Music 2250 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Heterophonic - The takht ensemble musical texture can be described as Heterophonic - Musical organization that occurs when two or more voices or instruments elaborate the same melody in different ways at approximately the same time. Jews, Christians, and Muslims are influential. - Regarding religion in the Arab world 5 - The adhan is heard (blank) times a day in Muslim communities. buzuq - A long-necked lute with 24 movable frets is a(n) Nay - In Arab music, the reed flute blown at an ang...

Culture - The entire way of life, activities, beliefs and customs of a people or group Ethnomusicology - the discipline that attempts to understand different musical systems by examining sounds, ideas about music and the cultural, historical and socio-economic context of music making. Sound - something we hear; it is caused by pressure changes in the air Duration - The length sound lasts Intensity - The amplitude of the sound wave and its energy Timbre - color, quality; corresponds to t...

Culture - the way of life of a people, learned and transmitted from one generation to the next Music - humanly organized sound Duration - the length a sound lasts. can be measured in seconds or milliseconds. Frequency - corresponds to the number of pressure oscillations per second; are perceived as pitches. measured in cycles per second or hertz timbre - color, quality. corresponds to the waveform of the sound wave. octave - interval between two tones, when the frequency of the "higher...

Heterophonic - The takht ensemble musical texture can be described as Heterophonic - Musical organization that occurs when two or more voices or instruments elaborate the same melody in different ways at approximately the same time. Jews, Christians, and Muslims are influential. - Regarding religion in the Arab world 5 - The adhan is heard (blank) times a day in Muslim communities. buzuq - A long-necked lute with 24 movable frets is a(n) Nay - In Arab music, the reed flute blown at an ang...

Culture - The entire way of life, activities, beliefs and customs of a people or group Ethnomusicology - the discipline that attempts to understand different musical systems by examining sounds, ideas about music and the cultural, historical and socio-economic context of music making. Sound - something we hear; it is caused by pressure changes in the air Duration - The length sound lasts Intensity - The amplitude of the sound wave and its energy Timbre - color, quality; corresponds to t...

Culture - the way of life of a people, learned and transmitted from one generation to the next Music - humanly organized sound Duration - the length a sound lasts. can be measured in seconds or milliseconds. Frequency - corresponds to the number of pressure oscillations per second; are perceived as pitches. measured in cycles per second or hertz timbre - color, quality. corresponds to the waveform of the sound wave. octave - interval between two tones, when the frequency of the "higher...