Section 0001 – (Class Nbr.: 11064)
Meets Monday, Wednesday & Friday
10:30 am - 11:20 am
“HPA I 0112”
Health and Public Affairs I,
(“behind” Union)

Office: PAC M 227
Email: scott.warfield@ucf.edu

• My home web page :
Scott Warfield's Home page
(google my name to find)
• MUL 2720 home web page :
MUL 2720 - Music of the World
- links to: Syllabus, Daily Assignments, (my)
Review Sheets, PowerPoints, etc.
• Course Syllabus
Syllabus (MUL 2720)
• “Bookmark” or add to your “Favorites”

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PITCH = the frequency of vibration (heard as
“high” vs. “low”)
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DURATION = the length of time a sound lasts (heard as aspects of rhythm)
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TIMBRE = tone color (the source of the sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other)
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DYNAMICS = Loudness/Softness

• Pronounced “tam-ber”
• Also known as “tone color”
• The aspect of sound that makes a trumpet different from a flute
• Literally, the source of a sound
• Technically derives from the “shape” of the sound wave (don’t need to know this)

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Human Voices (probably the earliest way humans made music)
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Musical Instruments
(devices or “tools” for making and controlling sounds)
• “Other” sources
, e.g.,
“natural” sounds, electronic devices (synthesizers), etc.

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Aerophones
– vibrating column of air
(includes woodwinds AND brass)
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Chordophones
– vibrating string(s) – can be
“lutes,” “harps,” or “zithers”
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Membranophones
– all drums
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Idiophones
– object itself vibrates
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Electrophones
– new classification for electronic sounds
• Some Examples:
Virtual Instrument Museum

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PITCH = the frequency of vibration (heard as
“high” vs. “low”)
•
DURATION = the length of time a sound lasts (heard as aspects of rhythm)
•
TIMBRE = tone color (the source of the sound, i.e., instrument, voice, other)
•
DYNAMICS = Loudness/Softness

• From a Greek word (“rhythmos”) that means “flow”
• Refers to all temporal (durational) elements in a piece of music
• “The organization of time in music, dividing up long spans of time into smaller, more easily comprehended units” (Craig Wright [Yale U])

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Beat
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Accent
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Meter (duple, triple) (simple, compound)
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Measure
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Tempo
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Syncopation
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Polyrhythm (Polymeters)

• Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa - YouTube
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The Blue Danube Waltz - Johann Strauss Jr - YouTube
• Jethro Tull - Living In The Past 1969
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Mission Impossible TV show theme song - YouTube
• Ragtime Piano : SCOTT JOPLIN . " The Entertainer " (1902) -
YouTube
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Kaida, Rupak Tal - YouTube
• Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra - YouTube
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West Side Story (4/10) Movie CLIP - America (1961) HD –
YouTube
• Bulgaria folklore, ruchenitsa – YouTube
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Kopanitsa A La Turka – YouTube
• The Rite of Spring - The Sacrifice - YouTube
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Gregorian Chants from Assisi - Medieval Lauds - YouTube