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Suite Bergamasque for solo piano (1890) |
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Music vs. Noise |
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Well Known vs. Unfamiliar |
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“Organized Sound” |
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Working Definition: |
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Music
consists of intentional combinations of sounds arranged so as to produce a
work of art that provides aesthetic enjoyment, that expresses something,
that follows some kind of internal logic, and exhibits intelligible
structure. |
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Intentional combinations of sounds |
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Work of art |
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Aesthetic enjoyment |
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Expresses something |
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Internal logic |
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Intelligible structure |
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Pitch - high versus low. |
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Loudness - Loud versus soft. |
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Duration - Long versus short. |
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Timbre - tone quality/color. |
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Always a vibrating object |
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Guitar string |
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Double bass |
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Adam’s apple |
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Speaker cone |
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20 - 20,000 Vibrations per second |
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The greater the rate of oscillation, the higher
the pitch |
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The greater the displacement, the louder the
sound |
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Notes