Queen - Glossery of Terms Flashcards
acapella
unaccompanied singing
antiphony
call and response where a solo singer is answered by a chorus
Backbeat
accenting beats 2 and 4 usually with the snare drum and beats 1 and 2 are with bass drum
bends
a guitar technique where the pitch of a note is altered by bending the string
distortion
a sound effect which overloads the speaker by using the foot pedal on the guitar
power chords
a name for a chord that consists of the root note and the fifth
what are power chords commonly played on?
amplified guitars especially on the electric guitar with distortion
what are power chords a key element of?
many styles of rock and especially in heavy metal and punk rock
flanging
a production technique using the flange pedal where the sound waves are taken apart and put back together out of synch
falsetto
high register of male voice
glissando
an Italian term meaning to slide over the notes
lick
a short lead guitar line or short phrase from a guitar solo
multi-tracking
a production technique where tracks are entered onto a machine and then mixed
overdubbing
a production technique where one part is recorded over another on a multi-track recorder
bouncing
when two or more pre-recorded tracks are combined together onto one new track
panning
a production technique where the pan control allows the sound to be moved, say, from the left to the right speaker
reverberation
a production technique which creates and echo effect
riff
a short repeated phrase like an ostinato
rubato
an italian term meaning at a flexible speed
Vibrato
a fast and slight variation in pitch (wobble)
processing effects
distortion
flanging
panning
reverberation
multitracking and overdubbing
performing techniques
bends
vibrato
power chords
acapella
falsetto
antiphony
crash cymbal
glissando
compositional techniques
syncopation
broken chords
block chords
countermelody
doubling parts
staccato
sequence
chromaticism
