MUHI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7-10: String Instrument, String Vibration, Wind Instrument
20 Oct 2016
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Jazz style that sets syllables without meaning to an improvised vocal line. Melodic style of one note set to each text syllable. Melodic style characterized by many notes sung to a single text syllable. Melodic style with two to four notes set to each syllable. Musical pictorialization of words as an expressive device. The quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument to another. Mechanism that generates musical vibrations and transmits them into the air. Specific area in the range of an instrument or voice. Small fluctuation of pitch used as an expressive device to intensify a sound. Instruments that produce sound by using air as the primary vibrating means. Instrument that produces sound from a vibrating string stretched between two points. Instrument that produces sound from the substance of the instrument itself being struck, blown, shaken, scraped, or rubbed. Any instrument that produces sound from tightly stretched membranes that can be struck.
