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AbandonAbandon is a French-originated musical term that means 'Without restraint'. In laymen's terms, the musician is to play louder and present a slightly uncontrolled feeling to the music. Tempo, volume, and pitch is effected. AdagioAdagio means very slow. Adogio comes from Italian ad agio, 'at ease'. TimbreTimbre -The quality of a musical tone that distinguishes voices and instruments. jobs by
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PhrasePhrase - A small section of a composition comprising a musical thought. Comparable to a sentence in language. ForteForte - to play loud Acapellaacapella-without instrumental accompaniment RomanticRomantic -Relating to the nineteenth-century musical period characterized by subjectivity on the part of the composer, emotionalism in music, longer musical forms, and richer harmonies. IntermezzoIntermezzo- a short musical compostition, as between main divisions of an extended musical work. humbuckersHumbucker - pickup on a guitar. Unlike the single coil pickups, it is fatter. To see a picture of some humbucker pickups, look at some Fenders and some Gibsons. They are located right under the strings near the bridge. ChordChord -Three or more tones combined and sounded simultaneously Absolute PitchAbsolute pitch- 1. the exact pitch of a tone in terms of vibrations per second 2. the ability to sing or recognize the sound of a tone. SlurSlur-A curved line drawn over two or more notes of different pitches, indicating that they are to be executed in a smoothly connected manner without a break. Mezzo forteMezzo forte-Moderately loud Just IntonationJust Intonation-any system of tuning in which all of the intervals can be represented by whole-number frequency ratios Distortiondistortion - check out this page for a great definition of distortion. I couldn't explain it half as well. Distortion cacaphonycacaphony-harsh discordant sound AccelerandoAccelerando is musical notation symbol that means to gradually quicken tempo. An accelerando symbol may be accompanied by a new tempo marking (example: Tempo = 80). |
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