How To “Read” Music
Approaches to evaluating music
Approaches to evaluating music
Three Elements
1.Sound
- Traditional technical reading: melody, harmony, rhythm, structure etc.
- Other ways of reading: sound production, texture, structure, etc.
- Traditional technical reading: melody, harmony, rhythm, structure etc.
- Other ways of reading: sound production, texture, structure, etc.
2. Text
- Traditional literary analysis: themes, imagery, use of literary and linguistic devices etc.
- Other ways of reading: interface of text and music, text as a sonic component, performance etc.
- Traditional literary analysis: themes, imagery, use of literary and linguistic devices etc.
- Other ways of reading: interface of text and music, text as a sonic component, performance etc.
3. Context
- Where the music sits within the historical development of a particular style or genre
- What features identify the style or genre and to what extent these genre-specific features have been combined, stretched or ignored to produce new styles and genres
- Social, political, philosophical and aesthetic influences and implications relating to a musical work etc.
- Where the music sits within the historical development of a particular style or genre
- What features identify the style or genre and to what extent these genre-specific features have been combined, stretched or ignored to produce new styles and genres
- Social, political, philosophical and aesthetic influences and implications relating to a musical work etc.
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