20th Century Flashcards
What is a minamalist
Lots of repitition
Ostinato
Cross rythym
Polyphonic
Whats a cross rythym
Two different things happening at the same time
Whole tone scale
Very dreamy and floaty sounding
Whats A-tonal
Not major or minor
Not pleasant
Very random with discords
Whats a discord
Notes that dont sound nice
Whats a cluster
Group of notes that clash
Whats a pitch bend
Changing the pitch without changing the note
Whats a glisando
Sliding from one note to the other
What does con sordino mean
Mute, quiets the sound of an instrument
Whats flutter tonguing
Rolling R’s when playing woodwind or brass
Rolls
Very fast repitition of a note
Whats reverb
An electronic effect that sounds like an echo
Whats distortion
Gives a fuzzy sound
Musique concrete
Natural sounds, train horns, birds, wind, anything. Could feature a song after it.
Impressonist
Dreamy, whole tone scale, relaxing
Jazz funk
Electronic effects to make it funky
Added 6th
Jazz chord only in jazz chord
Soul
Gospel and blues, all about feeling, sung by south african people, originates there
3 against 2
Cross rythms, groups of 3 against 2, awakard sounding
Time changes
Time signature changes
Irregular time signatures
5/4, 7/4. Think of playing it on drums. If its awkard, its most likely this
Harmonics
An effect when it plays a super high note. Mainly on strings
Harmonic minor scale
Sounds egyption
Melodic minor scale
Not egyption
Augmentation
Double the value of every note, it sounds slower
Diminution
Halfing the value of every note, sounds faster
