Music Appreciation

Classical Periods and Styles:

• •Medieval Period

• •Baroque Period

• •Classical Period

• •Romantic Period

• •The Modern Era Period

The Classical-Popular Connection

• •Interrelated rather than polar opposites

• Classical Connections

Music:

• Organized sounds heard over time in succession

• partial sounds generated by a vibrating medium in addition to the fundamental pitch

Pitch:

• The rates of vibrations produces

• •All musical instruments produce sounds by setting a vibrating medium in motion

• a basic pitch that generates a series of harmonics

• How high or low a musical sound is

Frequencies:

• The rates of vibrations produces

• partial sounds generated by a vibrating medium in addition to the fundamental pitch

• a basic pitch that generates a series of harmonics

• •All musical instruments produce sounds by setting a vibrating medium in motion

Fundamental pitch:

• partial sounds generated by a vibrating medium in addition to the fundamental pitch

• How high or low a musical sound is

• a basic pitch that generates a series of harmonics

Partials or Overtones:

• How high or low a musical sound is

• partial sounds generated by a vibrating medium in addition to the fundamental pitch

• •All musical instruments produce sounds by setting a vibrating medium in motion

Notation:

• oval shaped notational symbol that represents a pitch

• complete series of eight pitches

• system of written symbols representing musical elements

Staff:

• oval shaped notational symbol that represents a pitch

• short horizontal lines extending the staff to accommodate pitches outside the range of the staff

• series of five lines and four spaces used to notate music

Notes:

• short horizontal lines extending the staff to accommodate pitches outside the range of the staff

• oval shaped notational symbol that represents a pitch

• system of written symbols representing musical elements