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Melody Of course what is melody

Melody Of course what is melody, a very common word, whose meaning however is difficult to accurately pinpoint. A musical dictionary suggests the following definition: "sequence of notes, of different sounds, organized in a given form so as to make musical sense for the listener." However the way to react to a melody is a very personal matter. What makes "musical sense" to one may be unacceptable to another, and what is interesting and even beautiful to one person may leave another entirely indifferent. Harmony Harmony occurs when two or more notes of different sounds are heard at the same time, producing a chord. Chords are of two types: consonants, in which the notes agree with each other, and dissonant, in which the notes disclose to a greater or lesser degree, bringing the element of tension to the musical phrase. We use the word "harmony" in two ways: to refer to the selection of notes that constitute a given chord and, in the broad sense, to describe the progression or progression of the chords throughout a composition. Rhythm The word rhythm is used to describe the different ways in which a composer groups musical sounds, mainly from the group of view of the duration of sounds and their accentuation. In the musical background, there will be a regular beat, the pulsation of the music (heard or simply felt), which serves as a reference to the ear to measure the rhythm. Timbre Each instrument has a sound quality that is its own, what we could call "the color of your sound". For example, the characteristic sonority of a trumpet is that it makes us recognize it immediately as such, so that we can tell what difference there is between that instrument and, say, a violin. It is to this particularity of sound that the name of timbre is given. Form We use the word Form to describe the design or basic configuration that a composer can use to shape or develop a musical work. There are several types of forms or configurations, obtained through different methods, in different periods of the history of music. Texture Some musical pieces have a dense sound: rich and fluid with ease. Others may show up with the most rarefied and sparse sounds, sometimes producing a penetrating and aggressive effect. To describe this aspect of music, we use the word texture, comparing the fabric formed by the threads of a fabric with the organization of the sounds in a musical composition. There are three basic ways the composer "weaves" a song: MONOPHONIC: constituted by a single melodic line, devoid of any kind of harmony; POLYPHONIC: two or more melodic lines interwoven at the same time (sometimes also called contrapontística); HOMOPHONIC: A single melody is heard against a chord accompaniment. Basically, it's a song with the same rhythm in all voices.

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