Sonority Flashcards

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1
Q

Sul ponticello

A
  • Play with bow near bridge
  • Metallic/eerie/buzzing
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2
Q

Sul tasto

A
  • Play with bow over fingerboard
  • Soft/distorted
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Tremolo

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  • Play note very quickly back and forward (any notes)
  • Shimmery/mysterious
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4
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Glissando

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  • Continuous slide upwards or downwards between two notes
  • Magical
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5
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Trumpet mute

A
  • Device brass players use to lower volume and/or alter the timbre (tonal quality) of instrument
  • Shrill/piercing
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6
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Pizzicato

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  • String plucked with fingers
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7
Q

Note bending

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  • variable microtonal lowering of the third, seventh, and occasionally fifth degrees of the major scale
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8
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Multiphonics

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  • Performing two or more tones simultaneously on instrument designed to play 1 note at a time
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9
Q

Fall - offs

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  • A note of definite pitch sliding downwards to another note of definite pitch
  • Jazzy
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10
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Microtones

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  • Intervals smaller than 1 semitone
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11
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Sustain pedal

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  • On far right, hold down to hold sounds over
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12
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Soft pedal/Una corda

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  • On far left, hitting less strings
  • Soft/delegate
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13
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Key clicks

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  • Short percussive sounds made by the keys
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14
Q

Double stop

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  • Playing 2 notes simultaneously on string instrument
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15
Q

con sordino

A

mute

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16
Q

divisi

A

divide single section of instruments into multiple subsections

17
Q

col legno

A

strike string w stick of bow

18
Q

pizzicato

A

pluck strings

19
Q

arco

A

play w bow

20
Q

harmonics

A

strings oscillate at numerous modes simultaneously