Category: Music Glossary
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Intonation
– Intonation is the Art of Centre a Pitch within a Set or Group of Tones – No Player Achieves 100% “Pitch Accuracy” when Starting to Blow or Strike a Instrument (as a Computer can Do), i.e. there will be Always a Delay Until the Pitch is More or Less Steady and this Delay is…
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Inversions (Chords)
General – Inversions are the Exact same Notes but Move Over in Position – Inversions allow you to Move Smoother between Different Chords – Adding Inversions to a Tonic Chord is a Good Way to Create the Illusion of Movement, Even though the Basic Harmony is Static – also a Great Way of Generating Interesting…
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Katz Systems
General – works more like our Ears work – has Psychoacoustic Effect Build-In, means the System is Not based on simple “Metering” – Shifts the Metering Scale Down, so the “Zero” Point (0dFS) you Concentrate on lies at the Specified Level (-12dB,-14dB, or -20dB) – The Top of the Scale stays 0dBFS, so reaching that…
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Key Follow (Synthesizer)
General Key Follow Example 1) Create a Patch with No Modulation at all 2) Set “Key Follow” for the Filter Cutoff to 100% 3) Then Adjust Cutoff to Taste for a Particular Note (can be Done by Ear or using an FFT if Exact Harmonics need to Present) 4) Now Playing across Keyboard Register, all…
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Klangflächen Komposition
– a Modern Composition Technique that Puts the Timbre and Textures into Focus (Klang und Klangflächen) – the Very Dense Result in such a Composition is Done through Chord Bands (Akkord-Bänder) which are Essentially Chords that are Layered on Top of each Other – Inside the Sound Textures Vertical and Horizontal Connections are Used, in…