Category: Music Glossary
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Altered Chords
General – another Type of Chromatic Chord Substitution is using “Altered Chords” – an Altered Chord is a Chord that has One or more of its Pitches Replaced with a Chromatic Pitch, Not Normally Found in the Key – it is Not the same as Borrowed Chords because it Does Not Belong to the Parallel…
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Absolute (Perfect) vs Relative Pitch
Perfect Pitch – If you Hear a Pitch and Immediately Name it – without any Reference Point – is Rare but can be Developed to a Certain Extent Relative Pitch – your Mind Needs to Reference a Heard Pitch to Another Pitch First, Before Name it – You are Capable of Hearing the Interval, but…
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Added Tone Chords
– Add a Note from a Diatonic Scale to a Basic Major or Minor Triad to Create Colour and Interest – but also to Support a Melody Line that Falls on the 2nd, 4th or 6th Degree – the Added Tone Must be a Note that Does Not Fall into a Pattern of 3rd from…
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Additive Synthesis
General – was the First Synthesis Technique of All (before Moog etc.) – Forms of Usage even Date Back to 1800 with the “Tella Harmonium” (Later Pipe Organs where every Pipe is basically a Sine Wave) – Sine Wave is the Actual Building Block of All Sound and Additive Synthesis is Nothing else than Building…
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Aleatoric
– some Parts / Elements of the Composition is Left to Chance (Aleatoric = Latin Alea = Dice = Würfel) – Sort of Various Birds Singing Each a Similar Phrase at the same Time but Order and Position is Totally Up to the Bird – means the Performer is Given certain Liberties with Regard to…
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Ambisonic
General W = Non-Directional Mono Component, Corresponding to the Output of an Omni Directional Microphone X, Y, Z = Directional Components in 3 Dimensions (Think of it as “3D M/S” or “3D Blumlein Microphone Array”) – it is Accurately Recording, Processing and Playing Back Sounds from Left/Right, Front/Back and Up/Down – thus Creating the Aural…