Music

Music September-09-10 12:35 PM The Meter of a certain piece of music is determined through the arrangement of its rhythmic pattern or repetition (weak and strong pulses), throughout the amount of bars within the piece. The Meter or time signature appears at the start of a piece, following the key signature, to explain to the musician how fast or how slow the notes are played per bar. The key signature is found on every staff, which is not the case for the time signature. It will only be shown once, at the beginning of the piece unless during the piece the meter is altered. The time signature tells you the music's meter throughout the song, unless altered somewhere. [] [] The Rhythm is a combo of sounds and silences. It is key for certain styles. Instruments that are usually creating the rhythm: Piano, drums, guitar, bass, violin, viola, cello & saxes. Quarter notes are referred to as Ta, half notes Ta-a, an eight note Ti two eight notes Ti-ti, sixtieth notes Tk-at-tk-a, Dotted quarter notes Ta-a-Ti-a, a whole Ta-a-a-a. Weak / strong beats create a rhythm. Tonality is the term for the correlation and relationships between the aspects of the melody and harmony, e.g. tones, chords, intervals (distance between one note to the next) and scales. It is described usually as C major or C minor, which are both sets of different notes to create different chords and pitches. Both are arranged in a different sequence of notes, or arrangement of intervals. So overall tonality is the principle of composition around a central note, the tonic- the Britannica dictionary [] [] Timbre the quality of tone distinctive to a particular singing voice or musical instrument. It describes all the aspects of musical sound that do not have anything to do with the sounds pitch, loudness or lengths. Timbre is the pitches and frequencies in which the musician plays which you both hear or don’t hear. Tempo simply is the speed of the music or the beats per minute. The word tempo is literally the word for time in Italian, the more beats per minute the faster the beats per minute. Dynamics in music is usually described as the amplitude or decibels both are which dynamics is measured. Articulation is the act of joining notes within a piece through slurs or ties and Phrasing is the act of accenting a note, or the gradual loudness or gradual quietness of a series of notes. Articulation is what we here through the actions of instrumental technique. Orchestration is the study of practice of writing for an orchestra, now a days it has become regarded as the composition art itself. Instrumental technique is what you do to produce a certain sound. Style :
 *  Spectral Envelope
 *  Color of the voice