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French for "tone color," the distinguishing quality of a
musical instrument's sound |
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| musical instruments used in an ensemble |
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art of combining musical instruments in different ways
for musical affect |
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| heterogeneous instrumentation |
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| ensemble of mixed types of musical instruments |
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| homogeneous instrumentation |
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| ensemble of all same type of musical instruments |
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| part of a musical instrument that filters and amplifies sound waves in specific ways |
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the quieter musical sound caused by a prior louder
sound |
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system of classifying musical instruments of the
symphony orchestra |
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system of classifying musical instruments intended for
all humankind's music |
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| musical sound comes from vibrating string |
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| musical sound comes from vibrating air column |
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| musical sound comes from vibrating membrane |
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| musical sound comes from vibration of entire instrument electrophone musical sound comes |
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| musical sound comes from vibrating loudspeaker |
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| part of musical instrument that lifts the string off the sound board and transmits the vibration to the resonator |
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| an intermediate bridge where a string is pressed to change its vibrating length |
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| sliding between pitches smoothly |
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used when more than one string is tuned to the same
pitch |
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| musical instruments in which strings are parallel to a resonator that extends their entire length |
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| musical instruments in which strings are parallel to the body that holds them and with a resonator at one end |
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the "neck" of a lute that is a flat surface onto which
fingers press strings |
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| musical instruments in which strings are attached to a crossbar that is held up by two posts and with a resonator at the bottom |
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| musical instruments in which strings are roughly perpendicular to the resonator |
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| musical instruments in which a stream of air is blown over a sharp edge |
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| musical instruments in which a stream of air is blown pieces of wood or other material that are fixed in a mouthpiece |
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| the shape of the tubing of an aerophone (conical or cylindrical) |
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| held sideways to the player's mouth |
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| the sharp edge in a duct flute |
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| a membranophone with a resonator of short length |
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| musical sound resulting from a simple, regular, and precise vibration |
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| musical sound made from a complex, irregular vibration |
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