Category: Music Glossary

  • Amplitude

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    – Amplitude = Measures How Far a Sound Wave Fluctuates – If it is a Small Fluctuation, the Result is a Quiet Sound (Waves with Lower Amplitude) – If it is a Large Fluctuation the Result is a Loud Sound (Waves with Higher Amplitude) – another Way to Think of Amplitude is How Big a…

  • Arpeggios

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    – Arpeggiare = Play on the Harp – Also called “Broken Chords” – simply the Sounding of the Notes from a Chord in Sequence Successively (aufeinanderfolgend, nacheinander, fortlaufend, folgend, sukzessiv) – Arpeggios Imply Harmony – may be Performed in Various Patterns & can Span Multiple Octaves – Great Way to Add Interest to an Otherwise…

  • Audio Aliasing

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    General – Aliasing is Created when the Signal Goes Above the Maximum Supported Frequency – Anything that Goes Above 22050Hz will be Reflected Down the Spectrum in Equal Measure – in Short, All Man Made Systems have their Limits and Aliasing Happens when a Device Processes Data which goes Beyond the Devices Restrictions – in…

  • Auditory Illusions

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    General – There are a lot of Illusions in “Psychoacoustics” of Music, for Example the simple Fact that different Timbres / Sound Layers combined are changing the Fundamental and Overtones in Time due to constantly changing Harmonics per Note and Timbre / Sound Layer Illusion Examples Missing Fundamental Illusion  – although we Do Not hear…

  • Bit Depth (or Bit Rate)

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    General – in the Re-Sampling Process you have to Round Up or Round Down, i.e. Go Up to the Nearest Bit or Down to the Nearest Bit – that “Up/Down Rounding Process” Goes from “Bit to Bit” and Does Produce some “Errors” which you can Mask by Adding Random Low Level Noise in the Dither…

  • Bi-Tonality

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    General – Refers to the Use of 2 (or more) Keys at the same Time – can also be Characterised by the Mutual Co-Existence of 2 Tonal Centres – makes also use of “Hybrid Scales”, where you Quasi Mix or Alter Scales that Best Sound to your Ears and Serve as a Bi-Tonal Part –…

  • Borrowed Chords

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    General – a very Common Way is to use “Borrowed Chords” which are Chords taken from the Parallel Key (Parallel Key are Keys that Share the same Root i.e. C Major/C Minor Share both Root “C”) – see all the possible Parallel Chords of C which Share the same Root C and/or have 1 or…