Ma 2 Performing Media: Voices And Instruments

Front 1

Soprano

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Female voice of high range.

Front 2

Mezzo-soprano



Female voice of fairy low range, through not so low as alto.

Back 2

Female voice of fairy low range, through not so low as alto.

Front 3

Alto (contralto)

Back 3

Female voice of low range.

Front 4

Tenor

Back 4

Male voice of high range.

Front 5

Baritone

Back 5

Male voice range lower than a tenor and higher than a bass.

Front 6

Bass

Back 6

Male voice at a low range

Front 7

Woodwind Instruments

Back 7

Instrument whose sound is produced by vibration of air in a tube, holes along the length of tube are opened and closed by fingers, or by pads, to control the pitch. Ex. flute, clarinet.

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Brass Instruments

Back 8

Instrument, made of brass or silver, whose sound is produced by the vibrations of the player's lips as he or she blows into a cup or funnel shaped mouthpiece. Ex. trumpet, trombone

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String Instruments

Back 9

Instrument whose sound is produced by the vibration of strings. Ex. guitar, violin

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Percussion Instruments

Back 10

Instrument of definite or indefinite pitch whose sound is produced by striking by hand, or with a stick or hammer, or by shaking or rubbing. Ex. bass drums, cymbals

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Keyboard Instruments

Back 11

Instruments- such as the piano, organ, or harpsichord - played by pressing a series of keys with the fingers.

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Conductor



Leader of a performing group of musicians.

Back 12

Leader of a performing group of musicians.

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Baton

Back 13

Thin stick used by many conductors to beat time and indicate pulse and tempo.

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Concert master

Back 14

Principal first violinist in a symphony orchestra.





Principal first violinist in a symphony orchestra.

Front 15

Pizzicato

Back 15

Means of playing a string instrument by which the strings are plucked, usually with a finger of the right hand.

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Double-reed Instruments

Back 16

Instruments whose sound is produced by two narrow pieces of cane held between the player's lips; these pieces vibrate when the player blows between them.

Front 17

Definite Pitch

Back 17

Timpani, Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Celesta and Chimes.

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Indefinite Pitch

Back 18

Snare drum, Bass drum, Tambourine, Triangle, Cymbals and Gong.

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Rhythm

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Ordered flow of music through time; the pattern of durations of notes and silences in music.

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Double Stop

Back 20

Means of playing a string instrument by which the bow is drawn across two strings at the same time or almost the same time.

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Single-reed Instruments

Back 21

Instruments whose sound is produced by a single piece of cane, or reed, fastened over a hole in the mouthpiece. The reed vibrates when the player blows into the mouthpiece.

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Double-reed Instruments

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Instruments whose sound is produced by two narrow pieces of cane held between the player's lips; these pieces vibrate when the player blows between them.

Front 23

Electronic instruments

Back 23

produce and amplify sound

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Tape studio

Back 24

in the 1950s used to manipulate by speeding up or lower down change tone color mixing and editing

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Synthesizers

Back 25

analog
digital frequency modulation
sampling
musical instruments digital interface (MIDI)

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Computers

Back 26

used to produce sounds on ausiotape
control devices to drive MIDI equipment
music synthesis

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computer music

Back 27

some or all the sounds are generated and manipulated by the computer

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theme

Back 28

melody used as the basis for a musical composition