From our textbook and listening to music in general, we have come to notice the beat patterns or meters in music. These beats can range from two, three, four, or even six beats per measure, helping musicians and people in general to keep in time with the music, able to sing and dance along to the beat, commonly found in most music. In fact, a lot of songs have a steady beat in the background counting out the beats. However, some music does not have a meter and are known as nonmetrical. Nonmetrical music is very free-flowing, not sticking to the confines of a beat, or meter, making it rather difficult to count. An example of this type of music are many Gregorian chants, seeing as how there was not a meter to count when these songs were made. …show more content…
The noises would usually be thought to be nonmetrical, but when one sits down and listens to the sounds, they may begin tapping their foot to a beat they discover hidden within. In music, a meter is found in most songs, mostly to keep musicians on time with the song and to make it easier to follow. Meters are commonly found in classical music, such as “Hallelujah Chorus” by Händel Messiah. The meter for that song is 4/4, a beat found and able to be tapped out and followed. Another example of a metrical song, this time a bit more modern, would be “Perfect by Ed Sheeran. The meter is 3/4, a bit harder to count, but metrical nonetheless. Moving on from this, there are a ton of examples in music and nature for sounds
The choreographer uses rhythmic patterns of the music as an element of time. A rhythm pattern is a repetitive pattern of beats. The rhythmic patterns of the music in the video are fast, but remains the same throughout. The choreographer uses the fun upbeat to convert the dance into a story. Another example of time that is used is stillness.
The terms homophony and polyphony are both musical voices. The former can be defined as one sound or line of melody at a time that is played by multiple instruments at the same time, while the latter is any music with two or more independent melodic parts sounded together. Homophony music is one melodic line at a time, the other voices or parts serving as accompaniment. Polyphony music, on the other hand, is combined with several lines of a similar, rhythmically identical design. The terms homophony and polyphonic are types of a musical texture as well. The most common definition of texture, in a general sense, is the visual or tactile surface characteristics and appearance of something. The following qualifiers "rough", "smooth", "coarse", "silken", "thin" and "thick" are mostly accompany the term to describe certain characteristics of textiles. Its definition as a musical term is the overall quality of a sound of a piece, most often indicated by the number of voices in the music as well as the interaction of melodies and harmonies within a song. Homophonic texture can be found in the most popular music styles, such as folk, rock, country, jazz, etc. and also can be accompanied with a vocal music. Polyphonic, in contrast, described as thicker or
Rhythm is the pattern of music. It is one of the key characteristics to define music as what it is. Rhythm is valuable, and in both Cuban and West-African music, it is one of the most crucial parts of their music. Cuban music can be separated into many different sub-categories, one of them being the Son Cubano, a type of music that originated in Cuba, and is heavily influenced by African music. Son music has very few characteristics that fully developed by itself; the music has strong hints of Spanish guitar, melody, monophony and lyrical translation with African percussion and rhythms, all merged together to show that the music had developed traits that it had borrowed from other cultures, mainly Africa. This clearly demonstrates the distinct similarities between these two nations, and how one adapted a part of the others music. Another interrelation is how both culture's music is quite simple; no complex harmonies or complicated reading of music, but with decidedly trickier rhythms. In West-Cuban music, they have an element called polyrhythm, which means multiple or opposing rhythmic patterns played at the same time. Usually, there are multiple drummers to play the separate parts, so in the end it c...
There are various aspects of our lives and of those there is music. Music is an inextricable part of life. It can be dated back to the most primitive of time. Where there are humans there is some form of music varying from culture to culture. Languages, belief systems and many other variables within a nation have great influence on what is considered music and what’s not music. This is why it is very important when listening to music to consider the context in which it was created in. This will enable you to appreciate the different sounds and musical constructions such as rhythm, melody, harmony and also the lack thereof. American music is fundamentally diverse because of the many ethnicities and subcultures. These attributes of society are also found in other nations around the world. The Middle East, Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa are nations of varied ethnic groups whom have expressed their beliefs, culture and other extra musical influences in their music. Through the study of many ethnomusicologists in these regions we can acknowledge and or comprehend the different sounds of music apart from our ethnocentric understanding of music.
Tiernay, A., & Kraus, N. (2013, September 18). The ability to move to a beat is linked to the consistency of the neural responses to sound. The Journal of Neural Science, 33(38), 14981-14988.
Throughout the semester, various styles of music and the aspects of culture associated with these styles have been analyzed. Musical elements such as dynamics, texture, form, timbre, melody, instruments, etc., have been used to thoroughly explore each kind of music from different areas of the world, with an emphasis in music from Africa, India and Indonesia. These aspects of music go far beyond just music itself. Culture also plays a huge role in music and the accompanying musical elements. Each country and culture has a different style and distinctiveness that add to what makes the music of that certain culture unique. Music in Africa may differ dramatically from music in Indonesia or India not only due to those certain elements but also due to how it is interpreted by people and what it represents for those people. In addition to this, what one may consider music in one culture may not be music to another. These differences have been made apparent in the several demonstrations that we have been exposed to in class.
