Performance Terms Flashcards
1
Q
Solo
A
One player
2
Q
Tone
A
Quality of performers sound
3
Q
Forces
A
Instruments or voices that perform
4
Q
Double
A
2 performers play together same notes
5
Q
Double stopping
A
2 or more notes played together on a stringed instrument
6
Q
Glissando
A
Slide between adjacent notes
7
Q
Hammer on
A
Guitar technique to play fast by missing notes
8
Q
Harmonics
A
Fundamental note with less clear higher pitches called harmonics
9
Q
Improvisation
A
Composed as it is performed. Made as you go
10
Q
Melisma
A
Group of notes for one syllable of text
11
Q
Syllabic
A
One note for each syllable
12
Q
Range
A
Distance between lowest and highest notes
13
Q
Pizzicato
A
Plucked strings
14
Q
Tremolo
A
Rapid repetition of single notes
15
Q
Lyrics
A
Words
