Tone Colour

Question 1

Tone Colour

Answer 1

what an instrument sounds like

Question 2

sound source

Answer 2

the material used in the making of the sound eg: wood, metal, string, skin, vocal, body, electronic etc

Question 3

sound production

Answer 3

how the sound is made eg: blow, scrape, shake, sing, strum, hit, electronic effects etc

Question 4

sound quality

Answer 4

eg: rough/smooth, warm,rich,mellow/not warm; light,bright/dark; piercing/not piercing; muted,muffled/clear; nasal/not nasal; distorted/not distorted etc

Question 5

arco

Answer 5

string term: played with bow

Question 6

pizzicato

Answer 6

string term: plucked

Question 7

harmonics

Answer 7

produced by lightly touching the string and resulting in a thin sound an octave higher. Generally used on string instruments.

Question 8

distortion

Answer 8

to electronically distort or interfere with the clean sound

Question 9

falsetto

Answer 9

artificially high note usually sung by a male

Question 10

flutter tonguing

Answer 10

wind instrument technique where performers flutter their tongue to make a FrrrFrrr sound.

Question 11

con sordino

Answer 11

use a mute to change the sound

Question 12

sul G

Answer 12

string term: stay of the G string. Can also be Sul D etc

Question 13

Sombre

Answer 13

Sad

Question 14

Glittering

Answer 14

Represents shimmering and sparkles

Question 15

Muddy

Answer 15

Unclear and cloudy

Question 16

Spiccato

Answer 16

Form of staccato bowing in which the bow is allowed to bounce on the string.

Question 17

Sul ponticello

Answer 17

Strings to play as close as possible to the bridge to produce a rather metallic but mysterious sound-effect

Question 18

Col legno

Answer 18

With the wood. Striking the string with the stick of the bow instead of the hair.