Categories: All - examples - appreciation - tempo

by Jeffrey Wardlaw 11 years ago

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Music Theory Fundamentals Website Project

The project explores various levels of music theory appreciation, catering to different learning stages from fundamental to advanced concepts. It begins with basic elements such as texture, melody, and rhythm, progressing through more complex topics like syncopation, meter, and beat.

Music Theory Fundamentals Website Project

Different levels of appreciation

Music Theory Fundamentals Website Project

Main topic

Content

Form
Resources Link
Context-defined Formal Structures

Composer?

Western Style Periods

Romatic

Baroque

Renaissance

Medieval

Style/Genre

Genre Differences

Country/bluegrass

Pop/Rock

Western v. Non-western

Instrumental v. Vocal

Formal Structure Heirarchy

Process/Procedure as Form

Contemporary

Serialism

Minimalism

Countrapuntal Procedures

Fugue

Invention

Song Forms

DaCapo Aria

Through Composed

Modified Strophic

Strophic

Multi-Movement

Suite

Symphony

Large Forms

Symphonic Poem (Thorugh Composed)

Concerto

Compound Forms

Minuet-Trio

Theme & Variations

Sonata-Rondo

Rondo

Sonata

Small Forms

Types

Rounded Binary

Ternary

Binary

Characteristics

Period Structures

Period v. Double Period

Parallel v Contrasting

Phrase

Phrase Segment

Motive

How Form is Achieved

Changes in Basic Elements of Music

"Thick" v. "Thin"

Polyphonic

Homophonic

Monophonic

Chromaticism

Chromatic harmonies

Voicing/Voice Leading

Open v. Closed Structures

phrase in relation to cadence

consequent phrase

ends on tonic

antecedent phrase

doesnt end on tonic

Plagal and deceptive avoid or follow a phrase ending cadence.

generally end on the authentiv or half cadence

are sections that an instrumetalist or singer can play or sing on one breath.

Cadence

four main types of cadence (divides according to harmonic progression)

deceptive cadence

half cadence

considered weak cadence

ends on V

plagal cadence

authentic cadence (V or a V7 to I)

Imperfect authentic cadence (IAC)

Evadence Cadence

because the seventh must fall stepwise it forces the cadence to resolve to a less stable first inversion chord

to achieve : the root position V must change to a V42 before resolution therby evading the cadence.

creates extention (V42 to I6)

Leading Tone IAC

the V chord is replaced with a viiio/sub V chord and still ends on I

Inverted IAC

one or both chords must be inverted

root position IAC

like PAC but the high voice (Soprano) does not contain root

Perfect authentic cadence (PAC)

creates complete melodic and harmonic closure

strongest type of cadence

most direct way to establish the pitch as tonic

harmonic cadence

rhythmic cadence

must have a sence of closure at the end of a phrase

Modulation/Tonicization

Dynamic Level

Complexity

NCTs

Range/Tessitura

Contour

Ritardando

Sudden Change

Hyper rhythm

Accelerando

3/4 to 6/8

Change of Accented Beats

Motives/Patterns

Repitition / Contrast

What Defines Formal Structures

Tension and Release

Contrast and Repetition

Timbre
Texture
Harmony
Melody
Rhythm

Metric modulation

Hemiola

Assymentrical tme signatures

Beat

Variable/Changing

Stravinsky Firebird, Finale

Unclear

Wild Nights! - Frank Ticheli

Vesuvlus - Frank Ticheli

Beat present but not celarly defined by a timbre OR beat can be perceied differently OR no clear beat at all

Changes of elements within a composition

Time Signature

Meter

The Measure

Durations (Beat tree)

Durations

Silence

Sound

Simple v. Complex

Syncopation

Tempo

slow tempo

"I Dreamed a Dream" -Les Miserables

"Sunrise Sunset" -Fiddler on the Roof

Schubert - Serenade

Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 - Mvt. 2

"amazing grace"

Ellington "Tqake the A Train" - Oscar Petereson Trio

Thelonius Monk - Round About Midnight

Miles Davis - The Man I Love

Ella Fitzgerald - Misty

Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine

The Longer the Waiting (The Sweeter the Kiss) - Josh Turner

"Wish You Were Here"-Pink Floyd

24-switchfoot

Broken - Lifehouse

fast tempo

"What You Own" -RENT

"you can't stop the beat" hairspray

Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumblebee

Mozart - Overture "Marriage of Figaro"

