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 loudness Dynamics- the degree of

or softness of a sound loudness or softness in
music

• This results from the Indicators:

pressure or force which is 1. Forte- loudly
used to cause the vibrations 2. Fortissimo- very loudly
that produce a 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 Signatures
• The tones and -2/4
silences of varying -¾
durations moving -4/4
through time -6/8
2. MELODY
1. Dimension
3. Direction- considers the
a. Length distance between individual,
b. Range- distance between the successive tones
highest and lowest notes
- Relate to the climax
repertoire
2. Progression
-The motion of upward or 4. Register- considers the
downward, the distance between pitch of most notes
one tone and the next as the
melody moves forward
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 the medium or Ritardando- the gradual slowing
down
mediums.
• Tempo- speed indicated into: Accelerando- gradual increase
a. Presto- very fast
Tempo Rubato- music to be played
b. Allegre- Fast
with irregularity
c. Moderato- moderate speed
d. Andante- slow
e. Largo- very slow
5. TEXTURE
• This is the characteristic disposition
1. Monophonic- one melody is sung or
and relationship between melody and played with no accompaniment
harmony.
2. Homophonic- song sung to the
Types of Textures: chordal accompaniment of a guitar or
piano or any instrument
1. Monophonic
Or two people sing one soprano and the
2. Homophonic other alto, homophonic music is
3. Polyphonic produced

4. Non-melodic texture
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:

oExposition
oDevelopment
oRecapitulation
• 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.