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MUFHL 308Introduction to Music:Rock & Roll
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Fundamentals of Music
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Basic ElementsMusical terminology and Vocabulary
The three major elements of music (any idiom)
Rhythm
Sometimes you can tell a song just by the rhythm
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Basic ElementsMelody
A series of notes which express a musical ideaNote - the sound and symbol for a pitch.A melody always includes a rhythm
Harmony
two or more different notes sounding at the same time.
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Musical Terms
Scale
A series of pitches dividing the octaveEuropean is DO RE ME FA SOL LA TI Octave
An entirely consonant harmonyMathematics shows us that 2xs the number of vibrations results in an octave higher. These pitches, no matter how high or low, share the same note name.European Scale divided into 12 equal parts. African scales differed according to region, but none divided it the same as Europeans.Results: Traditional African scales were not playable on European instruments so Africans generally assimilated European scales with African rhythms.
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Musical Terms
Measures
small equal units of a piece (composition) usually containing 2-8 beats.
Progression
Flow of harmony to a resting point
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Musical Terms
Chords (harmony was 2 or more notes)
Chords have 3 or more notes occurring at the same time that have a harmonic relationship.
Improvisation
Instantaneous creation of melody harmony and/or rhythm