DYNAMICS & EXPRESSIVE EFFECTS

Question 1

Dynamics

Answer 1

loud and soft

Question 2

Expressive effects

Answer 2

how the sound is created or changed

Question 3

piano

Answer 3

soft

Question 4

mezzoforte

Answer 4

moderately loud

Question 5

forte

Answer 5

loud

Question 6

fortissimo

Answer 6

very loud

Question 7

sforzando

Answer 7

loud and forcefully

Question 8

crescendo

Answer 8

gradually getting louder

Question 9

diminuendo

Answer 9

gradually getting softer

Question 10

subito

Answer 10

suddenly eg soft or loud etc

Question 11

legato

Answer 11

smooth and well connected

Question 12

staccato

Answer 12

short and detached

Question 13

accent

Answer 13

emphasising a note

Question 14

vibrato

Answer 14

increase the expressive emotional

Question 15

tenuto

Answer 15

slight stress on each note

Question 16

glissando

Answer 16

a rapid scale played in a sliding motion

Question 17

arco

Answer 17

with the bow (Strings)

Question 18

pizzicato

Answer 18

plucked (strings)

Question 19

con sordino

Answer 19

with mute

Question 20

double stopping

Answer 20

playing two notes at the same time (strings)

Question 21

slap

Answer 21

hit the strings (guitar)

Question 22

rim shot

Answer 22

hit edge of snare drum

Question 23

wah wah

Answer 23

jazz effect (brass)

Question 24

distortion

Answer 24

alter natural sound by running through an electric filter

Question 25

decay

Answer 25

how sound resonates & dies away

Question 26

bend

Answer 26

change pitch by sliding around

Question 27

slurp

Answer 27

start pitch lower and slide up to correct one

Question 28

drop

Answer 28

sliding down from correct pitch

Question 29

doink

Answer 29

slide upwards in pitch at end of note

Question 30

scat

Answer 30

jazz singing using nonsense syllables

Question 31

word painting

Answer 31

match word meaning with performance technique

Question 32

falsetto

Answer 32

male voice in register above their normal one

Question 33

Terraced dynamics

Answer 33

Abrupt alternation between loud and soft dynamic levels.(baroque style)

Question 34

Ornamentation

Answer 34

Musical flourishes to decorate the line. Eg trills, appogiature,

Question 35

Piu mosso

Answer 35

More moved

Question 36

Meno mosso

Answer 36

Less moved

Question 37

Con forza

Answer 37

With force

Question 38

Con Grazia

Answer 38

With grace

Question 39

Sul ponticello

Answer 39

Indication of strings to play as close as possible to the bridge

Question 40

Leggiero

Answer 40

Lightly

Question 41

Pesante

Answer 41

Heavily

Question 42

Stringendo

Answer 42

Intensity of music is to be increased by quickening the tempo.

Question 43

Cantible

Answer 43

In singing style