Module 3-Music-必修2-外研版-英语.ppt

When tones hit with one another, it is not in harmony. But this hit is often full of meaning. What we call melody is given meaning by its rising or falling or moving straight ahead. It is also given meaning by its rhythm of beats and phrasing, its speed and how loud or soft it is at any moment. All of this sounds very technical. But it doesn’t have to be understood or thought about for us to enjoy music. What music means to us often cannot be put into words. We can feel that the music expresses joy or sorrow, pleasure, tenderness (柔情), love, anger—all kinds of things and feelings that words al