Music Text Setting Styles and Scat
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What is the primary purpose of the human voice in the context of music?

  • To provide lyrics for musical pieces
  • To create a rhythm for compositions
  • To serve as a model for instrument builders and players (correct)
  • To dominate the melody in every performance

Which classification of instruments includes the violin and guitar?

  • Idiophones
  • Chordophones (correct)
  • Membranophones
  • Aerophones

What is an example of an idiophone?

  • Horn
  • Sitar
  • Drum
  • Steel drums (correct)

Which type of instruments produce sound from tightly stretched membranes?

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How can the same music passage evoke different feelings among listeners?

<p>By using different instruments with unique tone colors (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a vocal improvisation using wordless vocalisations called?

<p>Scat (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following describes syllabic text setting?

<p>Each syllable corresponds to one note (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which best describes melismatic text setting?

<p>A single syllable is stretched over several notes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of text in music according to the content?

<p>To organize melody into phrases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following options describes a cadence in music?

<p>A concluding part that gives a sense of resolution (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does timbre mainly influence in music?

<p>Listening experience (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes word-painting?

<p>Creating musical motifs that reflect textual meanings (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why might different versions of recitative sound wildly different?

<p>They are improvised and can vary greatly in expression (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

Soprano

A voice type characterized by a high, light, and agile vocal range.

Mezzo-soprano

A voice type characterized by a lower, richer vocal range than a soprano, but higher than an alto.

Alto

A voice type characterized by a low, dark, and full vocal range.

Tone color

The unique sound quality of an instrument, also known as its timbre.

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Aerophones

Instruments that create sound using a vibrating column of air.

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Scat

A vocal improvisation using wordless vocalisations, often used in jazz and popular music. It's like singing without words, but with a lot more musical expression.

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Vocalise

A wordless melody sung on vowels. It's like singing without words, focusing on the beauty of the vocal tone and melody.

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Cadence

A musical phrase or section that marks the end of a musical idea and provides a sense of closure. It's like a punctuation mark in music.

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Syllabic Setting

A musical setting where each syllable of a text is given one note. It's the simplest way to combine words and melody.

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Melismatic Setting

A musical setting where a single syllable of a text is stretched over many notes. It's the opposite of syllabic setting.

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Neumatic Setting

A musical setting where a few notes are assigned to each syllable of the text. It's a balance between syllabic and melismatic.

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Timbre

The unique sound quality of a voice or instrument. It's what makes a trumpet sound different from a clarinet or a violin.

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Word Painting

When the music reflects the meaning of the words, like a singer singing a phrase about sadness with a mournful melody.

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Study Notes

Text and Music Singing Without Words

  • Nonlexical music examples include entire coda nananana
  • Vocalise is a wordless melody sung on vowels

Scat

  • Scat is a vocal improvisation utilizing wordless vocalizations
  • It was invented by Louis Armstrong

Text Setting Styles

  • Text helps organize tunes, flowing in phrases like melodies.
  • Music and text are punctuated by cadences.
  • Text can be lyrical or speech-like, rhymed or unrhymed.
  • Songs often have stanzas/strophes that repeat.
  • Some songs repeat a refrain at the end of the stanza.
  • Songs may have a chorus in an ABAB pattern.
  • Syllabic setting: each syllable gets one note (e.g., "Happy Birthday").
  • Melismatic setting: one syllable is elongated over many notes.
  • Neumatic setting: a few notes to each syllable.

Melismas

  • Melismas are a continuation of notes with the same syllable
  • Key factors influencing Melismas include vocal range, timbre(tone color), and voice type.
  • Examples include recitative in opera.
  • The phrasing of recitative in opera can vary widely.
  • Word-painting is a technique of using music to illustrate words or ideas in text

Tone Color/Timbre

  • Tone color and timbre are the same thing.
  • Timbre is a nebulous concept.
  • Timbre is what makes a trumpet sound different from a clarinet or guitar.
  • Things influencing timbre include the instrument's size, shape, material, and proportions.

Voice Types

  • The human voice is a model for instrument builders, composers, and players.
  • Vocalists utilize expressive techniques like vibrato.
  • Common voice types include soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass.

Instrument Classification

  • Aerophones: wind instruments (e.g., flutes, whistles, horns, bagpipes).
  • Chordophones: Produce sound from vibrating strings (e.g., violin, guitar, sitar, dulcimer).
  • Idiophones: produce sound from the substance of the instrument itself (e.g., steel drums, rattles, mbira).
  • Membranophones: sound from stretched membranes (e.g., drums).

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Explore the concepts of text setting styles in music, including syllabic, melismatic, and neumatic settings. Delve into nonlexical music examples and the art of scat as pioneered by Louis Armstrong. This quiz will test your understanding of how music and text interact in vocal performance.

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