part writing

In music, a part is a line of music which is played by one player or group of players (or sung by one or more singers). This is the usual meaning of the word “part” when talking about musical compositions.

The term "four-part harmony" refers to music written for four voices, or for some other musical medium - four musical instruments or a single keyboard instrument, for example - for which the various musical parts can give a different note for each chord of the music.

Strong melodies and strong chord progressions both want to dominate the musical texture. Managing these two competing elements requires craft and compromise. Part-writing develops this skill, which is then easily adapted to styles beyond common-practice harmony.

In Two Part Writing, there must be a note or rest for each voice. Thus, when both voices play the same note, there must be two notes shown (one for each voice)! Just like with the Harmonic 2nd, the stems will line up vertically.

Strophic form Strophic form – also called verse-repeating form, chorus form, AAA song form, or one-part song form – is a song structure in which all verses or stanzas of the text are sung to the same music.

To some extent, not wholly, somewhat. For example, We didn't get to Chicago, in part because we didn't have time, or Jerry was the one to blame, in large part because he was the one who hired the contractor, or The attorney himself was in small part responsible for this witness. [ Late 1300s]

Basic Rules: o All parts must stay within their vocal range, and voices should not cross (tenor should not be higher than alto, etc.) o Successive chords that share a common tone should keep that tone in the same vocal part.

The four parts are labeled by their range, from highest to lowest: Soprano (S), Alto (A), Tenor (T), and Bass (B). We will also consider how chords move and connect to one another, forming a harmonic progression (also known as a chord progression) and defining a complete musical idea known as a phrase .

Basic Rules: o All parts must stay within their vocal range, and voices should not cross (tenor should not be higher than alto, etc.) o Successive chords that share a common tone should keep that tone in the same vocal part.

As we said, 4-part harmony is written for 4 voices: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass (SATB in short). The notation for these is written on two staves: one in the treble clef for the Soprano and Alto parts and the other in the bass clef for the Tenor and Bass parts.

musical notation, visual record of heard or imagined musical sound, or a set of visual instructions for performance of music. It usually takes written or printed form and is a conscious, comparatively laborious process.

Ternary form, sometimes called song form, is a three-part musical form where the first section (A) is repeated after the second section (B) ends. It is usually schematized as A–B–A. Examples include the de capo aria “The trumpet shall sound” from Handel's Messiah, Chopin's Prelude in D-Flat Major (Op.