Music as Social Life Chapter 2 – Flashcards

Anything controlled or possessed by a person that is of consequence to the other actors in the particular social field in question and that can serve as a basis of power or exchange for other types of capital. Virtuoso guitar ability is capital in the presentational rock field; money and land are capital in the field of capitalist economics; academic degrees and publications are capital in the field of higher education.

A repeated musical motive, phrase, melody, chord progression, or rhythmic figure; when continual repetition of the melodic unit in question serves as the basic structure of a piece, it may be termed ostinato form.

Relationships of musical sound experienced together in time: e.g., contrapuntal texture refers to two or more melodies played at the same time which compete for the listeners attention, as in a Bach fugue; other examples include heterophonic texture and homophonic texture.

A texture designation for a single melody regardless of how many voices or instruments render it together (in unison).

A texture in which a single melody is accompanied by chords, be they played on a guitar or sung by the altos, tenors, and bases of a chorus.

A texture in which two or more performers render the same melody simultaneously with slightly different rhythmic attacks or pitch choices, adding density and interest.

A manner of performance in which performers place their pitches/accents/body movements in the spaces or "rests" of other performers' parts.