Music Artistic Terms

MUSIC ARTISTIC TERMS

Subject Matter:

feeling (emotions, passions, and moods) and sound

 First important terms and concepts of music essential to a clear discussion;

 Tone, a sound that has one definite frequency or that is dominated by one definite frequency is a tone.

Content: content that is achieved by the form’s transformation of some subject matter

 The listeners, conversely, concentrate their attention upon the form and details as well as structure.

 Listeners focus upon the form that informs, that creates content.

 The content of music is the interpretation of those feelings.

 Feelings are composed basically of sensations, emotions, passions, and moods.

 Any awareness of our sense organs, either internal or external being stimulated is a sensation

 Artistic Form:

 The listeners, conversely, concentrate their attention upon the form and details as well as structure.

 Listeners focus upon the form that informs, that creates content.