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20th Century Flashcards

1
Q

What is a minamalist

A

Lots of repitition
Ostinato
Cross rythym
Polyphonic

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2
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Whats a cross rythym

A

Two different things happening at the same time

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3
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Whole tone scale

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Very dreamy and floaty sounding

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4
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Whats A-tonal

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Not major or minor
Not pleasant
Very random with discords

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5
Q

Whats a discord

A

Notes that dont sound nice

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6
Q

Whats a cluster

A

Group of notes that clash

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7
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Whats a pitch bend

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Changing the pitch without changing the note

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8
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Whats a glisando

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Sliding from one note to the other

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9
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What does con sordino mean

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Mute, quiets the sound of an instrument

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10
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Whats flutter tonguing

A

Rolling R’s when playing woodwind or brass

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11
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Rolls

A

Very fast repitition of a note

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12
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Whats reverb

A

An electronic effect that sounds like an echo

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13
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Whats distortion

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Gives a fuzzy sound

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14
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Musique concrete

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Natural sounds, train horns, birds, wind, anything. Could feature a song after it.

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15
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Impressonist

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Dreamy, whole tone scale, relaxing

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16
Q

Jazz funk

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Electronic effects to make it funky

17
Q

Added 6th

A

Jazz chord only in jazz chord

18
Q

Soul

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Gospel and blues, all about feeling, sung by south african people, originates there

19
Q

3 against 2

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Cross rythms, groups of 3 against 2, awakard sounding

20
Q

Time changes

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Time signature changes

21
Q

Irregular time signatures

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5/4, 7/4. Think of playing it on drums. If its awkard, its most likely this

22
Q

Harmonics

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An effect when it plays a super high note. Mainly on strings

23
Q

Harmonic minor scale

A

Sounds egyption

24
Q

Melodic minor scale

A

Not egyption

25
Q

Augmentation

A

Double the value of every note, it sounds slower

26
Q

Diminution

A

Halfing the value of every note, sounds faster

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