MUSI 112: Listening to Music
Lecture 04 - Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical. Professor Wright begins this lecture with a brief introduction to musical acoustics, discussing the way multiple partials combine to make up every tone. He reviews fundamental rhythmic terms, such as "beat," "tempo," and "meter," and then demonstrates in more depth some of the more complex concepts, such as "syncopation" and the "triplet." Professor Wright then moves on to discuss the basics of musical texture, giving detailed examples of three primary types: monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic. The class is then taught the basics of rhythmic dictation - skill that entails notating the rhythm of a piece after listening to it. Each of these disparate threads is brought together in the conclusion of the lecture, in which Mozart's Requiem is shown to weave different rhythms, textures, and pitches together to depict the text effectively. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 04 - Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction to Multiple Partials |
| [00:04:31] | 2. Syncopation and Triplets |
| [00:14:34] | 3. Basics of Musical Texture |
| [00:21:57] | 4. Counting Measures and Musical Dictation |
| [00:38:15] | 5. Mozart's "Requiem": Insights on Varying Textures and Pitches |
| References |
| Lecture 4 - Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical Instructor: Professor Craig Wright. Resources: Music 04 - Credits [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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