Category: Properties of Sound
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Properties of Sound – Timbre [part 2]
Properties of Sound – Timbre [part 2] When do you introduce contemporary techniques to your students? […] the ambiguity that comes with music…
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Properties of Sound – Timbre [part 1]
I often underestimate how choosing the right tone colour can alter, elevate or diminish a music piece. Imagine singing Twinkle Twinkle Little star with a breathy voice, and with a rawring voice
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Properties of Sound – Location
We are exploring the properties of sound, introducing creative games that help identify the uniqueness of each instrument. So far we looked into the Envelope , Duration, Loudness, and Pitch. Now we will look at Location. Location refers to the listenerās perspective, in front, behind the listener, etc… The location of a sound is vital…
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Properties of Sound – Envelope
(not this envelopeš !) Read the article and find out games about Duration hereThe Envelope of a sound, or a note in our instance. People interested in sound, when they talk about the Envelope of a sound they refer to the shape or contour of the sound as it evolves over time. A simple envelope consists…
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Properties of Sound – Duration
Here I will focus on how the duration of one and each specific sound created in a music piece affects the music. Read the other article of the series here Talking about sound, any sound: the clicking of the flute keys, the car when it’s idling, the sound of tapping on a crystal glass… each sound…
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Properties of Sound – LOUDNESS
I hope you had a thought of the properties of Sound and had a little experiment with Pitch. Today let’s have a look at Loudness. How forte or piano you play, loud or soft and all the dynamics in between, above and below. In music these terms are relative as we know. Relative to the…
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The Properties of Sound
I conducted a workshop called Same – Same – Differnet, workhop for flutists in May 2020 and during that process I was posting some thoughts on the event’s page on Facebook that would come handy during the workshop. As this is something any musician can use in their practice, regardless if they are performers, composers,…