awesome ganesh..very informative for wannabe and aspiring musicians..plz post all ur orkut posts here too..like the "Comprehensive review on ARR and his singers"
--- On Sat, 6/28/08, Ganesh Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Ganesh Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [arr] Re: Musical Terms Explained.... To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, June 28, 2008, 10:07 AM What is a "Chord" ? A chord in music is a set of notes which are sounded together and which sound satisfactory together.Usually, a chord is made up of certain notes of a scale or key, although there may be extra notes as well as these. A chord is usually considered to be three or more notes, and the most obvious simple chord is a triad.A chord may be formed by three or more different parts singing or playing different notes at the same time, or it may be formed by many fingers at once on a keyboard instrument.Solo instruments such as the violin cannot in principle play a chord, but the effect can be produced by playing notes of a chord in rapid succession, so the listener almost hears a chord.Some more info on "Chords", check out this link: http://www.mymusict heory.com/ grade5/lessons- pdf/10-describin gchords.pdf Hope the explanation that i found about "Chords" strike a chord with "Mr.Chord" of YG...:) Regards, Ganesh On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:34 PM, Ganesh Narayanan <ganesh.n1412@ gmail.com> wrote: Difference Between a "Note" & "Tone" In Britain, the word "note" can mean a written symbol as well as a sound. Americans separate these meanings and use the word "note" for a written note, and "tone" for the sound. "Tone" can also mean the quality of a sound, for example, its brightness or its dullness (as in the tone control on a tape player or radio). Regards, Ganesh On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 8:33 PM, Ganesh Narayanan <ganesh.n1412@ gmail.com> wrote: 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 <ganesh.n1412@ gmail.com> 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 <ganesh.n1412@ gmail.com> wrote: Frequency or pitch Pitch is a musical term with a meaning which is very close to the meaning of the scientific term frequencyThe 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 <ganesh.n1412@ gmail.com> 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 <ganesh.n1412@ gmail.com> 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 <ganesh.n1412@ gmail.com> 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 <ganesh.n1412@ gmail.com> 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.
