unit i - class 2

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Properties of Sound

•Timbre (color – sound quality)

•Frequency (pitch)

•Amplitude (dynamics – volume)

•Duration

Properties of Silence

• Duration

“Music is organized sound.”

-Edgard Varèse

Music =

Sound + SilenceTime

Sections of the Orchestra

•Woodwinds

•Brass

•Strings

•Percussion

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Flute

Piccolo Alto Flute

English

Horn

Oboe

Clarinet

Bass Clarinet

Bassoon

Contrabassoon

French Horn

Trumpet

Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Cymbals

Snare Drum

Triangle

Violin

Viola

Cello (Violoncello)

Bass (Contrabass)

PIANO

HARP

Thomas Sully

Lady with a Harp:

Eliza Ridgely

ORGAN

For Monday

Read: Pages 11-20 (Chapter 2)

Listen to: Listening Exercise 2 (DVD)Listening Exercise 3 (DVD)

Optional: Read Pages 21-24 (“Musical Notation”)

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