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  2. Timbre - Wikipedia

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    In rock music from the late 1960s to the 2000s, the timbre of specific sounds is important to a song. For example, in heavy metal music, the sonic impact of the heavily amplified, heavily distorted power chord played on electric guitar through very loud guitar amplifiers and rows of speaker cabinets is an essential part of the style's musical ...

  3. Timbral listening - Wikipedia

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    The composition of timbre-centered music in the nomadic communities of Tuva involves mimicry of sounds heard in the environment. Timbral listening is a fundamental component of listening to, understanding and being able to correctly perform this music using vocal techniques such as throat singing "khoomei" and harmonic producing instruments such as the jaw harp, bzaanchy, shoor, qyl qiyak, qyl ...

  4. Elements of music - Wikipedia

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    Music can be analysed by considering a variety of its elements, or parts (aspects, characteristics, features), individually or together. A commonly used list of the main elements includes pitch, timbre, texture, volume, duration, and form. The elements of music may be compared to the elements of art or design.

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4] capo 1. capo (short for capotasto: "nut") : A key-changing device for stringed instruments (e.g. guitars and banjos)

  6. Musical tone - Wikipedia

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    The notes used in music can be more complex than musical tones, as they may include aperiodic aspects, such as attack transients, vibrato, and envelope modulation. A simple tone, or pure tone, has a sinusoidal waveform. A complex tone is a combination of two or more pure tones that have a periodic pattern of repetition, unless specified otherwise.

  7. Musical expression - Wikipedia

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    Musical expression is the art of playing or singing with a personal response to the music. [1] At a practical level, this means making appropriate use of dynamics, phrasing, timbre and articulation to bring the music to life. [2] Composers may specify these aspects of expression to a greater or lesser extent in the notation of their musical score.

  8. Tessitura - Wikipedia

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    For example, throughout the entirety of Wagner's Ring, the music written for the tenor role of Siegfried ranges from C ♯ 3 to C 5, but the tessitura is described as high because the phrases are most often in the range of C 4 to A 4. Furthermore, the tessitura concept addresses not merely a range of pitches but also the arrangement of those ...

  9. Timbre composition - Wikipedia

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    Timbre composition is used in vocal techniques such as throat-singing where the main focus of the music is timbre as opposed to pitch. Music that has been composed solely using the art of Timbre composition is called Timbre-centered music. Timbral listening is a technique used in both the composition and reception of Timbre-centered music which ...