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Grace Flashcards

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1
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What is the highest register of the male voice?

A

Falsetto

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2
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What does melisma mean?

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When one syllable is sung over several notes

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What does syllabic mean?

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When each syllable has its own note

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4
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What are overdubs?

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When multi-tracking is used to record in a part several times so it sounds like several people are playing/singing a part

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5
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What is multi-tracking?

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Recording in one part at a time and layering them together

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6
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What is a slide?

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Sliding up or down from one note to the next

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What is the tonality in the first half of the intro?

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It is ambiguous (unclear)

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8
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What is the tonality in the second half of the intro?

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D major

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9
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What is the tonality for the verses, pre chorus, middle 8 and chorus?

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E minor, also often using the modal scale

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10
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What is chromaticism?

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All the extra ‘in-between’ notes which aren’t part of the scale.

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11
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What is the texture of Grace?

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Homophonic

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12
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What are cross-rhythms?

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Different rhythms played at the same time which intertwine and cross over each other

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13
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What is the time signature of Grace?

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12

8

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14
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What is delay?

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An effect which repeats the sound after a very short delay

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What is a flanger?

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An effect put on the guitar part at the end which has a wah wah sort of sound

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16
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What is telephone EQ?

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An EQ setting which makes the vocal sound distant, as it you’re hearing it down a phone line

17
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What is distortion?

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An effect which is also called overdrive and gives a harsh, fuzzy sound to the guitar part.

18
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What does falsetto mean?

A

It is the highest register of the male voice

19
Q

What is the term which describes each syllable having its own note?

A

Syllabic

20
Q

What is the term which describes each syllable being sung over several notes?

A

Melisma

21
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What does homophonic mean?

A

One melody line with accompaniment in chords

22
Q

Which effect makes the vocal sound distant, as if you’re hearing it through a telephone?

A

Telephone EQ

23
Q

Which effect has a swirling, wah wah sound and is used on the guitar near the end of Grace?

A

Flanger

24
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What is the name for the process in which the same part is recorded several times, each part on a different track and makes the sound thicker?

A

Overdubs/overdubbing

25
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What is the name of the process in which each part is recorded separately onto its own track?

A

Multi-tracking

26
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What does 12/8 mean?

A

12 quaver beats per bar

27
Q

What is the term used to describe the notes which are not part of the main scale?

A

Chromatic (or accidentals)

28
Q

Which section of Grace is in D major?

A

The 2nd half of the intro

29
Q

What is the name of the effect which repeats a sound after a very short delay?

A

Delay

30
Q

Give 3 vocal techniques/features other than singing which are used in Grace

A

Screaming, shouting, anguished cries, slides, wailing

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