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• Music


  The art of combining and regulating sounds of varying pitch to produce compositions that express various ideas and feelings
• Music particularly appeals to the emotions and can convey emotions with great intensity which can affect people directly
• Origins of music


  • Primitive people became aware of the beautiful sounds of nature and started to imitate them through the use of their voice and materials that would produce them
  • Early music was more for the need to communicate with the spirits rather than for its aesthetic value
• Vocal medium


  • Soprano
  • Contra Alto
  • Tenor
  • Bass
  • Baritone
• Instrumental medium


  • String instruments
  • Woodwind instruments
  • Brass instruments
  • Percussion instruments
  • Keyboard instruments
• String instruments


  • Bowed strings produce tones by means of a bow of horse hair
  • Plucked strings produce tones by plucking the strings with a finger or with a plectrum held in one's hand
• Woodwind instruments


  • Create sounds by blowing into them, the air blown causes vibration which can be altered by shortening or lengthening the column of air inside the instrument
• Brass instruments


  • Have cup-shaped mouthpieces and expand into a bell-shaped end, sound is produced by blowing into the mouthpiece and can be altered depending on the tension of the lips
• Percussion instruments


  • Make sound by hitting them with the hands, special sticks or by striking or shaking their parts together
• Keyboard instruments

  • Make sound by means of a keyboard which consists of a series of black and white keys, depression of a key produces sound
• Genres of music


  • Classical
  • Folk
  • Pop
  • Jazz
  • Blues
  • Rock
• Classical music


  Written in the European tradition covering the years 1750 to 1830, forms such as the symphony, concerto, and sonata were standardized
• Classical music examples


  • Für Elise
  • Symphony No. 5
  • Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig Van Beethoven
• Folk music


  Originated in the traditional popular culture or is written in such a style, created by unknown composers and is basically transmitted orally from generation to generation
• Folk music examples

  • Bahay Kubo
  • Magtanim Ay Di Biro
  • Paru-parong Bukid
  • Leron, Leron Sinta
  • Sitsiritsit Alibangbang
• Pop music


  A genre of popular music which began in the 1950s and is inspired in the tradition of rock and roll
• Pop music examples


  • Songs by Sarah G.
  • Bini
  • SB19
  • Other Filipino Pop bands
• Jazz


  Originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans in the United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
• Jazz examples


  • Fly Me to the Moon
  • The Way You Look Tonight
  • What a Wonderful World
• Blues


  Originated from the African Americans in the Deep South of the United States in the late 19th century, incorporated spiritual songs, work songs, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads
• Blues examples


  • The Thrill is Gone
  • Midnight Healing
  • Tennessee Whiskey
• Rock music


  A form of popular music that evolved from rock and roll and pop music, became popular during the middle to late 1960s, characterized by musical experimentation and drug-related/anti-establishment lyrics
• Rock music examples


  • Songs by Parokya ni Edgar
  • Eraserheads
  • Rivermaya
  • Bamboo
  • Aegis
• Elements of music


  • Rhythm
  • Melody
  • Harmony
  • Timbre
  • Form
  • Dynamics
• Rhythm


  A movement or pattern with uniform recurrence of accented and unaccented beat
• Melody


  The succession of tones arranged in such a way as to give it a musical sense, may also refer to the rising and falling of the tune in time
• Harmony


  The sounding of a series or group of tones at the same time, concordance results when the combination of sounds are in agreement which makes it sound good while dissonance results when the combination is not pleasant to hear
• Timbre


  Tonal quality or the character of the tone that is produced by an instrument or by the human voice, allows the listener to distinguish between the sound of different instruments or voices
• Form


  The structure or framework of a composition
• Vocal forms


  • Opera
  • Cantata
  • Moro-moro
• Instrumental forms


  • Sonata
  • Symphony
• Dynamics


  • pianissimo
  • piano
  • mezzo piano
  • forte
  • fortissimo
  • crescendo
  • decrescendo
• Conductor


  Practices the art of leading a group in the interpretation of a composition
• Dance


  The oldest of all arts, man's gestures express emotions through rhythmic movements, the medium of dance is the body of the dancer
• Dancing is a personal expression of something within the person that connects him to others, dancing as a performing art may be telling the audience a story, setting the mood or expressing an idea
• Types of dance


  • Ethnologic (ethnic)
  • Social or ballroom
  • Ballet
  • Contemporary or interpretative
  • Musical comedy (musicale)
• Ethnologic (ethnic) dances


  • Include folk dances associated with national and/or cultural groups, examples are tinkling, pandanggo sa ilaw and singkil
• Social or ballroom dances


  • The type of dancing that are generally performed in pairs, examples are tango, waltz and boogie
• Ballet


  • A type of dance which originated in the royal courts of the Medieval era, may be a solo or concerted performance on stage accompanied by music, generally built around a theme or story, examples are Swan Lake, and the Nutcracker
• Contemporary or interpretative dances


  • Represent a rebellion against the classical formalism of ballet, emphasize personal communication of moods and themes and are strongly influenced by societal trends in music, examples are hip-hop, and the popular dance crazes