Music 1
Example 1A
Charles Ives, “The Unanswered Questions”
Example 1B
Miles Davis, “So What?”
Notes that sound unpleasant together
What is dissonance?
Example 2A
Robert Johnson, "Terraplane Blues"
Example 2B
Philip Glass, “Knee Play 1”
Making up music on the spot
What is improvisation?
Example 3A
Dmitri Shostakovich, “Symphony #5”
Example 3B
Aaron Copland, “Hoe-Down”
A man who lived in Ogden; played the cornet
Who is Ernest “Red” Nichols?
Example 4A
John Cage, “Aria”
Example 4B
Leonard Bernstein, “Tonight” from West Side Story
“Speak-singing,” a word is spoken at certain pitches
What is sprechstimme?
Example 5A
Duke Ellington, “C Jam Blues”
Example 5B
Bela Bartok, “Concerto for Orchestra”
A form of music that is symmetrically the same but the second return is slightly different: ABA’
What is Asymmetrical-Symmetrical Form?
Example 6A
Claude Debussy, “Voiles”
Example 6B
Arnold Schoenberg, “Columbine”
A form of music where each section is repeated
What is Sectional Form?