How do we talk about World Music?

Vocabulary & Terminology

The way a sound can be distinguished from another. "Color" of the sound.

--Vibrato, Straight Tone, Nasal
--Round, Rich, Full
--Dark, Deep
--Light, Airy

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Chordophones: String Instruments

​Timbre

​Could you sing it back/repeat it?
More than one instrument:
-Do they move together, do they move in different ways (one goes up while one goes down)
-Are there lots of little fast moving notes (ornaments)

Idiophones: Body of the instrument vibrates.

​Melody

Membranophone:

​Timbre

​Loud
Soft
Get louder (Crescendo)
Get softer (Decrescendo)

Aerophones: Sound is made by air.

​Dynamics

​Harmony

​Do the sounds clash (dissonance)
Do they blend together (consonance)

Electronophones: Created w/electricity.

Vocal: human voice.

Pitch
How high or low the notes are
Do they change a lot?
Scale/Mode

Pulse
Rhythm
Tempo
Meter
Accent
Syncopation
Architecture of the Music

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​Time and Form

How few or many instruments.

https://uark.pressbooks.pub/musicinworldcultures/chapter/chapter-1/

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​Musical Texture

Where is the music being perform?
Why is it being performed?
For what purpose is it being performed?

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​Location
Purpose/Function