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Chapter 1- Musical Orientation, Musical Elements Flashcards

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Timbre

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Quality of sound, tone, or color
All instruments have distinct qualities
Something we control

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Mutes

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Physical devices inserted into the bell of the instrument to distort the sounds coming out

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Timbre variation

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Use of unusual sounds for expressive purposes; physically change the sound with mutes, musical variation in jazz and can be used to find ones owns sound.

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Ensemble

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Vary in size. Most common is trio (3-4) in groups. Combos or rhythm section. Large ensembles can include horn, wind, and percussion sections

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Inventing a musical statement

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Improvising

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wind players generate a slight wobble in pitch; musicians can modify the sound by adjusting the length of tube or blowing with heavy intensity

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vibrato

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embouchure

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positioning of the lips & other facial muscles. Forces the vibration to suddenly jump to a new level, raising the pitch

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trumpet

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brass; has unmistakable timbre; a brittle, crisp attack with brillant overtakes, most common brass instrument ; cylindrical tubing except for the bell

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half-valving

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musician can vary timbre; depressing one or more of the valves only halfway

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straight mute

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inserts directly into the bell of instrument, quiets the sound without too much distortion

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adds an extension that more or less covers the bell, attenuating the sound while rounding out

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cup mute

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hollow mute with a hole in the center

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harmon mute

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rubber end of a sink plunger

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plunger mute

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trombone

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occasionally comical slide enables the player to glide seamlessly from one note to another, known as a glissando or smear

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slim, cylindrical, wooden tube that produces a thin occasionally shrill sound; standard concept to New Orleans. Achieved greater during Swing Era of 1930s

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Clarinet

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Bass Clarinet

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pitched lower than regular clarinet

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saxophone

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often used are alto, tenor, soprano, and baritone . Early jazz and vaudeville musicians used it for comic effect as much as anything else. By 1930, became one of main instruments of American music( especially alto and tenor)

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cornet

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has extra layer of tubing and a deeper mouthpiece, producing a slightly mellower timbre, than from a trumpet. Used until 1926 then trumpet took over

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growling

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vary qualities of pitches by flicking their tongue against the mouthpiece

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multiphonics

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blowing intensely enough to produce more than 1 pitch

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harmony

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instruments naturally designed to play chords

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rhythm section

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Consists of instruments that provide harmony, bass, and percussion.

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What jazz ensemble is built on. The rock of the jazz ensemble

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Bass

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2 crucial functions to the bass

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Harmonic support, and providing basic underlying rhythmic foundations

