Aural Analysis Skills Flashcards
Mouth cavity trained to have a high palate to create an open, formal sound
Classical singing
More flexibility to shape of the mouth, use high and low palates to manipulate vocal sounds.
Popular singing
Lower ranges of the voice have a heavier tonal quality similar to natural talking.
Chest register
Upper ranges tone quality (Men/Women)
Head voice/ Middle voice
Highest ranges above the normal speaking voice. More breathy tone quality.
Falsetto/Head voice
Membranophones (Drums), Idiophones (vibrates)
Percussion
Buzzing of lips, Conical bore/Cylindrical bore, Dynamics produced by velocity of air.
Brass instruments
Instrument is not all the same size (mellow round sound), French Horn and Tuba
Conical Bore
Instrument is the same size (Bright sound), Trumpet and Trombone
Cylindrical Bore
Vibration of Strings produce sound, made of nylon, steel or silk, Higher tension higher the pitch, Thicker string lower the pitch, Speed and pressure affect the dynamics.
Sting Instruments
Vibrations of reed, reeds, or splitting of air, Single reed vibrates with mouthpiece, double reeds vibrate together, Dynamics affected by how fast air is moving and how much.
Woodwind Instruments
The back and forth oscillation of pressure produces a sound wave.
Pressure oscialltion
Source of oscillation (ex. reed on a ww.)
Simple resonator
Simple sine wave whose frequency stays constant. Contain no harmonies.
Pure tone
Vocal parts separated in blocks front to back (normal arrangement) best for homophonic pieces.
Choral Block
Choral music in which the parts have mostly the same rhythms at the same time.
Homophonic
Separated in columns best suits polyphonic music
Choral columnar
Two or more voices sing different things at the same time.
Polyphonic choral music
Mixed together best for intonation and audience sound
Mixed formation
Root of the chord is the lowest sounding pitch (I)
Root postion
Third is the lowest sounding (I6)
First inversion
Fifth of the chord is the lowest sounding (I6/4)
Second inversion
The same plus third inversion
Seventh Chords
Seventh is the lowest sounding (I 6/4/2)
Third inversion
I7/5/3
Root position Seventh Chord
I6/5/3
1st inversion seventh chord
16/4/3
2nd inversion seventh chord
I6/4/2
3rd inversion seventh chord