Musical Experience Essay

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Musical Experience You must either attend a live concert, watch a video or television performance, listen to an entire CD or watch a musical movie. You must only use something from this quarter for this assignment (not a concert you saw in another quarter). You may choose any type of music for this paper. Requirements for this Assignment: fill in the boxes below. Describe the Concert Setting and media (Video, CD, DVD, Live Performance): Date of concert, place of concert, name of group, programs provided, program notes provided, spoken remarks, include the names of all the selections: Date of Concert: Place of Concert: Name of Group: Program provided: Any Spoken remarks: Names of ALL the Selections you listened to: What did the solo/group consist of (instruments, voices): How would you describe the style or genre of the music, e.g., rock, folk, new age, classical, jazz, etc. Choose two works from the program and fill in data below: Some definitions of musical terms used below in case you need some ideas. Melody – an organized succession of tones, something you can easily sing along with. Rhythm – pertaining to the duration of musical sounds consisting of pulses or beats, e.g., toe tapping or not. Does it sound like a waltz or march? Harmony – simultaneous sounding tones usually chords, sometimes voices singing different notes or a solo voice with instrumental accompaniment [homophonic]. Texture - patterns of sound created by performers falling into 4 types: monophonic consisting of melody all alone; polyphonic consisting of 2 or more different melodies sounding at the same time; homophonic consisting of a melody with accompaniment; and heterophonic consisting of 2 or more voices elaborating on the same melody at the same time. Most pop music is homophonic and sometimes heterophonic [gospel music]. Tempo – the

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