Sonority Flashcards
1
Q
Sul ponticello
A
- Play with bow near bridge
- Metallic/eerie/buzzing
2
Q
Sul tasto
A
- Play with bow over fingerboard
- Soft/distorted
3
Q
Tremolo
A
- Play note very quickly back and forward (any notes)
- Shimmery/mysterious
4
Q
Glissando
A
- Continuous slide upwards or downwards between two notes
- Magical
5
Q
Trumpet mute
A
- Device brass players use to lower volume and/or alter the timbre (tonal quality) of instrument
- Shrill/piercing
6
Q
Pizzicato
A
- String plucked with fingers
7
Q
Note bending
A
- variable microtonal lowering of the third, seventh, and occasionally fifth degrees of the major scale
8
Q
Multiphonics
A
- Performing two or more tones simultaneously on instrument designed to play 1 note at a time
9
Q
Fall - offs
A
- A note of definite pitch sliding downwards to another note of definite pitch
- Jazzy
10
Q
Microtones
A
- Intervals smaller than 1 semitone
11
Q
Sustain pedal
A
- On far right, hold down to hold sounds over
12
Q
Soft pedal/Una corda
A
- On far left, hitting less strings
- Soft/delegate
13
Q
Key clicks
A
- Short percussive sounds made by the keys
14
Q
Double stop
A
- Playing 2 notes simultaneously on string instrument
15
Q
con sordino
A
mute
