Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University.ppt

* * * * * Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University * MUS 239Introduction to World Music Telecourse Ellis Hall Room 226 Instructor: Dr. John Prescott Office: HHPA 309 Office Hours: M-F 8 AM Phone: 836-5748 Email: johnprescott@missouristate.edu Course Web Site: courses.missouristate.edu/johnprescott Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University * Reading Assignmentfor Today Chapter 1 What are the four components of a Music-Culture? Can you hear and feel the metrical rhythm in the pieces you are listening to? Chapter 10 What type of music do YOU want to learn about? Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University * MUS 239Introduction to World Music Chapter 1: The Music-Culture as a World of Music Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University * What is music? Soundscape: characteristic sounds of a place In general, music is sound that is humanly organized. Sometimes it’s not easy to separate sound and music. Musical Examples I:1, and I:2. Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University * Patterns in Music Rhythm Meter Metrical rhythm: rhythm with recurring accent pattern Melody Principal tune made of a succession of tones in particular rhythm Harmony Accompaniment to a melody Form Structural arrangement of musical ideas Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University * Harmony/Texture; Four Kinds Monophonic (distinct single melody) Homophonic (single melody with accompanying harmony) Polyphonic (more than one melody) Heterophonic (single melody but each instrument plays it differently) Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University * Ways of Looking at Musical Instruments: Classification (Sachs-Hornbostel Instrument Classification) Idiophone Membranophone Chordophone Aerophone (Electrophone) Introduction to World Music, Missouri State University * Lines are not always easy to draw There are hybrids such as tambourines or kazoo; distinctions can be fuzzy Greater interest now in insider’s wor