Prepare for next Thursday's listening quiz!!

Terms
Definition of music: An art based on the organization of sound in time
Active listening (real listening - requires concentration) vs. passive listening (hearing)

Pitch - the high and low sounds / frequency.
Melody - a succession of consecutive pitches. One pitch at a time that forms a tune, or a recognizable musical idea.
The Ball is a concept that I have when listening to music. It is whatever the most prominent sound is in a selection. It might be the melody, the rhythm, a motive, the sound of a voice, a refrain or chorus, etc. Like my analogy for watching sporting events, "Keep your eye on the ball". The ball can change many times in a song. The ball WILL change in a song. Try to follow it!

Motive - a short musical idea or "building block" that is easy to recognize. The 3 notes in Santana or the repeating pattern in the "Nuttin but Stringz" example from class. You recognize it when you hear it, and a composer can use it later.
Motive - a "trigger" that identifies a piece of music. Short fragment, not enough to be the whole tune or even a phrase. McDonalds ba ba ba ba baa is a motive. Beethoven ba ba ba bum.

Duration - The element of time in music

Rhythm - an organized and repeating pattern of beats and syncopations forming a musical idea. (I've modified this to " an organized and repeating pattern of shorts and longs forming a musical idea".)
Groove - the energy present in a piece of music.