Music: Age 16

6 illustrated Music lessons for Age 16.

How music is built from sections Many pieces are built from sections, like blocks, and the order of those sections is called the musical form. …
Octaves and Fifths on a String When a string is shortened, it vibrates faster and sounds higher: half its length sounds an octave up (frequen…
Sound Around the Listener Spatialisation means placing performers or loudspeakers around a listener so that direction and movement becom…
Same note, different instruments A flute and a violin can play the same note just as loudly and still sound completely different. Each instrume…
String Waves and Tone A taut string can vibrate in simple patterns with one, two, or three loops. The blend of these patterns helps …
Sound Meets Picture In film sound mixing, dialogue, music, and effects are placed so they hit at the exact moment they should on s…