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52 Cards in this Set
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Tempo |
How fast or slow music is played. |
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Meter |
How beats are grouped together, how many beats in a measure. |
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Backbeat |
Sharp attacks on beats 2 and 4 in a 4/4. |
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Ritard |
Gradually slowing at the end of a song or part. |
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Rubato |
To play music in a relaxed rhythm. |
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Syncopation |
Emphasis on a weak or unexpected part of a beat. |
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Harmony |
Music that backs up or plays behind the melody. |
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Polyphonic |
Complex harmony behind the melody with lots being played at once. |
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Timbre |
"Tone colour". What makes parts or whole songs unique - how it is played. |
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Dynamics |
How loud or soft music is played. |
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Lining out |
Where a leader gives each line of a tune as it is to be sung - usually chanted |
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Tone |
The musical sound of a pitch. 2 semitones = 1 whole tone = a whole step |
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Texture |
Layers of music: how music is played (soft, rough, smooth, bubbly, etc). |
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Sonority |
The overall tonal texture of a musical composition |
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Pitch |
How high or low a note is played |
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Griot |
Western Africa storytelling through music |
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Omnidirectional |
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Subcardioid |
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Hypercardioid |
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Supercardioid |
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Bi Directional Figure 8 |
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Shotgun |
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Cardioid |
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Carbon Mic - Supercardioid |
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Dynamic Mic - Cardioid |
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Condenser Mic - Subcardioid |
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Ribbon Mic - Bidirectional Figure 8 |
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Shotgun Mic - Shotgun |
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Crystal Mic - Omnidirectional
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Electric Guitar - High Impedance |
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Direct Box - High or Low Impedance |
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XLR Cable - Low Impedance |
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1/4 inch Cable - High Impedance |
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XLR male to 1/4 female - High or Low Impedance |
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Soundboard - Low Impedance |
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High Impedance |
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What did Fritz Pfleumer invent that revolutionized the recording process? |
Magnetic tape. |
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What procedure did Les Paul invent that demonstrated a new recording being added to an existing recording and re-recording a new track? |
Multi-track recording. |
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Explain how Phil Spector achieved his trademark "wall of sound". |
He used lots of musicians on the same instrument at once to produce a fuller sound. He also doubled and tripled his tracks to make his sound big and full. |
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Name the house band consisting of session players that Phil Spector often used with his recording artists. |
The Wrecking Crew |
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Name the label George Martin created in 1965 to hire out his own services to artists |
Associated Independent Recording (AIR) |
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How many Grammys did Quincy Jones win? |
27 |
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In 1956, Quincy Jones toured as a trumpeter and musical director of what band? |
Dizzy Gillespie Band |
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Name the engineer on the album "Dark Side of the Moon". |
Alan Parsons |
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"Dark Side of the Moon" was recorded in 1972-1973 at what studio? |
Abbey Road Studios |
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How many tracks was "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band" recorded on? |
4 |
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What Beach Boys album may have influenced "Sgt. Peppers"? |
Pet Names |
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Describe the term "click track". |
A metronome to make sure the band or artist keeps on the same tempo through out the song or the part. |
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What is Pre - Production? |
Basically just making sure you have everything ready to go when you walk into the studio. It is suggested so that you don't waste the producers time (and yours), and your money. |
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What are some of the many roles of a producer? |
Extra band member, advisor, babysitter, shrink, coach, controller of recording sessions, supervisor, mix and master tracks, honest opinions (trained ear), creating arrangements, setting up equipment, make decisions for band, etc. |
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Explain what overdubbing is. |
Recording a track, then recording another track over top of it, or part of it. |
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2 guest speakers, 1 in class, 1 skype: |
Derek DeBeer, Dick Hodgin |
