Chapter 6: Music Pearson Longman © 2009 “This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program.” THE ART OF BEING HUMAN 9 TH EDITION

BASIC ELEMENTS OF MUSIC o Tone o Scale o Rhythm o Melody o Harmony and the Orchestra o Silence Pearson Longman © 2009

VARIETIES OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE o FUGUE - counterpoint Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor o SYMPHONY - four movements Beethoven’s Third or E-flat Major Symphony also known as Eroica Pearson Longman © 2009

VARIETIES OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE o ART SONGS - shorter musical composition Schubert’s The Trout o FOLK SONGS Commemorative song Work Song Accumulation Song Scoundrel Song Narrative Song Protest Song Pearson Longman © 2009

VARIETIES OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE o SPIRITUALS – emotional release o RAGTIME – syncopation Scott Joplin’s Maple Leaf Rag o JAZZ – improvisation Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington, Wynton Marsalis o BLUES – “Half tones” or “blue notes” W.C. Handy’s St. Louis Blues Bessie Smith Pearson Longman © 2009

VARIETIES OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE o POP MUSIC – performed by contemporary artists Big Bands, Irving Berlin, Frank Sinatra o ROCK – fusion of rhythm, blues, gospel & country Elvis Presley, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones o HIP HOP – broad term that defines a lifestyle with musical expression o RAP – half sung, half spoken music with a steady beat supporting rapid-fire words Eminem Pearson Longman © 2009

VARIETIES OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE o WORLD MUSIC – diverse contemporary music from many cultures o AVANT-GARDE MUSIC - breaking with the familiar Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire Pearson Longman © 2009

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