WHAT TO LISTEN FOR IN MUSIC

Aaron Copland Famous American Composer (1900-1990) Defines American music- folk ideas- western notations Concert & Film music Piano player Writes about music- critic and book

What To Listen For In Music Asks 2 Questions Are you hearing all that’s going on? Are you being sensitive to it?

SOUNDS TIMBRE: The color of a sound Like colors in painting RANGE OF COLOR: BASS, TENOR, ALTO, SOPRANO NUMBER OF PARTS: MANY, FEW, SOLO

VARIOUS SOUNDS STRINGS WOODWINDS BRASS PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT SPECIFIC QUALITY OF SOUNDS: METALIC, HARSH, ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE OUR FEELINGS WHEN WE ABSORB SOUND

RHYTHM MEASURED METRICAL UNITS HAS A HYPNOTIC EFFECT JUST RELAX AND LET IT DO WHAT IT NEEDS TO DO AS IMPORTANT AS THE MELODY

R-H-Y-T-H-M Discussion questions: Where do you find rhythm? Do you find it only in music? Read a poem and see/hear if you can tap out the meter.

DOGGIE DISCO Feel the meter My doggy likes to disco dance. He boogies every night. He dances in his doghouse till the early morning light. The other dogs come running when they hear my doggy swing. A few will play their instruments. The others dance and sing. They pair off with their partners as their tails begin to wag. They love to do the bunny hop, the fox trot and the shag.

TEMPO The speed of a piece Using a clock we can gage the speed 60 =‘s 1 beat per min Beat per min =‘s BPM CLUB MUSIC MATCHES BPM’S TO MAKE SMOOTH MIXES OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS.

SOUND & RHYTHM REVIEW WHAT IS TEMPO? IS TEMPO THE SAME AS BPM? DEFINE RHYTHM A TEMPO OF 260 IS FAST OR SLOW? WHAT IS TIMBRE? WHEN ANSWERING THE LETTER “S” IN SHMRG WHAT ARE WE LISTENING FOR?

MELODY Part that we remember! Gets stuck in our heads Long & Flowing Expressive Sentences: they are like the story…the rest is just effects.

USE OF MELODY I as a composer have choices… Like colors: A-G with accidentals 12 tones before it repeats…oct displacement Organized sound with rhythm R & M work together to create a piece

HARMONY Most sophisticated of all elements *costumes, sets, sound, makeup, audience…all the other stuff Before harmony- MONOPHONIC HOMOPHONIC- using lines of harmony HOMORHYTHMIC- lines match up 1960’s: I, vi, IV, V ….all fits into structure to develop melody

HARMONY WHAT AP MUSIC IS ABOUT! UNDERSTANDING, EXPLAINING, COMPOSING HARMONY SPECIFIC RULES TO FOLLOW LITTLE CREATIVITY WITHIN STRUCTURE

GROWTH OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF WORK. DYNAMIC LEVELS- ..p, F, mp FORM- BINARY (2 PARTS) SONATA ALLEGRO, VERSE/CHORUS…. ADDITIONAL POINTS OF INTEREST

SHMRG CHART SOUND HARMONY MELODY RHYTHM GROWTH

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