What Is Music

Quote

Music is what feelings sound like. — Victor Hugo

Music is poetry of air.

• Music is the bond, the expressions of feelings, the proof of belonging, the life and beyond.
• Popular music and classical music
  • Pop music often uses electric instrument; classical music uses acoustic instrument.
  • Pop music usually has lyrics.
  • Pop music usually has strong beats.
  • Pop music tends to be short and repetitious.
  • Pop music is performed often without music notation; classical music is often performed with a score.

How do we hear music?

• Neurotransmitters are stimulated when listen to music.
• To raise the pitch by an octave, we need to double the frequency.
• Outer ear → inner ear → basilar membrane → auditory nerve → primary auditory cortex
• Limbic System is responsible for emotion, hence the feel of music.

Why we like what we like?

• Music template = nurture + nature
• Western music “syntax”
  • Leading Tone pulls toward the Home Pitch of Tonic
  • Large Leap is then reversed by following pitch
  • Harmony must fit with the Melody
  • Chord Progression - Harmony usually return home to topic
• Fundamental and overtones
• Consonance and disonance