Republic of the Philippines

Eastern Visayas State University

College of Architecture and Allied Discipline
Tacloban City

THE MEDIUM OF MUSIC

AND
FORM: MUSICAL STRUCTURE AND DESIGN

PRESENTED BY:
GROUP 5
ALMADEN, MA. ELOISA N.
BAYOT, GENE KEITH LANE C.
BULA, ELPIDIO AXL O.
CARTAGO, JOEMAR C.
HOMERES, JOHN MARK S.
NAZARIO, NOREEN C.
ROA, MA. JOYCE EDEN

BS-Architecture 5B

PRESENTED TO:
MR. RAYNALD REGGIE GOZO

INSTRUCTOR- HUM533

DATE: 24 SEPTEMBER 2016

THE MEDIUM OF MUSIC
Music
Like literature, music is an art that deals with sound. It is an art form and cultural
activity whose medium is sound and silence.

Musical Instrument
a mechanism that is able to generate musical vibrations and launch them into the air.
These various musical instruments are the means by which the composer communicates
to the listener; they are his medium of expression.

The Properties of Musical Sound

Pitch
It is the location of tone in the musical scale in relation to high or low. It refers to the
highness and the lowness of tone. Pitch is determined by the rate of vibration which to a large
extent depends on the length of the vibrating of the body.

Duration
This property of sound depends on the length of time over which vibration is maintained. Tone
are not only high or low but also short and long.

Volume
The term refers to force or percussive effects as a result of which the tone strikes us as being
loud or soft. Forte means loud and piano means soft.

Timbre on tone color

This is the individual quality of sound produced by other instruments. This depends on how the
instrument accentuates the overtones within the sound waves.

Range
The range of an instrument has to do with the total number of tones it can produce from
highest to lowest, and it is determined largely by the size of the instrument.

Pitch Range
Soprano - Female voice
Alto - Low female voice
Tenor - High male voice
Bass Low male voice