Tonality:

major, minor,atonal or modal.

Either in a major or minor key.

atonal or modal.

major usually sounds happier

atonal music is all over the place sounds a mess.

modes are also known of instead of being in a key you would be in a mode.

Pop  ballad:

The most common use of the term ballad in modernpop music is for an emotional love song.

Always played slowly and has a basic verse chorus structure and is often accompanied by a quitter or keyboard.

This is an example of pop ballad my male vocalists.

Folk song:

folk song: a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.

folk music has a simple strummed accompanied usually on quittar. some songs are sung a cappella 

Usually verse after verse usually tells a story. The story they tell is political.

This is an example:

Lily rosemary and the jack of hearts: 

madrigal:

form of vocal chamber music that originated in northern Italy during the 14th century.

This type of music is normally performed in small groups about six people.

This type of music is not religious it is secular.

                                    music for voices:
                                            These examples go from high to low.

• Treble voice- A little boys unbroken voice.

• soprano- the highest voice for a female.

• mezzo soprano- the medium vocal range.

• contralto- the lowest vocal range.

• counter tenor- low range of vocals.

• tenor- medium to low vocals, for men.

• baritone- medium to low pitch in there voices.

• bass- very deep and low tone of vocal range.

Types of solo songs:

lied (the plural is lieder).

 Lieder is a German word literally meaning song, its used to describe a romantic song, they are always accompanied my a piano and tries to add colour and description.


This is an example of die forelle by schubert.  It was sung in german language.

Aria: 

A solo song with an instrumental accompaniment, either an opera or an oratorio. opera is a play that is sung:

oratorio is piece for orchestra ,choir and  soloists but they do not move around and are singing about religious things.

concerto 

A piece of music with  one or more soloists in a orchestra with three contrasting movements.
violin, cello and piano are the main instruments used in this type of music.

This is in contrast to the concerto which features a single solo instrument with the melody line, accompanied by the orchestra.

The Classical period falls between the baroque and the Romantic periods.

Minimalism Electronic music It opened up a whole new world of possibilities to composers. Karlheinz stockhausen. Atonal music Serialism It uses every single note in a octive,(chromatic scale). Put any notes in any order in the chromatic scale, using them only once. The line of notes in a particular order is called the serial. Schoenberg Is the invented of serialism. You play the row of notes, then you play it backwards. After you've used inverted you use it retrograde order. Retrograde is where the first to notes you've chosen instead of going up notes you go down. Aleatoric music

Romantic period.

Romantic period: Dissonance- clashy sounds Composers needed this to make music sound full of emotion. This was rule breaking in the classical period it was not allowed. batthoven was the first to experiment with dissonance music. Virtuoso: A performer who excels in technical ability. Lizt: He is a paino player who wrote pieces of music that were so hard only he could play them. Tone poems: A composer that looks at a beautifull painting whist reading a novel and using the music or novel to describe it. Programme music: An instrumental composition only no singing. Programme music can go on for quite long. It's used to describe another stimulus. Impressionism: It's a piece of music to describe how they were feeling and to make it sound not tangible. Romantic symphony: They latest from about 20-45 minutes, they didn't follow strict rules. They were more expressive. Changes in opera: They were dealing with every form of disaster, death or madness. It's enormous, massive amounts of brass instruments. Everything Inlarges up to seventy players in the orchestra. Schumann Mahler Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 - February 13, 1883) was a German opera composer and key figure in the development of late Romantic music. He stretched the tonal systems of his day, using chromaticism for dramatic effect. Wagner also introduced the concept of the leitmotiv in his operatic plot development, a recurring musical theme associated with a particular person, place, or idea.

The classical period: From 1750 - 1810
 Diatonic music , Music where all the notes are within that key- there wil be no clashy sounds.

Even phrases- lots of equal lengths of music separated by commas (breathing points).


Symphony- it is a large orchestral piece, split into chunks called movements.
First movement- sonata form. Second movement- slower played in a different key, it will aslo have a stronger melody line. Third movement- lielier, more light hearted, in rodo form.

Concerto- a piece of music for a solo instrument and orchestra.A musical composition for a solo instrument,in which the orchestra acts as the accompaniment.