Tag: COMPOSING AND MUSIC THEORY
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Klangflächen Komposition
– a Modern Composition Technique that Puts the Timbre and Textures into Focus (Klang und Klangflächen) – the Very Dense Result in such a Composition is Done through Chord Bands (Akkord-Bänder) which are Essentially Chords that are Layered on Top of each Other – Inside the Sound Textures Vertical and Horizontal Connections are Used, in…
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Leaps (Counterpoint)
– is a Intervallic Distance – any Movement using Intervals Larger than a Whole Step (Larger than a 2nd) – also called “Skip Wise” or “Disjunct” Motion
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Melody
General – Melody is Ordered Succession of Pitches (Just as Rhythm is an Ordered Succession of Durations of Sound) – Melody can Not be separated from Rhythm (whereas Rhythm can be separated from Melody), for Example you can Clap a Melody without the Need of a Pitch, but you can Not Sing a Melody without…
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Model
– to Fill the Analysed Spectrum with Sounds, Select either a Common Instrument as First “Model” (most used) – or for a “In-Harmonic Model” use Bell, Percussion, Noise – a 3rd Model can be any Electronic Device as Frequency Modulation, Ring Modulation Algorithmic Devices (thus Effects)
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Motif (Composition)
General – just as Letters Make Out a Word, Notes Make Out a Motif (and Motifs make Up Phrases) – Motif is a Combination of Notes that Form a Short Re-Occurring Musical Idea (or Theme) which Characterises a Piece (or Section) – Motif (Motive) = a Few Notes that are Rhythmically Charged and Provide the…
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Ostinato
General – Ostinato = “Stubborn” or Obstinate” (Hartnäckig, Stur, Eigensinnig, Trotzig, Unnachgiebig) – Similar to a Drone or Pedal, Often in the Bass Register but Not Sustained – Typically a Repeating Phrase or Motif and Needs to be Repeated by the Same Musical Voice – a Recurring Motif that just Keeps Repeating Over and Over…