HUMS 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Double Reed, Double Bass, String Vibration

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMS 3102
• Professor: John Higney

Document Summary

Vibrato: a controlled wobble in the pitch produced by shaking the hand that holds down the string, adds richness to the tone. Pizzicato: plucking at the string, results in a sharp attack that dies away quickly. Tremolo: made by rapidly repeating the same pitche with quick movements of the bow, musical effect, tension and excitement when played loudly, shimmering quality when played softly. Trill: a rapid alteration between two neighbouring pitches. Mute: a device placed on the strings that dampens the tone, an object can also be placed in the ends of brass instruments for the same purpose. Instruments of indefinite pitch: snare drum, bass drum, cymbals. Texture: density and disposition of musical lines, can be dense and heavy, or light and thin, three primary textures, monophonic. "many sounding: two or more simultaneously sounding lines, two types of polyphony or counterpoint.