Sonority Flashcards
1
Q
What is sonority
A
Performance forces and timbre:
Performance forces = voices/instruments used
Timbre = nature of the sound produced
2
Q
Tessitura
A
The range of particular instrument/voice
low = melancholy
3
Q
Features of sonority - strings
A
- Pizzicato - plucking
- Arco - bowing
- mutes
- harmonics
- sul ponticello - near the bridge - raw, thin
- sul tasto - on fingerboard
- sur la touche
- col legno - with wood of bow
4
Q
Other features of sonority
A
- Glissando
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