distinct parts
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Heterophony
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Single melody, varied versions
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Drone |
continuous, sustained tone.
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Unison |
same part performed by two or more instruments/voices
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Harmonized texture
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different pitch occur together to form chords, or “harmonies.” |
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Multiple-melody texture |
Texture in which two or more essentially separate melodic lines are performed simultaneously.
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Interlocking
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Division of a single melodic line |
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Call-and-response
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Back and forth alternation between different instrument |
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Ostinato
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Short figure |
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Layered ostinatos
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Stacking of two or more ostinatos |
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12-bar blues (form)
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Cyclic form defined by a standard length cycle and chord progression |
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Cycle (in a cyclic musical form)
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Recurring musical unit |
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Verse-chorus form
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Common formal design in western music |
Chapter 6 Journal - Part 2: Listening and Analysis
Twelve Bar Blues: “A Funny Way of Asking,” CD1-19
2. Listen to and read about “A Funny Way of Asking” on pages 80-81. Use the following chart (based on Figure 6.3) to write brief notes in the chart below describing the contrasting musical features, including tempo, dynamics, rhythm, melodic contour, and timbre, which distinguish one cycle from the next.
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Cycle 1 (0:00-0:20) Saxophone solo
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Medium speed. Moderate tempo. Temporary rhythm Piano, saxophone |
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Cycle 2 (0:21-0:40) Vocals (verse 1)
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Subito forte, decrescendo |
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Cycle 3 (0:41-1:00) Vocals (verse 2)
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Slow tempo, piano, soft rhythm |
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Cycle 4 (1:01-1:21) Saxophone solo)
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Medium tempo, soft dynamics |
5. Listen to, view, and write down what you notice in these two examples of this amazing Klezmer music!
Fast tempo
Chapter 6 Journal - Part 3: Reflections
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What, in this chapter, was new to me? |
Monophonic texture, polyphonic texture
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What, in this chapter, would I like to know more about? |
Polyphonic texture
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Of the musical examples in this chapter, which did I enjoy the most? Why? |
Harmonized textures
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Of the musical examples in this chapter, which did I enjoy the least? Why? |
Multi melody textures
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Other thoughts or comments about our Chapter 6. |
This chapter gives me more sense of music forms.
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