INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC Ch. 8:Texture Ch 9:Form Ch. 10:Style

 The musical “weave” or layers of what we hear together  a melody  several melodies  a melody + accompaniment  several melodies + accompaniment TEXTURE

 monophony =a melody TEXTURE Everyone in the room sings the same melody together. Is that monophony? ____ What term describes that phenomenon? _______ unison Men’s chest voices are naturally an _______ lower than the women’s head voices. octave yes vocalinstrumental

 monophony =a melody  polyphony (2 types)  2 or more melodies of equal importance sounding together  imitation imitation TEXTURE A - ve Ma - ri ---- a vocalinstrumental 2 melodies

TEXTURE accompaniment accompaniment accom paniment accompaniment accompanime nt accompaniment accompaniment acco mpaniment accompaniment accompani ment accompaniment accompaniment a ccompaniment accompaniment accomp Melody unequal  monophony =a melody  polyphony = 2 or more melodies of equal importance sounding together  Imitation Imitation  homophony =melody in the foreground w/ subordinate accompanimentmelody in the foreground w/ subordinate accompaniment vocalinstrumental 2 melodies

MONOPHONY POLYPHONY SEVERAL DISSIMILAR MELODIES IMITATION HOMOPHONY SOOOO, WHAT DO YOU HEAR? IDENTIFY THE TEXTURE AND PERFORMING MEDIA: Texture

“…the organization of musical ideas in time.” (Kamien) Form builders: unityrepetition of musical ideas “musical glue” contrastnew musical ideas creates forward motion, suspense variationrestated musical idea with some change(s) FORM

Some example forms found in music: Time:00:00xx:yy piece 1:ABA piece 2:AABB piece 3:ABACABA piece 4:AA 1 A 2 A 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 (AA’A”A”’ etc.) How many sections in each piece? How many musical ideas in each piece? Does a piece’s form give any information about its length? Does each form balance new ideas and repeated ideas? What label from the previous slide would you apply to form #4? How does form #4 create and balance unity and contrast? FORM

A--B BIG CONTRAST ABA’ Describe A:Describe B:Compare with A melodymelodysimilarities tone colortone colordifferences rangerange contourcontour motionmotionaccompaniment 3 sections 2 highly contrasting ideas LISTENING FOR FORM TCHAIKOVSKY, DANCE OF THE REED FLUTES Kamien Pg. 50

A BA’ LISTENING FOR FORM TCHAIKOVSKY, DANCE OF THE REED FLUTES

A--B BIG CONTRAST a--b some contrast ABA’ aba’ABA’ aba’ca’ Flute trio melody English horn melody Trumpet melody Flute melody repeated LISTENING FOR FORM TCHAIKOVSKY, DANCE OF THE REED FLUTES

Flute trio melody ABA’ abaca English horn melody Trumpet melody Flute melody repeated LISTENING FOR FORM TCHAIKOVSKY, DANCE OF THE REED FLUTES

ABA’ aba’ca’ aaba’a’cc’a’a’ Flute trio English horn Trumpet melody Track the entire piece LISTENING FOR FORM TCHAIKOVSKY, DANCE OF THE REED FLUTES

…is what’s fashionable in terms of: melody rhythm tone color dynamics harmony texture form STYLE Listeners’ tastes determine the nature of each of these elements, and those tastes change throughout the course of history. For example, the 16th century was the “golden age of polyphony,” but homophony was favored in the early 17th century. 17 th century music was based on long, complex melodies; 18 th century listeners preferred simple, short, folk-like melodies.

CMiddle Ages CRenaissance CBaroque CClassical CRomantic CTwentieth Century STYLISTIC PERIODS

Know this! 5-15CMiddle Ages 16CRenaissance 17CBaroque 18CClassical 19CRomantic 20CTwentieth Century

WORK NEXT CLASS: Submit signed checklists. KamienPart III: Ch 3, 4

BEFORE NEXT CLASS: 1.Read the syllabus thoroughly & fill out Syllabus Checklist. 2.Register on Connect Kamien. 3.Part I: Work through Scan read Part III: Ch, 1, 2, 4.In class: Part III, Ch. 3, 4 4.Review Elements Part I: Learn musical term definitions. Practice naming instruments by sound. YouTube Gems Connect Kamien 3 practice tasks 5.Explore: Text--learn structure & organization. Connect Kamien McGraw-Hill Online Leaning Center ML Hartman’s S.U. website

TODAY’S PRESENTATION is posted at the Introduction to Music website: