Lesson 1: What is music?

What is our working definition of music?

• Music is sound

• Music is when a number of vibrations per second create a specific frequency which create a low, middle, or high pitch sound.

• Music is when different sounds are working together and experimentation with sounds and instruments.

• Music is when all or some element of music are present in a piece of music: rhythm, melody, harmony, form and timbre.

• All of these

What is the name of a person that plays a musical instrument?

• Conductor

• Symphony

• Musician

• None of these

What do you call groups of musicians playing classical instruments together?

• Symphony

• Orchestra

• Musicians

• Conductor

What is the name of the person that leads the orchestra?

• Musician

• Music Producer

• Composer

• Conductor

Who else can make music?

• Rappers

• Singer/Songwriters

• Composers

• Music Producers

• All of these people

What can you use to make music or sound?

• Musical Instruments: trumpet, human voice, drumsticks, etc

• Your body: body percussion

• Music Technology: microphones, DAWs, etc

• Anything you can make sound with

Define what musical preference is. Write a complete sentence.

What is subjectivity?

• how someone's judgement shapes their personal opinions, thoughts, and feelings about a subject or other things/people.

• how someone is able to use facts, evidence and other sources to gain overall understanding and perspective of an event

• None of these

Where is music performed/made?

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Explain why or why not John Cage's Four Minutes of Silence is music? Give me at least 2 to 3 sentences.