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Most common bass
string bass/ double bass. used more in symphony orchestras
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used for more classical musicians; draw a horsehair bow across the strings
Arco (Bass)
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plucking the strings with fingers
Pizzicato
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Electric Bass
lacks natural resonance of string bass, but has loudness and portability
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one-man percussion section within the rhythm section within the band
Drum Kit (traps)
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front and center
Bass Drum
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Snare Drum
le stand at penetrating, rattling sound, stands on an adjustable stand at knee level
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Tom-Toms
2 or more middle-size drums without snares
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Ride Cymbal
clear, focused, timbre, and is played more or less continuously. Band "rides" on rhythmic pulse
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Crash Cymbal
splashy, indeterminate pitch, used for dramatic punctuations; small
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consists of 2 shoulder-level cymbals on an upright pole with a foot pedal at base
High-Hat
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strike or literally brush the drum heads
Wire Brushes
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conveying a soft, quiet rumble
Mallets
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Congas
latin; percussion mostly; tall drums of equal height but different diameters, with the smaller one assigned the lead role
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Timbales
2 drums mounted on a stand along with a cowbell and played with sticks by a standing musician
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Shakers
(Macraca) is a gourd with ridges
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Scrapers
(guiro) is a gourd with ridges
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moving at a given tempo(speed); basic approach to Jazz
pulse rhythm
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beat
pulse
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meter
group pulses into patterns
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double meter
beats patterned in twos or fours: (most common)
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breath rhythm (meter)
more elusive and flexible
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when musician breathe, can speed up or slow down or even for a time(stop) altogether
free rhythm
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what music is organized in; highly individualized parts that contrast with one another, even as they serve to create a unified whole
rhythmic layers
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polyrhythm/ rhythmic contrast
simultaneous use of contrasting rhythms | African music always at least have 2 different rhythmic layers going on at the same time
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foundation layer
most basic rhythms; continuous, unchanging patterns whose very repetition provides a framework for the whole
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keeping time
essential part of music making; is persistent and repetitive (bass and ride cymbal)
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Adds contrasting parts above the foundation layer; jazz soloists add the layers and also the rhythm section( piano chords, drums)
variable layers
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syncopation
a temporary "special effect"; whenever a strong accent contradicts the basic meter; central to jazz rhythm
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downbeat
the 1st beat of every measure
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backbeat
offers a simple way for listeners to contribute (ex.stop or silently respond)
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Groove
Overall rhythmic framework within which rhythmic events occur(ex. 4 beat rhythm with a backbeat)
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Swing
Like groove, with an uneven division of beat, with the first division longer then the second . Notes known as swing eighths and written as even eighths.
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fundamental unit of melody; collection of pitches within the octave
Scale
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divided equally into 12 notes, counting white and black sets( piano keyboard)
octave
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half-step
distance between each 2 adjacent notes, shortest distance between notes on a piano
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chromatic scale
scale of 12 notes
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major scale/mode
The Do Re Mi scale. Made up of 7 degrees. happy, peaceful, most basic in western music
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minor mode
white keys from A to A; used in classical mode as major's opposite. sad, moody, angry, tragic
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follows a specific pattern of half steps and whole steps, consists of 7 notes
minor and major mode
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whole steps
distance of 2 half steps
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blues scale
collection of pitches, but also central musical influence(African American); system of making melody that includes variable intonation (blue/bent notes)
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variable intonation
tuning system that allows for certain pitches to fluctuate by microtunes; creating blue notes or bent notes
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Blue/Bent Notes
notes in which the pitch is bent expressively. Available on most instruments but piano is problematic. Occur on the 3rd, 5th, and 7th degrees of the scale
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2 or more notes played at the same time
chord
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3 notes playing every other white key on piano (C-E-G, D-F-A, E-G-B)
triads
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root
each triad takes its name from the bottom note
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extended chords
producing more elaborate harmonies
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series of chords placed in a strict rhythmic sequence, movement from chord to chord, also called change
harmonic progression
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unstable or jarring, chords pulled as if by gravity to consonant(stable) chords
dissonant
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tonic (I chord)
first degree of the scale, or the chord built on the first scale degree
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phrase
chord progression comes to rest
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cadence
stopping places that divide a harmonic progression into phrases
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half-cadence
musical stopping point on dominant, sound incomplete; like a comma providing a stop but not signaling a full closure
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full-cadence
melody and harmony conveying on the stable home chord(tonic) 1st phrase like a question, 2nd answers
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balance between harmony and melody
texture
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melody supported by harmonic accompaniment
homophony
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melody exists on its own; without harmonic accompaniment
monophony
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2 or more melodies of equal interest or played at the same time
polyphony
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block chord texture
big bands; 2 or more instruments play some phrase with the same rhythmic patterns, but with different pitches filling out the harmony
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countermelody or obbligato
subordinate instruments have melodic interest of their own, but not enough to complete with the main melody
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rests
silences
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breaks
the rest of the band briefly stops playing to let the musician solo; usually 2 or 4 bars long
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stop time rhythm
ensemble plays a short chord at brief intervals; once every bar or once every other bar. soloists improvises with just these interruptions from the band prodding them on. Open ended; but can last as long as the musician wants
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cadenza/ radiant trumpet fanfare
keeps us on the edge of our seat until the rest of the band enters
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Sometimes you "get" jazz , sometimes you don't
Empathy
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Largest category of jazz instruments
Wind
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Winds
Produce sound by vibrating a column of air that can be modified by changing the length of the column or overblowing
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Overblowing is achieved by
Changing the embouchure and by increasing pressure
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Controls the length of tubing
Valves
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Reed instruments
Sounds created by vibrating reed that is clamped to a mouthpiece and placed between the lips.!jazz instruments use single reeds, which can vary in thickness
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Sound can be varied in reed instruments by
Pressing the tongue on the reed, changing lip and tongue pressure, flicking the tongue against the reed, or overblowing , which can result in multiphonics
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Harmony instruments
Piano(most important b/c of popularity and range), guitar, banjo, electric piano, organ, vibraphone. Most common rhythm section is bass, drums, and piano.
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In early jazz, which instrument provided the bass
Tuba
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How percussion section can alter timbre
Tape on cymbals, different size sticks, wire brushes, mallets
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Latin percussion
Congas, bongos, timbales, maracas, guiro
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Indicators of loudness (dynamics)
Softest( pianissimo; pp), soft (piano;p), medium soft( mezzo piano; mp), medium loud (mezzo fort; fm), loud (forte;f), loudest(fortissimo;ff)
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Triple meter
3 pulses or beats per measure ; irregular meters can be in fives
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Measure
Distance between down beats. Can be thought of as a small cycle; a repeated fixed unit
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Difficult to define but occurs when all the rhythms interlock
Swinging
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Pitch
Measure of notes frequency: higher the frequency the higher the note.
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Major scale is a major because
It's pattern of pitches made up of whole steps and half steps regardless of the first note. They can be transposed
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Diatonic scale
Both major and minor scales have seven notes
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Pentatonic scale
Five notes
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Whole tone scale
Six more scale made up of whole notes
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Phrasing includes
The length of each phrase
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Licks
Phrases that are part of the common vocabulary of improvised jazz
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Motive
Small musical idea that is used as a source of variation
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Riff
Repeated fragment of melody, ostinato riff; a riff repeats insistently

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