Grace Flashcards
What is the highest register of the male voice?
Falsetto
What does melisma mean?
When one syllable is sung over several notes
What does syllabic mean?
When each syllable has its own note
What are overdubs?
When multi-tracking is used to record in a part several times so it sounds like several people are playing/singing a part
What is multi-tracking?
Recording in one part at a time and layering them together
What is a slide?
Sliding up or down from one note to the next
What is the tonality in the first half of the intro?
It is ambiguous (unclear)
What is the tonality in the second half of the intro?
D major
What is the tonality for the verses, pre chorus, middle 8 and chorus?
E minor, also often using the modal scale
What is chromaticism?
All the extra ‘in-between’ notes which aren’t part of the scale.
What is the texture of Grace?
Homophonic
What are cross-rhythms?
Different rhythms played at the same time which intertwine and cross over each other
What is the time signature of Grace?
12
8
What is delay?
An effect which repeats the sound after a very short delay
What is a flanger?
An effect put on the guitar part at the end which has a wah wah sort of sound
What is telephone EQ?
An EQ setting which makes the vocal sound distant, as it you’re hearing it down a phone line
What is distortion?
An effect which is also called overdrive and gives a harsh, fuzzy sound to the guitar part.
What does falsetto mean?
It is the highest register of the male voice
What is the term which describes each syllable having its own note?
Syllabic
What is the term which describes each syllable being sung over several notes?
Melisma
What does homophonic mean?
One melody line with accompaniment in chords
Which effect makes the vocal sound distant, as if you’re hearing it through a telephone?
Telephone EQ
Which effect has a swirling, wah wah sound and is used on the guitar near the end of Grace?
Flanger
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?
Overdubs/overdubbing
What is the name of the process in which each part is recorded separately onto its own track?
Multi-tracking
What does 12/8 mean?
12 quaver beats per bar
What is the term used to describe the notes which are not part of the main scale?
Chromatic (or accidentals)
Which section of Grace is in D major?
The 2nd half of the intro
What is the name of the effect which repeats a sound after a very short delay?
Delay
Give 3 vocal techniques/features other than singing which are used in Grace
Screaming, shouting, anguished cries, slides, wailing
