1. Introduction to Music

2. Fundamentals of Music Definition of Music Elements of Music
Time ordered by sound
Elements of Music
Timbre
Meter/Tempo
Texture
Context
Emotion

3. Timbre Categories of Instruments
Definition – The physical sound produced by instruments
Categories of Instruments
Stringed
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
Keyboard
Electronics
Voice

4. Meter Meter – how individual beats are grouped Can you find the beat?
Duple: Two or Four Beats
Triple: Three Beats (Usually dance music)
Unmeasured: No perceptible beat
Can you find the beat?

5. Duple or Triple Beats?

6. Tempo Tempo – the relative speed of music Is the music fast or slow?
Fast (Presto, Allegro, & Andante)
Slow (Adagio, Lento, & Largo)
Is the music fast or slow?
Fast (Presto)
First selection is presto. Second is largo. Third is allegro.

7. Tempo Tempo – the relative speed of music Is the music fast or slow?
Fast (Presto, Allegro, & Andante)
Slow (Adagio, Lento, & Largo)
Is the music fast or slow?
Slow (Largo)
First selection is presto. Second is largo. Third is allegro.

8. Tempo Tempo – the relative speed of music Is the music fast or slow?
Fast (Presto, Allegro, & Andante)
Slow (Adagio, Lento, & Largo)
Is the music fast or slow?
Pretty Fast (Allegro)
First selection is presto. Second is largo. Third is allegro.

9. Texture
Monophony “One Sound”
A single unaccompanied melody

10. Texture
Polyphony “Many Sounds”
Two or more simultaneous melodies

11. Texture
Homophony
A single melody with accompaniment

12. Texture
Heterophony
Different melodies create a single composite melody
Rarely used in Western music

13. Context
Examples:
Most music of the middle ages was commissioned by the church.
Beethoven wrote a song about indigestion.
When Mozart wrote his music several modern instruments weren’t invented yet and orchestras were much smaller.
Lady Gaga is an alien.

14. Emotion
What feelings or emotions do you have while listening to the piece?
If this was in a movie, what action would it go with?
How does this picture reflect the piece?