AUDITORY ARTS

• This includes music in all its forms but

not song, opera, and those arts that combine music
with literature.
• Just as the medium of visual art is sight, so the
medium of auditory art is sound.
MUSIC
• Composed of tones and silences organized in such a
manner to convey the emotions and ideas conceived by
the composer

• The composer’s work must be interpreted by another

artist- the performer who makes the composer’s work
come to life.
*although, some contemporary composers can be interpreters, too. Take Yiruma, for
example.
MUSIC AS AUDITORY ARTS

• Music moves through time, thus it is called

temporal.
• Music appreciation is the acquired ability to
listen to music intelligently
MUSIC AS AUDITORY ARTS
3 COMPONENTS
- Ability to appreciate music is not inborn
- Acquired by anyone who makes up his mind to
do so
- Conscious effort
FUNCTIONS OF MUSIC
1. An attempt to imitate the natural sound
2. Release of one’s emotions or feelings (therapeutic)
3. As signals in wars
4. Means of worship and vehicles of rituals
5. Used to accompany dance
6. A form of entertainment in community celebrations
7. Symbols of life’s cycles
SOUND (TONES): THE PHYSICAL
MATERIAL PROPERTY OF MUSIC
• Vibration is what produced a sound
• Regular vibrations produce tones or musical
sounds
• Irregular sounds yield noise
SOUND (TONES): THE PHYSICAL
MATERIAL PROPERTY OF MUSIC
Sound in General has 4 Qualities
1. Timbre
2. Pitch
3. Intensity
4. Duration
1. TIMBRE

• This refers to the quality which enables us to

distinguish one sound from another
• A sound may not be audible unless it is
amplified by something
• Resonator- any object which amplifies the
vibrations
2. PITCH

• This refers to the relative highness or lowness or

a tone
• This is the result of the frequency of vibrations
• The higher the frequency the higher the pitch
• Scale- series of different tones which are
arranged at definite fixed distances or intervals
from one another.
2. PITCH

• Octave- western music uses a scale consisting

of 12 pitches in 7 different tones designated
as: A,B, C, D, E, F, G or la, ti, do, re, mi, fa, sol.
• Sharps mean a tone is to be raised
• Flats- tone to be lowered
3. DURATION
• It refers to the length of time which a
sound occupies
• Notes- relative time values indicated in
musical notation by symbols
3. DURATION
Types:
1. Whole note
2. Half note
3. Quarter note
4. Eighth note
5. Sixteenth note
6. 32nd note
7. 64th note
4. INTENSITY
• This refers to the Dynamics- the degree
loudness or softness of a of loudness or softness
sound in music

• This results from the Indicators:

pressure or force which 1.Forte- loudly
is used to cause the 2.Fortissimo- very
vibrations that produce a loudly
sound. 3.Piano- softly
4.Pianissimo- very
softly
4. INTENSITY

• Crescendo- the music to become gradually

louder
• Decrescendo or diminuendo to become
gradually softer
• Staff- five parallel lines and the spaces
between the lines
ELEMENTS OF MUSIC

1. Rhythm
2. Melody
3. Harmony
4. Tone Color
5. Texture
6. Form
1. RHYTHM
Time
• The tones and
Signatures
silences of -2/4
varying durations -¾
moving through -4/4
time -6/8
2. MELODY
1. Dimension
3. Direction- considers
a. Length the distance between
b. Range- distance individual, successive
between the highest and tones
lowest notes
- Relate to the climax
repertoire
2. Progression
-The motion of upward or 4. Register- considers
downward, the distance the pitch of most notes
between one tone and the
3. HARMONY
• The simultaneous sounding of tones
• Melody is the horizontal aspect while harmony the vertical
side.
• Tonality- or key feeling results when a single key is used thus
providing a tonal center
• Chord- 33 or more tones of different pitches sounded together
• Consonance- quality when the combination of sounds or tones
is satisfying or pleasant
• If unpleasant- dissonance or discord (producing tension)
4. TONE COLOR
• This is the result of tempo,
dynamics and the timbre or Ritardando- the gradual
slowing down
the medium or mediums.
• Tempo- speed indicated into: Accelerando- gradual
a. Presto- very fast increase
b. Allegre- Fast
Tempo Rubato- music to be
c. Moderato- moderate speed played with irregularity
d. Andante- slow
e. Largo- very slow
5. TEXTURE
• This is the characteristic
1. Monophonic- one melody is
disposition and relationship sung or played with no
between melody and harmony. accompaniment

Types of Textures: 2. Homophonic- song sung to

the chordal accompaniment
1. Monophonic of a guitar or piano or any
instrument
2. Homophonic
3. Polyphonic Or two people sing one soprano
and the other alto, homophonic
4. Non-melodic texture music is produced
TEXTURE

3. Polyphonic- results when two or more melodies are played

together
- Otherwise known as contrapuntal
- Sonority- quality of richness or thinness of the music closely
related to harmony than to melody and measured by number
of parts, spacing of tones, register of tones, register of tones
and timbre
6. FORM

• The overall design plan is called a musical structure or

musical form

Sectional forms:
1. Binary
2. Ternary forms
MOVEMENTS

• Sonata- movement is fast and consists of 3

sections:
o Exposition
o Development
o Recapitulation
• Concerto- meant to be played by an instrument
with an entire orchestra.
DISCLAIMER:

• I truthfully and humbly admit that I have no inclinations whatsoever with

music. That is the reason why, this topic is only limited to the theory of
Auditory arts (Music) and not its application.
 ACTIVITY
Listen to the music:

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor

Link: https://youtu.be/BWerj8FcprM
What to Do:
Write a 150-word (minimun) essay detailing your experience listening to the music.
- Describe what you thought (it could be an image in your mind) and felt while
listening to the music.
- Hypothesize what could possibly be the story behind the composition of the
music.
- Lastly, take a photograph of anything that gives off the same vibe as the music
you have heard.

Post the image and caption it with your essay. Include the output in your Visual Arts Activity 1 and 2 post