IFS-2073 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Uilleann Pipes, The Civil Wars, Multitrack Recording
10 Oct 2017
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Dynamics = how loud or how soft the different tones are (amplitude) crescendo = gradually gets louder decrescendo = gradually gets softer. Amplitude of a tone is measured in decibels. The higher the decibel count the louder the sound. Dynamic range = the range between the softest and loudest notes. Tiembre = character or quality of a musical tone or tones. Ensembles = music groups (vocal and instrumental) (cd ex 1-30) Every tone is comprised of multiple pitches, not just the single pitch that you generally perceive when a note is played on an instrument such as a saxophone or a flute. A tone consists of two types of partials: the fundamental pitch (represented as the darkest part of a spectrogram and a series of overtones or harmonics. Spectrograms = distinct timbres represented visually using computer-generated images. Didgeridoo = long wooden branch that has been hollowed out by termites.
