Muhi 100 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

a texture featuring a single unaccompanied line - ️️monophonic when 2 or more melodic lines are combined - ️️polyphonic the term, a cappella, refers to choral music performed - ️️without any accompaniment A setting of plainchant with 2 to 4 notes per syllable is called what - ️️Neumatic the term timbre refers to - ️️the color of the tone The degree of loudness or softness at which music is played is called - ️️Dynamics A texture in which a single voice t...

Tempo - ️️Speed Pulse - ️️The beat Rhythmic Deviations - ️️changes to the pulse or tempo Meter - ️️Simple, Compound, Asymmetric Ostinato - ️️a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition Melody - ️️Notes in succession Harmony - ️️Chord, accompaniment Interval - ️️The distance between two notes Half-step - ️️Smallest distance between two notes Octave - ️️8 line stanza Consonance - ️️agreement or compatibility...

Comprehensive, detailed notes on Musical Elements. Covers pitch and melody, rhythm and meter, harmony, organization of musical sounds, musical texture, musical forms, tempo and dynamics, musical texts, musical instruments, and style and function of music in society. Originally created for Introduction to Music History (MUHI100) and The Enjoyment of Music (14th Edition) textbook, but goes along with any introductory music history class. Notes are clear, concise, and aesthetically pleasing with...