Music is a kind of art that unfolds in time, the main means of expression in it are sounds of different heights and timbres. It is often called the language of the soul for its versatility and comprehensibility for most people. However, to understand a work of this kind, you need to know the basics of its structure.
Instructions
Step 1
The main characteristics of music in order of increasing difficulty are rhythm, pitch and timbre. The first point is of the same nature as the change of time of day, season, heart rate, step and other cyclical operations. That is why, when recording music in a studio, the part of the rhythm section is first written - percussion and bass instruments.
Rhythm and pitch are already a melody, something more developed. And with the addition of the timbres of different instruments, a real professional arrangement appears.
Timbre - from the French "paint" - a specific tone of an instrument or voice. It can be cold, transparent, dense, sonorous, with overtones or subtones, shrill, melodious, dry, etc.
Step 2
By changing the tempo, rhythm, pitch and timbres, music evokes in our minds associations with this or that state: anxiety, sadness, bitterness, aggression, joy, triumph. Thus, depending on the nature of the music (fast major dance music with a virtuoso rhythmic pattern or slow minor, with a measured rhythm), we experience different emotions (excitement and fun or melancholy, as if we are burying a loved one).
Cold sounds of a flute can evoke memories of the cool night, moonlight. Often she is entrusted with a party depicting loneliness, confusion. The pizzicato of strings is like a man creeping, the secret approach of something huge. A unique association is associated with the voice of each instrument.
Step 3
The title of a piece of music can also suggest what the composer wanted to say. A state or event can be described by audio means. Music with a specific genre name is called program music and includes such varieties as: opera, ballet, symphony, symphonic picture, song, dance, cycle, sonata. In non-programmed works there are no direct indications of the state or emotions that you should experience, so the scope for the flight of fantasy is wider.
Step 4
Listen to tonality, harmony. It is useful to listen to a piece with the score in front of your eyes and follow the development.
