Knowledge, Understanding and Vocabulary: Sound and Music Flashcards
Define the term Timbre
What does ‘Synthesized’ mean?
Define the term Crescendo
A gradual increase in volume.
Define the term Accelerando
Gradual increase in speed.
Define the term Leitmotif
A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
Identify ? elements of Music
Pitch, Tone, Harmonic quality (Major or Minor Key) Melodic Phrasing, Volume, Tempo, Rhythm,
What is Reverb?
When the sound can still be heard, gradually getting quieter, after the initial sound plays.
What is Echo?
When the sound is heard once and then repeats a set number of times after, getting quieter.
What is Panning?
When the sound moves between different speakers/locations within the space.
What is Vocoder?
Changing and altering the actors voice to make it sound different, often sounding robotic.
What is Pitch?
How high or low the sound is.
What is a Cacophony?
A dense collection of harsh, dissonant sounds.
What is meant by Dissonant?
Where the sound clashes and it sounds purposefully unpleasant.
What is Texture?
How the different sounds layer together.
What is decrescendo?
A gradual decrease in volume.
What is Volume?
Loud or quiet.
What is a Soundscape?
The use of sounds which are combined to create mood and atmosphere.
Define the term Decibel
A unit used to measure the intensity or loudness of sound.
What does it mean when a sound is Diegetic?
The sound is heard by the actors and the audience.
What does it mean when a sound is Non-Diegetic
The sounds can only be heard by the audience and it is not heard in the plays world.
