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Performing Media: Voices and Instruments
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Singing most widespread and familiar way of making music. Differences in cultural tastes the tone color will vary. Until the 1600s most music in the western culture was vocal before accompaniment was incorporated. Singing vs. Speaking Use a wider range of pitch and volume Vowels are also held longer Greater breath control Pitch is controlled by the tension of vocal chords.
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Range is determined by training and physical makeup. Professionals – 2 or more octaves Untrained – 1 to 1.5 octaves Men’s vocal chords are longer and thicker Lower range of pitches Classification of voice ranges:
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Musical Instrument: Any device that produces musical sounds. Western Music Classifications : 1. String 2. Woodwind 3. Brass 4. Percussion 5. Keyboard 6. Electronic Average range: 3 – 4 octaves Can be up to 6 – 7 octaves Instruments often made in different sizes to command different ranges Tone colors can change in different registers of a single instrument.
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Instruments provide entertainment as well as accompany singing, dancing, religious rites, and drama. Magical Powers Used for communication Status Symbols Popularity changes with the times.
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Violin, viola, cello (violonvello), and double bass (bass) Symphony string section Played with a bow, but can also be plucked with the finger.
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Violin – solo instrument and 2 sections in the symphony Viola- 2 inches longer making the range lower and the tone color darker Cello- wider range is registers Bass- heavy tone Harp- 47 strings with 6 octaves Guitar- 6 strings
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Greatest versatility and expressive range Ability to control tone Sound created by vibration of strings Bow in right hand Stroke controls dynamics and tone color Pizzicato – musician plucks the string with the right hand
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Double Stop – two notes played at once Triple Stop – three notes played at once Quadruple Stop – four notes can be sounded almost together, by quickly going across all strings. Vibrato – expressive tone created by rocking the left hand while pressing on string (causing pitch fluctuations). Tremolo- rapidly repeating tone with up and down strokes of the bow. Harmonics – high pitched tones produced when the musician lightly touches certain points on the strong.
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Named because sound is produced by vibrations of air within a tube of wood. 20 th century brought metal and plastic instruments. Little holes change the length of the vibrating air column and the pitch.
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Tone color much wider within family Sound produced in different ways: Flute – blow across the mouthpiece hole Recorder – blow through the instrument Clarinet, Saxophone, Oboe, Bassoon – Use a reed Reed – very thin piece of can that vibrates Single-reed Doule-reed
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Sound is created by the vibration of the musicians lips. Pitch is regulated by lip tension and/or slide and valve position. Alter tone color with the use of mutes
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Most are struck by hand with sticks or hammers. Vibrations created by the stretching of membranes or vibration of plates and bars. Definite PitchIndefinite Pitch TimpaniSnare drum GlockenspielBass Drum XylophoneTambourine CelestaTriangle ChimesCymbals Gong (tam-tam)
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Piano, harpsichord, organ and accordion Play several tones at once Keyboard Instruments: Piano- hammer on string - 1700- now Harpsichord – plucking of string – 1500-1775 Organ – vibrating of an air column – 1600-1750 Accordion – free steel reeds vibrated by air pressure 20 th Century music made the piano even more of a soloist instrument. 3 pedals – damper, una corda pedal, sostenuto pedal
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Sound is produced through an amplified sound Invented as early as 1904 – significant impact in 1950 Tape Studio – main tool of composers of electronic music in 1950 (anyone can at home now.) Not a precise art until the 1960s Synthesizers – electronic components that generate, modify and control sound – played like a keyboard. Invention in mid 1950s Analog synthesis – uses a mixture of complex sounds that are shaped by filtering Digital frequency modulation synthesis – patented by Yamaha- points on sound waves Effect devices – reverberators, echo devices, stereo splitters. Sampling – brief digital recordings of live sounds under the control of a synthesizer keyboards Musical Instrument Digital Interface – keyboards that look and feel real
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Genre: symphony Musical Characteristics: Theme – melody used as the basis for a musical composition. Variations – varied repetitions of the theme Range of dynamics sectionalized Instruments: piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, Chinese block, xylophone, castanets, gong, whip, harp, violin, viola, cello, and bass
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Genre: march Musical Characteristics: dynamic contrast, articulate and flowing segements Instruments: piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, cornet, trumpet, French horn, baritone, euphonium, trombone, tuba, bass, timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals
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