Music, in most of the dictionaries is defined as sound that has rhythm and melody or harmony. Rhythm. When we listen to music we use this term quite often. In almost all the songs we appreciate we would attach the word Rhythm to it. Rhythm is defined as a regular repetition of a beat. It is also defined as the time element of music. When we hear John Cage?s Sonata No 5, we can clearly hear a repetition of sound. So we hear a rhythm.
Music has shaped the lives of people throughout history. Even in its earliest forms, music has included use of instruments. One of the oldest musical instruments known is a variation of the flute; the original flute is thought to date back nearly 67,000 years ago. Tonight we are going to move throughout the eras with a history of instrumental music. This concert will begin with the Renaissance Era and continue through time until we have reached modern instrumental music.
“The final years of the 1970’s saw the emergence of a new style of pop music that would continue in popularity into the early 1980’s. This music was known, by its fans at that time, as New Wave” (http://www.erols.com/alloyd/adam2.htm). “New Wave” had a particular style that utilized the synthesizer as a main instrument. The synthesizer was a machine that electronically produced music. It gave a certain artificial and metallic feel to the music.
Pop. Traditional. Classical. These are all genres of music. These all serve a purpose. These are all important. Pop music has been used to help inform and motivate the general public during movements like environmental protection and gay rights. Traditional music has helped to guide us by telling us stories of the past from the church to the fields. Classical music has been played for royalty and help dancers spin a story. Some can be considered art while others can’t, but it often differs because the definition of art is in constant motion. The definition of art is a subject philosopher’s debate because it can be defined strictly or loosely. For the purpose of this essay, let art be defined as anything that can be touched or heard, and it causes a mental and physical reaction. Classical music is truly an art form because it invokes a mental and physical reaction from both the audience and the performers, and it has contrast to make it more dynamic.
I am an Elementary Music Instructor who has the responsibility to educate the future musicians of the Kent Community Schools District and I am interested in the impact of instructional time and classroom organization on students' musical learning. In my capacity as the Elementary Music Instructor I strive to find the best strategies that would maximize the instructional time allotted for the students that are participating in the Elementary Music program. This has been a constant struggle with the continuous back and forth with the administration and the scheduling conflicts of the students. Not to mention pulling students for mandatory state testing from the music class assemblies and other non-musical things, this has been
To fully understand any musical style, one must be able to analyze the various elements of music as they exist in that particular style. In this first musical close-up, we shall briefly describe these elements of music. In subsequent musical close-ups, we shall examine one or another of these elements in greater detail as it pertains to a given style or topic.
Dudley investigates this topic by analyzing the interactive rhythmic feel of calypso by contrasting African and western concepts and practices. Conclusion Shannon Dudley concluded that western musical concepts do not acknowledge the importance of rhythmic feel in African and African American music. Analyzing calypso demonstrates her topic of rhythmic feel is important in distinguishing African and African American genres from one another.
The first thing I think of when I hear the word music is country or hip-hop, because that is what I mainly listen too. I listen to country music the most, and I can relate the songs to my life. They sing a lot about trucks, women, and drinking beer, and I would say that is a big part of my life, especially drinking beer. I grew up in rural Montana and all my friends parents were farmers or ranchers. My hometown reminds me of the places that country singers sing a lot about and I can relate to that. Relating music to my major might be a bit more difficult. Music itself might not be engineered, but musical instruments have to be engineered to make the right sound come out of them. All musical instruments that are created are engineered by someone and they all have different designs. The design of an instrument depends a lot on what sound it produces and to change the sound you need engineering.
Trigonometry is the branch of mathematics that is based off on the study of triangles. This study help define the relations between the different angle measures of a triangle with the lengths of their sides. Even though trigonometry is the study of triangles, it is mostly used to study right angled triangles with the six functions: sine, cosine and tangent, and their reciprocals cosecant, secant, and cotangent. These functions are made by the corresponding points to the infinite number of angles that are present when continuously rotated in the unit circle. Because of this, each of the trigonometry functions has a tendency to repeat itself after every complete rotation around the unit circle. (Pierce) Since everything in math can be applied in real-life situations and problem, trigonometry has many applications in the real world as well, such as in architecture, astronomy, and in music. Likewise, the purpose of this essay is to further explore and research the real world applications of trigonometry in music. Music is a subject that intrigues me because it is like a whole other language on its own. It is very unique with its notation system and different styles, just like in literature. Thus, I wanted to learn more about its background so it can help me to better understand its concepts, like how the human ear receives music and how it can interpret high notes and/or low notes when it is by itself or when it is harmonized with others.