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Understanding Music Fundamentals

Chapter 1 defines music as organized sounds heard over time and explains how musical instruments produce sound through vibrations. It covers how notes are read on a staff, with higher positions indicating higher pitches. Key vocabulary includes terms related to pitch, notation, clefs, scales, and the concepts of consonance and dissonance.

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Understanding Music Fundamentals

Chapter 1 defines music as organized sounds heard over time and explains how musical instruments produce sound through vibrations. It covers how notes are read on a staff, with higher positions indicating higher pitches. Key vocabulary includes terms related to pitch, notation, clefs, scales, and the concepts of consonance and dissonance.

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Chapter 1:

How do we broadly define music?


Sounds heard over time in succession; typically these sounds are organized in some way.
How do musical instruments produce sound?
By setting a vibrating medium in motion.
How are notes read?
Notes are positioned on lines or in spaces of a staff, higher positions represent higher pitches, and notes
are read left to right.

Vocab:
Pitch: A blend of many vibrations through a medium.
Notation: A system of written symbols representing musical elements.
Clefs: Appears at the beginning of a staff to help identify pitches.
Sharp/Flat: A sharp is slightly higher than a basic pitch and a flat is slightly lower than a basic pitch.
Melody: A musically satisfying series.
Conjunct/Disjunct: Conjunct motion moves by step and disjunct motion moves by leap.
Consonance/Dissonance: A consonance is a more rounded, pleasant sound while a dissonance is a more
harsh sound.
Major/Minor Scale: Have eight pitches each and can be generated by any of the 12 pitches commonly
used by composers.

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