Introduction

The Aesthetic Attitude

     1. Our Sound Environment  Electronic Resources    Multisensory Experience 

Traditional Resources: Sounds New and Old

STRINGS WINDS   BRASSES    PERCUSSION     KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS     MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE    INSTRUMENTS

Beyond Western Culture  Synthesis 

2. Our Time Frame  Pace Tempo

STEADY TEMPO CHANGES IN TEMPO

                        

                        Synthesis   

  1.          Rhythm: Meter

Building Blocks

METERS IN TWOS OR THREES METERS IN TWOS AND THREES

Metrical Conflict and Ambiguity

SYNCOPATION SUPERIMPOSED METER SUPPRESSED METER

    Synthesis

4.  Patterns in Time  Recognizing Rhythmic Patterns 

UNIQUE PATTERNS DANCE RHYTHMS OSTINATO

                Synthesis

 

5. How Pitch Functions

Range and Register      Pitch Systems 

THE PENTATONIC MODE THE MAJOR AND MINOR MODES MORE MODES

Chords

TRIADS AND SEVENTH CHORDS FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS

Density 

INTERVAL CONTENT MICROTONES

Synthesis

 

            6. Foreground and Background  Musical Foreground 

SINGLE DOMINANCE SHIFTING DOMINANCE

Musical Background

THE RHYTHMIC FACTOR THE PITCH FACTOR RHYTHM AND PITCH TOGETHER

Synthesis

  1. Succession and Growth       Motive, Phrase, Cadence, Section  Passage Types 

PRESENTATIONS, INTRODUCTIONS CONCLUSIONS, TRANSITIONS/CONTINUATIONS

Synthesis

 

  1. Structure and Shape  Organic Structures  Conventional Structures 

RECURRENCE: REFRAIN RECURRENCE:RONDO RECURRENCE: TERNARY DESIGN RECURRENCE:SONATA FORM VARIATIONS TWO-PARTNESS MIXED STRUCTURES

              Open Structures

  1. Tension and Repose: A Summary       Conditioning and Attitude              

Sources of Tension and Repose

EXPECTATION AND SURPRISE REPETITION OTHER SOURCES