Muse – a spirit who inspires beautiful music & song
Sound – hum a tune, play instrument, clap rhythm
Rhythm – beat
Melody – tune
Pitch – highs and lows
Tone – brightness or darkness
Volume – loudness, softness
- Dynamics – softness, loudness
- pp p mp mf f ff
Feeling – mood
Harmony – sound of different notes that blend together
Tempo – slowness or quickness
- largo, adagio, andente, moderato, allegro, vivace, presto
Pythagoras, in 500 BC, proved through mathematics that vibrations cause the pitch and tone of sound. Shorter the string, the higher the pitch.
2 inventions changed sound
- telephone (Bell)
- phonograph (Edison)
Ear training – recognition of different sounds in musical range