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Gospel Instruments => General Music Hangout => Topic started by: T-Block on January 09, 2009, 09:01:43 AM
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I've decided to do a special post dedicated to all the terms you will hear in music. Not just gospel music, but music period. I need everyone's help though. Any music term that u feel every musician should know, please post here. I'll have it stickied for a while, then it will be placed in the Helpful Threads post. Let's get it started in here, LOL!!! ;D
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half-step (HS) - movement on the piano from one key to the very next key, regardless of color or direction
whole step (WS) - movement on the piano from one key to the very next key w/one in between, regardless of color of direction
accidental - a symbol written beside a note to indicate which note on a piano to play
natural (http://www.lds.org/cm/images/sngbk_natural.gif) - any white note on a piano; cancels out an accidental (flat or sharp)
flat (b) - lower 1/2 step
sharp (#) - raise 1/2 step
scale - a group of notes that start and end on the same note
scale degree - a number that corresponds to a specific note of the major scale
octave - from one note to the same note, formed by moving up or down the piano twelve 1/2 steps
enharmonic - 2 notes that have the same sound and location on the piano, but are written differently on paper
chord - 3 or more notes being played at the same time
scale degree chord - a chord built off a scale degree of the major scale
inversion - a chord in which the order of the notes have been rearranged, formed by taking the bottom note of a chord and moving it to the top of the chord
interval - the distance between any 2 notes
lower case Roman numeral - represents any chord with a lowered 3rd
upper case Roman numeral - represents any chord with a regular 3rd
chord symbol - a shorthand way of representing a chord
harmony - 2 or more notes sounding at the same time
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Hi,
This is max from canada. I am a newbie of this site and i think this site has a lot to provide to the visitors.
onlinev
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For those of you who want to learn how to read sheet music, here is a link that explains all the symbols you will encounter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_musical_symbols (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_musical_symbols)
This is also a great link for those of us who do read sheet music, but may have forgotten what some symbols mean.
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Thanks for the help/tips
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Chord quality- The vertical sound created by the chord i.e. major, minor, suspended etc.
Circle-of-fifths - A succession of keys/scales/chords based on a series of 'five-to-one' relationships
Circle-of-fourths - A succession of keys/scales/chords based on a series of 'four-to-one' relationships
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Can you please change the definition of a natural (ie. cancels an accidental)
and the definition of chord (ie 3 or more notes sounded together)
and add harmony (ie 2 or more notes sounded together)
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Modulation which means to change keys up or down.
thats the only one i can think of know T BLOCK got all the main one allready
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Can you please change the definition of a natural (ie. cancels an accidental)
and the definition of chord (ie 3 or more notes sounded together)
and add harmony (ie 2 or more notes sounded together)
Thanks, I have corrected them.
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Hi,
Thanks for the information. I would like to know more about it.
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I would like to know what part of a song is the vamp. What's the difference between a tag and a vamp?
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I would like to know what part of a song is the vamp. What's the difference between a tag and a vamp?
tag - short chord progression added to the end of a song.
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I didn't think a vamp was an actual term?
To me Vamp/Vamping is the repetition of a section in a song. Dynamics are key to the intensity of a vamp.
The repetitive nature of the chords in a vamp are specifically chosen to enhance/reinforce parts within a song.
I maybe wrong tho & this is without google anything to cross reference...
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The reason you know the definition proves it is an actual term
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Welcome to the LGM family "Stellina99"....Stay Blessed.
PianoWiz...
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Okay, thanks for you insights, cs and fret. If anyone else knows more about a vamp/vamping, please post.
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I'm gonna unsticky this thread now. If anyone wants to add more, just check the Helpful Threads sticky to find it.
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Intonation - pitch accuracy (are you playing in tune. Prob doesn't apply to piano but to orchestral stuff it does)
Articulation - continuity between multiple notes/sounds. Refers to the style of the music that you are playing. Basically how short/long you play the notes. Also how smooth(legato) or short/detached(staccato/marcato respectively)
Arpeggio - Broken Chord. (a C chord played as a block now becomes C,E,G)
Falsetto - Male voice above bass/tenor range.
Soprano - Highest range singing voice
Alto - Mid range
Tenor - a cross between Bass and Alto. Can sing high notes but also the low bass notes
Bass - The lowest voicing of notes.
Hemolia(had to throw this one in there) - The imposition of two time signatures at the same time. I.E On a piano the right had in 4/4 time and the left in 12/8 or vice versa. (dont know of any gospel music that does this but the music from pirates of the caribbean has a lot of this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnfiOJpzKnY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnfiOJpzKnY) The beginning of this is a prime example. The Violas/seconds are in 12/8 time and the Cellos/First Violins are in 6/4(i could be wrong its been a while since i've played this one xD))
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one more that i forgot earlier
Double Sharp(x) - Sharp the note twice. I.E F up 1/2 step is F# and up another 1/2 step is G.
so Fx = G natural
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Groove is the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or sense of "swing" created by the interaction of the music played by a band's rhythm section (drums, electric bass or double bass, guitar, and keyboards). Ubiquitous in popular music, groove is a consideration in genres such as salsa, funk, rock, fusion, and soul. The word is often used to describe the aspect of certain music that makes one want to move, dance, or "groove".
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Good list!
One question, It takes 3 notes to form a chord?
power chords C5 - C,G
Tritones or dominant chords C7 - E, Bb
Major 7 CM7 - E, B
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Good list!
One question, It takes 3 notes to form a chord?
power chords C5 - C,G
Tritones or dominant chords C7 - E, Bb
Major 7 CM7 - E, B
Traditionally, yeah. The power chord is a minor exception, but for the other ones you also need that root in there in order to name the chord. E-Bb is not a chord by itself, it's an interval.