What is a "Note" ?? *The word "note" has two distinct meanings in its
British usage (see alternative names):*
* 1.* *A single sound (one that is heard)*
* 2.* *A single notated symbol for a sound (one that is written)*
*Although these are physically two different things, they have a one-to-one
relationship. My definition of a note is a single pitch which is heard for a
certain amount of time:*
- *Traditional music notation is structured around this definition of a
note.*
- *Music consists of many notes*
~ *Sometimes notes come after each other in time (sequentially, e.g. in a
sung melody).
*
~ *At other times many notes are heard at once; this is usually because many
instruments or voices are each playing or singing a different part.*
~ *When music is written down, each individual note is individually
represented, both those which are heard sequentially, and those which are
heard all at once.*
~ *Each individually represented note has a single frequency or pitch and
lasts for a certain amount of time.*
~ *During the length of a note, whether it be short or long, it may change
its loudness, or sometimes even its quality (or tone), but it is still
considered to be the same note.*
~ *It follows that a single note in a single part is played or sung by only
one type of instrument or voice.*
Regards,
Ganesh
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Ganesh Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Frequency & Pitch..Contd...
>
> - ***A note is produced by a very rapid, regular pulsing.*
>
> *If you take a drum sound with a beat every second*
> *Then speed it up to 512 times per second*
> *You will perceive it as a note of 512Hz, as in the example above*
>
> - *There are a lot of examples in real life that you will already be
> familiar with:*
>
> *The high-pitched whine of a mosquito is caused by the wings beating at
> over 1000 times a second*
> *
> **The sound of a propeller starting up, at first a slow thump, which turns
> into a low noise, and finally into a whine**
>
> The note produced by a razor or a vacuum cleaner is caused by the regular
> movement of a blade or motor.**
>
> The best example is probably a electronic metronome, which uses the same
> oscillating circuit to produce a beat as to produce a tuning note. A tuning
> note is produced by getting the circuit to oscillate at 440Hz.
>
> *
> Regards,
> Ganesh
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:24 PM, Ganesh Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>> Frequency or pitch
>>
>> - *Pitch is a musical term with a meaning which is very close to the
>> meaning of the scientific term frequency*
>>
>>
>> - *The scientific term frequency is slightly more specific than the
>> normal use of the word frequency, which means simply "how often something
>> happens".*
>>
>>
>> - *It means the number of times an event occurs in a period of time.*
>>
>>
>> - *Hertz (abbreviated to Hz), is the scientific unit for the number of
>> times an event happens in one second.*
>>
>>
>> - *For example, an electric current which alternates its direction 50
>> times each second is referred to as 50Hz*
>>
>>
>> - *A computer with a clock tick 90 million times a second is called a
>> 90MHz machine ("M" being short for the prefix "Mega" meaning a million)
>> *
>>
>>
>> - *H. R. Hertz was a physicist in the 19th Century (1857-1894)*
>>
>>
>> - *A note (in my definition) has one, and only one, pitch.*
>>
>>
>> - *The pitch or frequency can be stated in a number of different ways:
>> *
>>
>>
>> - *The scientific way, e.g. "512Hz".*
>>
>> *This method is absolutely precise and accurate*
>> *There is no possibility of error or inaccuracy*
>>
>> **
>>
>> - As a musical description, e.g. "Treble C" or, " c' ", or "The third
>> space on the treble-clef", or "C above middle C"
>>
>> *This method is not precise and not accurate*
>> *There is scope for misunderstanding*
>> *If the instruction is understood, the exact pitch is imprecise and will
>> depend on the tuning of the instrument*
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ganesh
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Ganesh Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> What is Rhythm...
>>>
>>> - *Rhythm in music is dependent on the fact that humans recognise a
>>> beat occurring at a regular interval.*
>>>
>>>
>>> - *Rhythm in music is more than just a beat, however; it is the way
>>> that sounds with differing lengths (or gaps between them) and accents can
>>> combine to produce patterns in time which contain a beat.*
>>>
>>>
>>> - *These sounds do not have to be particularly musical; rhythms can
>>> be made by striking almost anything, as long as there can be difference
>>> in
>>> accent.*
>>>
>>>
>>> - *Differences in accent can mean different sounds or just different
>>> loudness (i.e. amplitudes) of sounds*
>>>
>>>
>>> - *It is common to speak of a particular rhythm, referring to a
>>> pattern of note lengths which occurs in a piece of music.*
>>>
>>>
>>> - *It is important to understand that the rhythm is defined by the
>>> pattern; the overall speed of it could vary from performance to
>>> performance,
>>> but the rhythm would still be the same.*
>>>
>>>
>>> - *The speed or tempo of a piece of music is indicated by a metronome
>>> marking and/or a direction word or phrase; its rhythm is specified by
>>> various note lengths creating beats within bars.*
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Ganesh
>>> *
>>> *
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Ganesh Narayanan <
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is a Bar or measure?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - Music is normally divided into equal time-lengths called bars (or,
>>>> in some countries, measures - see alternative names), each consisting
>>>> of the
>>>> same number of beats.
