I have to learn some musical vocab for my exam, I know what all of them mean because I've learnt it by heart now but I wana make sure I know what it actually sounds like in music. So the question is does anybody know of any music or have any examples of music that has...?
1) Falsetto
2) Consonance
3) Dissonance
4) Countrepointe
5) Descant


Also....does anybody know the difference between Heterophonic and Homophonic
and the difference between Countrapuntal and Countrepointe or are they the same..?

ThnX in advance for your help music experts!
x Oriental_bird x

i think contrapuntal adn counterpoint are the same! ill try to find my gcse file with all the notes in!

QUOTE (oriental_bird @ May 6 2004, 03:36 PM)

I have to learn some musical vocab for my exam, I know what all of them mean because I've learnt it by heart now but I wana make sure I know what it actually sounds like in music. So the question is does anybody know of any music or have any examples of music that has...? 1) Falsetto 2) Consonance 3) Dissonance 4) Countrepointe 5) Descant Also....does anybody know the difference between Heterophonic and Homophonic and the difference between Countrapuntal and Countrepointe or are they the same..? ThnX in advance for your help music experts! x Oriental_bird x

1) Broken male voice singing a treble part (get some barbershop quartet music)
2) Unless I'm wrong, just nice nice sounding things i.e. thirds, octaves, fifths - nice chords
3) Nasty things, lik,e 127 chords, or smashing your fist down on a piano. I think dischord=dissonance
4) Countrepointe=counterpoint in French
5) I don't actually know, but from hearing them I'd say a harmony sung by boys voices in the last verse of a hymn.

Don't hold me to any of the descriptions. Theory isn't my strong point (or at least, getting the right descriptions with the right words isn't)

these are the notes i have

counterpoint-the process of combining 2 or more melodic lines(or parts)of equal importance and independance. the musical texture created in this way is described as 'contrapuntal'. this style was common in the Baroque period(fugue, canon and imitation are organised forms of counterpoint)

contrapuntal-this is the adjectiev for counterpoint, describing a muiscal texture in which 2 or more parts weave along together in counterpoint.


all i have for homophonic is- a term describing a musical texture which has a single line melody adn accompanying chords. or a texture in which all parts tend to keep rhythmically in step with each other.

hope this helps

Nat

Further to my last post (I didn't read yours properly)

1) Barbershop
2) Most Things
3) Some modern things - I don't like discordant stuff. Try some Indian music though, it sounds discordant to western ears
4) Any Simple church music
5) O Come All Ye Faithful - Any recording of Kings or Johns College Choirs, Christmas Services or Advent services.

falsetto is a male singing as high as a woman usually

Consonance sounds good and disonance has a note or notes which sound like they are out of place.

A descant is a line of music which is above the melody.

Cheers&good luck if ur taking ur GCSE music.....few weeks argah

Can I point out to everyone - Oriental bird knows what they mean, just wanted to know what kind of music included the 5 things.

www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize i find this website really useful for music vocab!