Musical languaje theory III

QUALITIES OF THE SOUND There are four elements to make differences between sound and noise: 1. Pitch: High and low sounds.

2. Duration: long or short sounds.

3. Intensity: soft or strong sounds 4. Timbre: this quality allows to recognize different instruments and voices.

QUALITIES OF THE SOUND: PITCH

Pitch is represented by notes:

CUALITIES OF THE SOUND: DURATION Duration is represented by figures. If you combine them you get a rhythm.

QUALITIES OF THE SOUND: INTENSITY We represent the intensity with Italian words.

Some of them are:

QUALITIES OF THE SOUND: TIMBRE Timbre allows to recognize the source of the sound.

TEMPO When we write a piece of music on the music score we can indicate the speed we want the music to be played. And we use Italian words. Some of them are: -Lento: Very slowly.

-Adagio: Slowly.

-Andante: Slowly.

-Allegro: Fast.

-Presto (vivo, vivace): Very fast.

If we like to indicate gradual changes in speed we use the words: -Accelerando (accel.): Faster gradually.

-Ritardando (rit.): Slower gradually.

Nuria GarcĂ­a Amigo Translation Julia Cea