STARRY NIGHT

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STARRY NIGHT

• Visions of the Mood

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TONE COLOR

• Another word for tone color is timbre
• Certain descriptive words may be used to express
  the effect of musical timbre or tone color such
  as dark - brilliant opaque - transparent rich
  or mellow fuzzy or clear dull or sharp complex
  or simple

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Dynamics

• Dynamics are used to color the music with levels
  of loudness or softness.
• Dynamic levels are often "interpreted" by
  performers who add subtle dynamic "shading" to
  music.Dynamic levels are a natural indicator for
  emotional mood.

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Instrumentation
"colors"

• Musical instruments are the
• of music.

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Tempo

• Tempo (an Italian word) identifies the rate of
  speed of the beat (rhythm) of music
• Rhythm is shaped by meter it is a system of
  organized beats
• Musicians seldom play a piece of music exactly
  the same in repeated performances. Each time a
  performer plays a piece he/she "interprets" the
  piece by playing certain notes slightly louder or
  softer and longer or shorter than during previous
  performances.

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Meter

• Meter is the beat or pulse in music.

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Le Merby Claude Debussy
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