Category: Music Glossary
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BS 1770 / 1771
– The same as EBU R128 but for American Standard – i.e. American Reference to Determine Loudness for Adverts and Programs
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Cabinet (Amp)
– Emulates the Sound of a Real Guitar Cabinet – other than Recording via Amp or Pedalboard with Cables, the Cabinet Tone has its Character from the Size of it, what it is Made Of, the Back is Open / Close, the Speakers Inside, how many Speakers there are, Microphones used on the Cabinet, the…
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Cadence (Composition)
General – Cadence is a Resolution Occurring at the End of a Section or a Song (Kind a “Final”) – a Cadence is Like “Musical Punctuation” and is Defined as a Progression of 2 Chords that Expresses some Degree of Finality – What Happens Harmonically at the Resting of a Phrase – Usually a 2-Chord…
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Canon (Counterpoint)
General – as we Know, Counterpoint is the Play of 2 or More “Voices” Against One Another and a Canon is a Structure Built from that Technique (Voices = Lines of Music, Such as Melody) – so Canon (as the Fugue is), is a Contrapuntal Compositional Technique or Texture that Employs a Melody with One…
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Chord Progressions
General – also called “Changes” in Jazz – often a Song starts in the Tonic (Root) and the way that the Chords refer back to it or play against to it – is what the listener takes on a Journey – Chord Progressions move from States of Tension to States of Resolution (Turnaround in…
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Chord Voicing
– the way we Layer the Chords Under the Fingers – means Range of Keyboard, Inversions, Double the Root Note, Double the 3rd, Double the 5th, – “Open Voicing” = if you go beyond the Octave with certain Notes – Spread to Octaves above for example C3, E4, G3 – sounds more open, brighter…