Articulation

Question 1

Tenuto

Answer 1

notes held for full length

Question 2

aspirate

Answer 2

breathy, airy VOICE

Question 3

glottal onset

Answer 3

on a vowel, abrupt VOICE

Question 4

vocal fry, creak onset

Answer 4

a creaking door VOICE

Question 5

flip onset

Answer 5

yodeling, flipping over breaks VOICE

Question 6

Gospel release

Answer 6

adding “hey” or “ah” after words VOICE

Question 7

Hard sticks/rim shots

Answer 7

sharp attack, sudden decay PERCUSSION

Question 8

soft head sticks

Answer 8

emerging attack, lingering decay PERCUSSION

Question 9

Brush sticks

Answer 9

emerging attack, sudden decay PERCUSSION

Question 10

soft pedal

Answer 10

shorter decay PIANO

Question 11

sustain pedal

Answer 11

prolongs attack, abrupt decay PIANO

Question 12

touch

Answer 12

finger pressure + speed changes attack + decay PIANO

Question 13

mutes

Answer 13

delays attack BRASS

Question 14

air pressure

Answer 14

sharpens attacks BRASS + WOODWIND

Question 15

tonguing

Answer 15

changes tone colour BRASS + WOODWIND

Question 16

bow speed/ pressure

Answer 16

intensifies attack STRINGS

Question 17

mutes (strings)

Answer 17

weakens attack STRINGS

Question 18

slurring notes/ legato/ multiple notes per bow

Answer 18

prolongs decay STRINGS

Question 19

separate bows per note/ staccato

Answer 19

sharper attack STRINGS

Question 20

flutter tonguing/growls

Answer 20

gravelly, jazzy WOODWIND

Question 21

slap tongue

Answer 21

a sharper attack, sudden WOODWIND