* time: in a jazz or rock score, after a rubato or rallentendo section, the term "time" indicates that performers should return to tempo (this is equivalent to the term "a tempo") * tranquillo: calmly, peacefully * tremolo: shaking; i.e., a rapid repetition of the same note, or ...
A generic term used to designate the leader of a band. Although this term can be applied to any person that leads a band, it is most often associated with the leader of a military band, concert band symphonic band, or marching band. The bandmaster is generally the director or conductor ...
Britannica Quiz Sound Check: Musical Vocabulary Quiz West Africa in the American South: gathering the musical elements of jazz The elements that make jazz distinctive derive primarily from West African musical sources as taken to the North American continent by slaves, who partially preserved them ...
PURPOSE: To obtain the musical sound waveform data storage device which can generate a musical sound closer to the musical sound of an acoustic musical instrument and the electronic musical instrument which uses the musical waveform data storage device....
PURPOSE: To generate a sound of a desired tone by rewriting each memory data in a device by providing a memory storing a waveform and a shape of an envelope in a sound source. CONSTITUTION: A oscillation circuit 1 is constituted with a CR oscillation circuit, a crystal oscillation circuit,...
In this chapter, a preliminary theoretical attempt is undertaken to examine the applicability of the term ‘translation’ in reference to music and to define its scope. The point of departure is a critical discussion of the definitions of musical phenomena (arrangement/transcription, cover version, ...
A Dué - Both instruments on the same part are to play. A Punto d'arco - play with the point of the bow. Accelerando - Accelerando (Italian: becoming faster) is a term in general use to show that the music should be played at an increasing speed. ...
Modes in music are scale-like patterns that can start on any note within the scale, not just the root. Each of the modes have their own unique sound, character and flavors, adding depth and color to musical composition. Originating from some of the earliest forms of Western music, modes ...
The interval between two musical notes, the upper one of which has twice the pitch of the lower one. In a major or minor scale, the distance of this interval lies eight steps* away, hence the term “octave.” (*in the major or minor scales, the eight steps are actually a combination...
1. Their use can add a different 'flavour' to what is essentially the same chord. 2. They make the transition between chords in a progression much easier for your fingers. 3. Using them in a chord progression will make your playing sound more seasoned and mature. ...