"chicken dance"

micke y mouse march

Ellington Caravan - Oscar Petereson Trio

Branford Marsalis Trio - Cherokee

"Wanna Talk About Me"- Toby Keith

"wipeout" toy dolls

"contagious" avril lavigne

tempo changes

EXAMPLES

"I'll Cover You (Reprise)" -RENT

Bach - Toccata & Fugue in d

Chopin - Nocturne in Db

Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gilespie and Arturo Sandoval

Jazz Festival Drum Solo

Live and Let Die

Bohemian Rhapsody

Speed defined

Gradations between fast and slow

Beats per minute = measurement

Tempo = relative speed to perceived beat

How Beats Divide

3 parts (compound)

"Edelweiss" Sound of Music

Sunrise Sunset- Fiddler on the Roof

"I'll Cover You" -RENT

Saint-Saens - Danse Macabre

"chim chim Cheree" -Dick Van Dyke

Alvin and the Chipmunks - "The Christmas Song"

Crazy - Patsy Cline

Every Day - Rascal Flatts

"Summertime" - Miles Davis

"Sugaree" -Grateful Dead

"I;m with you" avril lavigne

"Breakaway" - Kelly Clarkson

"I want you"- Janet Jackson

2 parts (simple)

Subtopic

"anything goes"

Palestrina - Sicut Cervus

Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus

"I Love You" -Barney

"ABC" song

Hicktown

"Satin Doll - Duke Ellington

"if everyone cared" Nickleback

"Like a Rolling Stone"- Bob Dylan

"Raise Your Glass" P!nk

"Party in the USA" Miley Cyrus

How Beats Group

Groups of 3

Examples

"Sunrise Sunset" -Fiddler On The Roof

"prima Donna" Phantom of the Opera

"My Favorite Things" -Sound of Music

Faure - In Paradisum

Gluck - Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Strauss Blue Danube Waltz

"Amazing Grace"

"once upon a dream"

"star Spangled Banner"

"Silent Night"

I'm Movin' On - Rascal Flatts

Alcohol - Brad Paisley

Stay With Me (Brass Bed) - Josh Gracin

"Missouri Waltz" -Johnny Cash

"mooon river"

"love" ray charles

"America" - Simon and Garfunkel

"Hayley Westenra" - Dark Waltz

Lacrymosa evanescence

"piano man" -Billy Joel

Groups of 2 or 4

"Tradition" -Fiddler On The Roof

"Seasons of Love" -RENT

Marcello - Psalm XIX

Haydn - The Heavens Are Telling

Corelli Concerto Grosso in D, mvmt 3

Estampie

Verdi Requiem "Dies Irae"

Children's/Folk

"Elmo's Song" -Sesame Street

Hicktown - Jason Aldean

Why Don't We Just Dance - Josh Turner

"Baby's in Black" - The Beatles

"Misery" - Maroon5

Only girl in the world- rihanna

What defines beat grouping in practice?

Repetition

Lyrics

Melodic/Rhythmic Patterns

Accent

Types of Accents

Timbre(?)

Proximity

Aggoic

Pitch

Repetition of accent pattern defines beat grouping

Pulse/Beat

not clear

"YYZ"- Rush

Clear

Examples

Musical Theatre

"Once and For All" -Newsies

"fame"

Traditional/Folk

Jazz

Night in Tunisia - Dizzy Gillespie

Benny Goodman - Sing Sing Sing

Classical

Vesuvius - Frank tichelli

Sousa "Stars and Stripes Forever"

Terry Riley "In C"

Country

Rock

Pop

"Raise Your Glass" -Glee Cast

Don't Stop the Music -Rihanna

Send Me On MyWay - Rusted Root

Jump On It - Sir Mix-A-Lot

Lucky -Glee Cast

DotA - BassHunter

Clear beats are most clearly identified by a listener through consitent, regular pulses in a specific timbre(s)

How is pulse perceived when a consistent pulse in a specific timbre is NOT present? Is beat perceived?

No? Then does an absence of a consistent, regular pulse mean that no beat is present? Always?

If yes, then what allows the listener to perceive beat?

Content Organization
Advanced

High School

Middle School

Elementary

Philosophy

Content Levels
Enrichment/Advanced

Create

Compare

Apply

Intermediate

Principally visual/notation based

Examples from scores

Aural examples to support

Could re-use aural examples from fundamental level

Fundamental

Use music terminology to describe aural experiences

Principally Aural Based

Examples of varied historical period and genre

Many different examples

Everyone should start with the Fundamental level, regardless of background

Appreciation and Understanding
Appreciation v. Enjoyment