Tone (in music)
What is tone?
+Expressing emotion or mood
+What tools do musicians use?
+There are special music words that come together to show us
the tone in a song
Timbre
QUALITY
WHAT INSTRUMENTS DID
THEY USE
Duration
How long notes are
played
Short vs. Long
Pitch
+How high or low
the notes are
+Scales
Intensity/Loudness
HOW THE NOTES ARE
PLAYED
LOUD VS. SOFT
Effect
THESE ALL CHANGE THE WAY WE
FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN SONGS
AND HOW THEY MAKE US FEEL!
Let’s look at Some
Examples…
March of the Bumblebee
In the hall of the mountain king
Ellie’s Theme
Skin and Bones
Time for you to create your own!
+As we saw in our last example lyrics can affect the tone too!
+Adding “Ooooooooh” can change the way we think of simple
words