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    Music: Sound smarter without trying harder
    Music: Sound smarter without trying harder
    Music: Sound smarter without trying harder
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    Music: Sound smarter without trying harder

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    Is your musical knowledge limited to the Top 40? Have trouble telling the difference between Mozart and Beethoven? Fear not! The Very Lazy Intellectual: Music introduces you to both the world’s most influential musicians and the origins of every style of music. With information on everyone from Bach to Nirvana and styles from classical to punk, you’ll be jamming in no time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateAug 1, 2012
    ISBN9781440556944
    Music: Sound smarter without trying harder
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    At Adams Media, we don’t just publish books—we craft experiences that matter to you. Whether you’re diving deep into spirituality, whipping up delights in the kitchen, or planning your personal finances, our diverse range of lifestyle books, decks, journals, and more is designed to feed your curiosity. The Adams team strives to publish content that celebrates readers where they are—and where they’re going.

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      Music - Adams Media

      The Very Lazy Intellectual

      Music

      Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

      Avon, Massachusetts

      Contents

      Introduction

      Pitch

      Dynamics

      Rhythm

      Timbre/Texture

      Music of the Middle Ages

      Gregorian Chants

      Secular Music

      Form

      Music in the Renaissance

      Sacred Renaissance Music

      Secular Renaissance Music

      Renaissance Instrumental Music

      Form

      Baroque Music

      Baroque Music Forms

      Classical Style

      Classical Music Forms

      Sonata

      Minuet

      Symphony

      Concerto

      Chamber Music

      Classical Form

      Blues

      Types of Blues

      Country Blues

      Chicago Blues

      Texas Blues

      Blues Form

      Jazz

      Types of Jazz

      New Orleans Style Jazz

      Swing

      Bebop

      Cool Jazz

      Jazz Form

      Rock Music

      Types of Rock

      Rock and Roll

      Surf Rock

      Blues Rock

      Hard Rock

      Heavy Metal

      Punk Rock

      Cheat Sheet for Music

      Also Available

      Copyright Page

      Introduction

      If we were to look up the term lazy in a dictionary, we might expect to find some unflattering connotations. Let’s skip over such definitions as adverse or resistant to work, slothful, and sluggish, and adopt a more positive, charitable perspective. If instead we consider lazy as economical or avoiding waste, we get a much better picture of the idea behind The Very Lazy Intellectual series.

      This series of books is a set of short, economical references full of the fundamental knowledge you need to know to sound as if you really know something about a particular academic subject. The Very Lazy Intellectual: Music lays out the indispensable facts, crucial high points, and fascinating elements of the primary periods of music history and the main forms of Western music to build your knowledge foundation.

      Whether you want to refresh your memory of a long-since forgotten course, or merely wish to be able to say something intelligent or come off musically inclined without having to put in a great deal of study, this book will help. Enjoy the low-effort scholarship of The Very Lazy Intellectual: Music.

      If you’d like to learn more about music and more, check out The Lazy Intellectual, available in print (978-1-4405-0456-3) and eBook (978-1-4405-0888-2) formats.

      Pitch

      Pitch is basically how high or low a sound or note is. Pitch is determined by the speed of a sound’s vibrations: the faster a note vibrates, the higher the pitch, and vice versa. In general, smaller objects vibrate faster and produce a higher pitch. A sound that has a definite pitch is called a tone. The distance (measured in what are called steps) between any two tones is called an interval. When tones are eight steps or an octave apart, they sound very much alike. The lower tone in an octave vibrates half as fast as the higher tone. In early music, pitch was the only thing at the composer’s disposal.

      Dynamics

      Dynamics, the second tool discovered by

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