Map Loudness Without Changing Speed

Supplied materials

• Paper and a pencil, or typed notes. Draw beat marks and write loudness labels; making sounds is optional.
• Example: A 3-part sound plan must grow louder, retaining equal pulse spacing. Which complete loudness map fits? Choices: (A) loud → loud → loud (B) loud → medium → soft (C) soft → medium → loud (D) soft → soft → soft.
• Try this: A 3-part sound plan must grow softer, retaining equal pulse spacing. Which complete loudness map fits? Choices: (A) loud → loud → loud (B) loud → medium → soft (C) soft → medium → loud (D) soft → soft → soft.

Learn the idea

Dynamics tell how loud or soft a sound is. Write loudness labels in order to show a change. The beat marks can keep equal spaces while the sound gets louder or softer.

Look at the example. The map soft → medium → loud follows the required 3 positions and the instruction to grow louder. Pulse spacing remains a separate timing condition. Increasing loudness does not imply speeding up, and changing dynamics does not remove any scheduled pulse.

Written loudness labels are enough for this plan. If you choose to make sounds, keep them comfortable and quiet.

1. Read the three-part example. Find the plan that grows louder while the beat spaces stay equal.
2. Compare soft → medium → loud with loud → medium → soft. Explain which grows louder.
3. Try the check question and the three practice questions. Then read the feedback.
4. Create a three-part dynamic map that gets softer while the beat marks retain equal spacing.
5. Check your work. Loudness labels decrease in order, and spacing remains equal throughout.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Try a new example: A 4-part sound plan must stay equally loud in every part, retaining equal pulse spacing. Which complete loudness map fits? Choices: (A) loud → loud → loud → loud (B) loud → medium-loud → medium-soft → soft (C) soft → medium-soft → medium-loud → loud (D) soft → soft → soft → soft. Answer: loud → loud → loud → loud. The map loud → loud → loud → loud follows the required 4 positions and the instruction to stay equally loud in every part. Pulse spacing remains a separate timing condition. Increasing loudness does not imply speeding up, and changing dynamics does not remove any scheduled pulse. Make your own: Create a three-part dynamic map that gets softer while the beat marks retain equal spacing. Check your work: Loudness labels decrease in order, and spacing remains equal throughout.

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