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The article starts really badly with "Music is generally defined as a succession of pitches or rhythms, or both, in some definite patterns." The big three in
by TomSwirly 5y ago
The article starts really badly with "Music is generally defined as a succession of pitches or rhythms, or both, in some definite patterns."
The big three in music are pitch, rhythm and TIMBRE, guys, TIMBRE (the "sound" or "tone" of the piece).
Why is Beethoven's Ode To Joy somewhat annoying on the recorder, and can drive a room of hardened Germans to tears when played by a top-notch symphony orchestra? Timbre!
In the construction of classical musical pieces, this is controlled with orchestration. It's why a Hans Zimmermann score sounds punchy or etheriel or whatever is called for by the script.
I basically stopped there, because, well, if you don't care how your music _sounds_ it isn't going to sound very good.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago> The big three in music are pitch, rhythm and TIMBRE, The big three are normally described as melody, harmony and rhythm, and yes, it should be four because timbre is clearly central to the construction and experience of music.
- shoemakersteve 5y agoI personally disagree. Timbre will give the music a certain quality, and while it's no doubt a big part of the experience, I think the dynamics of piece will be much more central to the emotional response. If a song has a sax solo that really touches your heart, and you replaced it with a trombone playing the exact same solo instead, the timbre would be completely different, but the emotions that it would evoke would likely be almost identical. The timbre would mainly affect how well one or the other might blend with the rest of the orchestration. If someone played Ode To Joy on a recorder with proper dynamics, I can guarantee they could make it sound good. All my personal opinion of course.