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Unit 9 (Page 172 (Ravi Shankar (Raga Bhimpalsi (Improvised melodic…
Unit 9
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raga: Melodic pattern used in music of India; prescribes pitches, patterns, ornamentation, and extramusical associations such as time of performance and emotional character.
sitar: Long-necked chordophone of northern India, with movable frets and a rounded gourd body; used as a solo instrument and with tabla.
tala: Fixed time cycle or meter in Indian music, built from uneven groupings of beats.
tabla: Pair of single-headed, tuned drums used in north Indian classical music.
drones: Sustained sounding of one or several pitches for harmonic support, a common feature of some folk musics.
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Chapter 42
overture: An introductory movement, as in an opera or oratorio, often presenting melodies from arias to come. Also an orchestral work for concert performance.
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symphonic poem: One-movement orchestral form that develops a poetic idea, suggests a scene, or creates a mood, usually associated with the Romantic era.
tone poem: One-movement orchestral form that develops a poetic idea, suggests a scene, or creates a mood, usually associated with the Romantic era.
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polytonality: The simultaneous use of two or more keys, common in twentieth-century music.
polyrhythm: The simultaneous use of several rhythmic patters or meters, common in twentieth-century music and certain African musics.
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Harlem Renaissance: a cultural movement in the 1920-30s that highlighted African American contributions
stride: a flashy and syncopated violin line accompanied by an insistent bass, similar to jazz piano
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Listening Guides
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LG 49 (Suite for Violin and Piano, III)
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bluesy, short, syncopated ideas
Has a playful sound/beat
decorates the melody line with trills (a rapid alternation of two adjacent notes) and glissandos (rapid slide through pitches of a scale)
as the piano plays melodies, the violin plays other material, like double stops (playing two notes simultaneously on a string instrument)
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quick, 2-4 meter, syncopated, some notes played off beat
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Characterizes music that is based on modes other than major and minor, especially the early church modes.
Texture: homophonic
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a stride bass is heard in the piano, creating a mostly homophonic texture with the violin
LG 33 (Peer Gynt, Suite No. 1)
Date: 1874-75, published 1888 (Romantic)
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Texture: Homophonic
in three-part form, or A-B-A´ form
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use of all-tuned instruments, dense polyrhythms
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Javanese Gamelan
Traditional ensemble music of Java, Bali, and Sundan- Indonesia
Hindu, Islamic, and Buddhist influences
Ritual ceremonies, court performances
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