CHAPTER 2 The Structure of Sound MUSIC Organized

CHAPTER 2 The Structure of Sound

MUSIC “Organized Sound and Silence in Time” Sound Silence Time

THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC Horizontal Dimension – Rhythm Depth Dimension – Volume Vertical Dimension – Pitch Color Dimension – Timbre

RHYTHM Horizontal Dimension Divide time into measureable durations Pulse (Beat) Tempo

FEEL THE BEAT YMCA by The Village People Boot Scootin' Boogie by Brooks & Dunn We Will Rock You by Queen

NOTATING DURATIONS • Quarter Notes • Half Notes • Whole Notes • Eighth Notes • Sixteenth Notes

THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC Horizontal Dimension – Rhythm Depth Dimension – Volume Vertical Dimension – Pitch Color Dimension – Timbre

VOLUME Depth Dimension Decibels

VOLUME IN DECIBELS Chart of sounds in decibels

NOTATING VOLUME Crescendo Diminuendo

THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC Horizontal Dimension – Rhythm Depth Dimension – Volume Vertical Dimension – Pitch Color Dimension – Timbre

PITCH Vertical Dimension Hertz Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857 -1894)

THE OCTAVE

NOTATING PITCH Naming the notes

THE GRAND STAFF Staff Staves Clef Signs Grand Staff

CLEF • G Clef • F Clef • Middle C

THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF MUSIC Horizontal Dimension – Rhythm Depth Dimension – Volume Vertical Dimension – Pitch Color Dimension – Timbre

TIMBRE Color Dimension – the Quality or specific Characteristics of a sound Pronounced “Tamber” Mixture of Pitch and Volume Fundamental Overtones Harmonics

NOTATED HARMONIC SERIES

BRASS INSTRUMENT HARMONICS • Bugle Calls • Assembly • Taps • Light Cavalry Overture by Franz von Suppe’

SYNTHESIZERS Moog Indigo