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AOS4 - Key Words
Dynamics (how loud or quiet the music is)
Fortissimo (ff) - very loud
Forte (f) - loud
Mezzo Forte (mf) - quite loud
Mezzo piano (mp) - quite quiet
Piano (p) - quiet
Pianissimo (pp) - very quiet
Crescendo (< ) - getting louder
Decrescendo / Diminuendo ( >) - getting quieter
Sforzando (sf) - suddenly very loud
Timbre (the type of sound an instrument makes)
Vocals The use of voices.
Soprano voice A high pitched female voice.
Tenor voice A high male voice.
Alto voice A low female voice.
Bass voice A low male voice.
Countertenor - a male alto achieved using a falsetto voice
Falsetto – ‘false voice’ technique where male singers can sing higher using a softer voice.
Vibrato – A slight regular wavering of a pitch used by singers and instrument players to add warmth and interest to the note.
Instrumental Music – Music played by instruments only. (No singing!)
Instrumental family – e.g. String family, Woodwind family, Percussion family, Brass family.
Muted (Con sordino)– To deaden/quieten the sound. Brass players put mutes in the bell of the instrument to do this.
Vibrato – See above
String instruments can be played:
Con arco (Arco) – with a bow
Pizzicato (pizz)– plucked with the finger
Double stopping – when 2 strings are played at once
Tremelo/tremolando– literally means ‘trembling’. Rapid up & down movements of the bow on the strings. Good for building suspense etc.
Technology – Use of technology in music
Reverb – this is when the sounds of an instrument last longer, imitating the sound of the instrument reflecting against walls, floors and ceilings.
Distortion – Usually used in rock, this is when an instrument is forced to sound ‘aggressive.’
Chorus – This is when a voice or instrument is multiplied electronically, so it sounds like many
Multitracking – A recording technique where different sounds/instruments are recorded seperatly and played back together e.g. Logic
Compression – Used mostly as a recording technique, this is where the quietest sounds are boosted and the loudest are lowered, so the
recording is evened out. E.g. drums.
Vocodor – Device used to electronically combine a human voice with a musical instrument
Sequence - Electronic device or computer program that is used to record, edit and play back music data using MIDI
Panning - Sound is electronically moved acrossfrom one speaker to another, or is separatedinto different speakers
Fortissimo (ff) - very loud
Forte (f) - loud
Mezzo Forte (mf) - quite loud
Mezzo piano (mp) - quite quiet
Piano (p) - quiet
Pianissimo (pp) - very quiet
Crescendo (< ) - getting louder
Decrescendo / Diminuendo ( >) - getting quieter
Sforzando (sf) - suddenly very loud
Timbre (the type of sound an instrument makes)
Vocals The use of voices.
Soprano voice A high pitched female voice.
Tenor voice A high male voice.
Alto voice A low female voice.
Bass voice A low male voice.
Countertenor - a male alto achieved using a falsetto voice
Falsetto – ‘false voice’ technique where male singers can sing higher using a softer voice.
Vibrato – A slight regular wavering of a pitch used by singers and instrument players to add warmth and interest to the note.
Instrumental Music – Music played by instruments only. (No singing!)
Instrumental family – e.g. String family, Woodwind family, Percussion family, Brass family.
Muted (Con sordino)– To deaden/quieten the sound. Brass players put mutes in the bell of the instrument to do this.
Vibrato – See above
String instruments can be played:
Con arco (Arco) – with a bow
Pizzicato (pizz)– plucked with the finger
Double stopping – when 2 strings are played at once
Tremelo/tremolando– literally means ‘trembling’. Rapid up & down movements of the bow on the strings. Good for building suspense etc.
Technology – Use of technology in music
Reverb – this is when the sounds of an instrument last longer, imitating the sound of the instrument reflecting against walls, floors and ceilings.
Distortion – Usually used in rock, this is when an instrument is forced to sound ‘aggressive.’
Chorus – This is when a voice or instrument is multiplied electronically, so it sounds like many
Multitracking – A recording technique where different sounds/instruments are recorded seperatly and played back together e.g. Logic
Compression – Used mostly as a recording technique, this is where the quietest sounds are boosted and the loudest are lowered, so the
recording is evened out. E.g. drums.
Vocodor – Device used to electronically combine a human voice with a musical instrument
Sequence - Electronic device or computer program that is used to record, edit and play back music data using MIDI
Panning - Sound is electronically moved acrossfrom one speaker to another, or is separatedinto different speakers
