AURAL
AURAL
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This is where we develop the skill of listening. Try not to think about it as written work or theory, but more about how you practise the skill of hearing things better.
Practise it just as you'd practise your instrument.
The Concepts of Music
The Concepts of Music
Pitch: Melody & Harmony
Duration: Rhythms and how they are used
Texture: Roles and use of different layers
Tone Colour: Describing the sound
Dynamics and Expressive Techniques: Shifts in volume and instrumental techniques
Structure: Defining sections and how they are used
TEXTURE ACRONYM: U IS HEPO HOMO CARDS
TEXTURE ACRONYM: U IS HEPO HOMO CARDS
Unifying
Inactive
Staggered Entry
Heterophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Monophonic
Contrasting
Active
Roles (M/H/B/R)
Dominant
Subordinate
Unifying
Unifying
Layers or sections that are doing the same or similar events
Inactive
Inactive
A layer that isn't active in comparison to the piece. In Bjork's case, the string synth is inactive.
Staggered entry
Staggered entry
Instruments getting introduced into the piece or section one at a time.
HEterophonic
HEterophonic
2 similar melodies. One melody adds embellishments and decorates the other melody
POlyphonic
POlyphonic
2 or more different melodies at the same time. It gets difficult to here a clear main melody
HOmophonic
HOmophonic
1 clear melody and accompaniment
MOnophonic
MOnophonic
1 clear melody no accompaniment
contrasting
contrasting
2 or more contrasting layers/sections
Active
Active
A layer that is busy or doing something in relation to an inactive layer.
Roles
Roles
Layers shift through roles in a piece - track and follow these roles!
Dominant
Dominant
The layer that we can hear the most clearly
Subordinate
Subordinate
Layers that exist in the background
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