>>>> - The time signature gives the number of beats in a bar and the type
>>>> of beats, so it tells you how long each bar is (in terms of the number
>>>> and
>>>> type of notes and/or rests in a single part in that bar).
>>>> - Bars dividers, called bar-lines, are indicated in a score by a
>>>> vertical line from the top to the bottom of the stave. A double
>>>> bar-line is
>>>> written at the end of a piece:
>>>> http://neilhawes.com/sstheory/stave2pt.gif . The double bar-line is
>>>> sometimes written with the second line thicker than the first; this is
>>>> normally used at the very end of a piece, and two equal lines are used
>>>> at
>>>> the end of sections.
>>>> - Bars give an intuitive division of a piece of music into
>>>> manageable chunks; the strongest accents come on the beat immediately
>>>> following a bar line, so it is relatively easy to count bars, and it
>>>> should
>>>> be easy to count the beats within each bar.
>>>> - The number of bars in a section of music is often regular; four
>>>> bars often make a short phrase, eight bars and sixteen bars are often
>>>> the
>>>> section sizes next largest. These numbers feel "natural"; a section of
>>>> 17 or
>>>> 19 bars often feels "wrong". This is because of a hierarchical
>>>> structure of
>>>> beats strengths that we naturally feel; there is a strong accent on the
>>>> beat
>>>> at the beginning of every fourth bar, an even stronger one at the
>>>> beginning
>>>> of every eighth bar, and so on.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Ganesh Narayanan <
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> *Within the context of a piece of music, the word beat has a special
>>>>> meaning. It is the consistent pulse of the music, as in the previous
>>>>> meaning
>>>>> (above), but the special meaning also includes the duration of the beat
>>>>> and
>>>>> the way the beats are grouped.*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - *The note length of the beat is specified by the time signature.*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - *The time signature also specifies how many of these beats there
>>>>> are in a bar.*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - *The speed of this beat is specified by any direction words
>>>>> and/or metronome marking.*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - *The first beat in each bar is generally felt as stronger than
>>>>> the other beats in the bar. This might be literally by a stronger beat
>>>>> perhaps by a drum, or it might be implied by the harmonic or melodic
>>>>> shape
>>>>> of the music. Within a bar of four or more beats, there will almost
>>>>> certainly be a sub-division, which means that another beat in the bar
>>>>> will
>>>>> be felt as being stronger than the others, but not as strong as the
>>>>> first.
>>>>> This pattern of strong, less strong and weaker beats is normally
>>>>> governed by
>>>>> the time signature.*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:07 PM, Ganesh Narayanan <
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Jus thought of sharing some really useful Information that i found on
>>>>>> the net while trying to get some music lessons....of late hearing a lot
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> musical Jargons on orkut...thought of reading up on them to understand
>>>>>> what
>>>>>> do they exactly mean...hope u'll enjoy reading it!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is a Beat.... There are two slightly different meanings of the
>>>>>> word "beat" in music, but the second is essentially a special case of the
>>>>>> first:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *1) Beat is the most fundamental concept of rhythm:*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - *A beat is a pulse that occurs at regular intervals, i.e. with
>>>>>> equal time intervals between the pulses, which is heard (and often
>>>>>> felt) by
>>>>>> humans.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - *A regular beat can have an emotional effect on a person: for
>>>>>> example, it can be exciting, relaxing or irritating.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - *There are probably many reasons why our brains "tune in" to a
>>>>>> regular pulse:*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *
>>>>>> * Our heartbeat is (normally) regular
>>>>>> * When we walk or run, our feet land in a regular rhythm (in order to
>>>>>> maintain balance)
>>>>>> * To be able to judge time properly, we have to be able to accurately
>>>>>> subdivide it, e.g. count seconds*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *# **These regular intervals could be any perceptible interval, but
>>>>>> experience shows that useful pulse speeds are those which can be counted
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> felt, which are similar to the speed of walking, or the speed of a
>>>>>> heartbeat, i.e. between around 40 a minute and 200 a minute (over 3 per
>>>>>> second).*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *# **In general, a slow beat will be about 70 or less, which can be
>>>>>> compared to a leisurely walking speed or a heartbeat in relaxation; a
>>>>>> fast
>>>>>> beat will be from 120 upwards, which can be compared to a fast walk or
>>>>>> run
>>>>>> or a fast-beating heart; generally speaking, a slow beat is relaxing and
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> fast beat is exciting.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *#* *The beat may have a definite frequency or pitch, or it may not.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *# **Even if a beat is regular, it may not be exactly the same each
>>>>>> beat each time:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> * the volume may change in some pattern
>>>>>> * the pitch may change in some pattern
>>>>>> * the tone may change in some pattern
>>>>>> * any combination of any of the above may change*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *# **When a beat is combined with patterns of accents, and other
>>>>>> patterns of changes in pitch, volume etc., then you have the beginnings
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> rhythm.*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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