dimanche 17 février 2013

Advanced Vocabulary - Musical Sounds


Musical Sounds

chord noun
a particular position of the fingers on the guitar, producing a particular sound.

crescendo noun
music the loudest part of a piece of music.

discord noun
music a strange sound in a piece of music, made by playing an unusual combination of notes at the same time.

dissonance noun
music an unpleasant sound created when musical notes played together are not in harmony.

drumming noun
music the action or sound of playing drums.

drum roll noun
a continuous series of beats on a drum, especially when something exciting is going to happen.

harmony noun
music musical notes that are sung or played at the same time, making a pleasant sound.

lilt noun
a pleasant rising and falling pattern of sounds in the way that someone talks or in a piece of music.

music noun
sounds made by voices or instruments arranged in a way that is pleasant to listen to.

reverb noun
music a musical effect produced by a piece of electronic equipment in which a sound is repeated like an echo.

rhythm noun
music a regular pattern of sounds in music that you can show by moving, hitting your hands together, or hitting a drum or other surface.

roll noun
a continuous low sound made by drums or thunder.

sound noun
the particular musical style of a person, band, or place.

strains noun
literary the sound of some music.

stress noun
music the emphasis that you put on a particular musical note or sound by playing or singing it more loudly or with greater force than other notes or sounds.

tala noun
music Indian English a rhythm regular pattern of sounds used in Indian classical music.

tattoo noun
a signal that tells soldiers to return to their buildings at night, played on a drum or a bugle.

timbre noun
music the quality of sound that a particular voice or musical instrument has.

tone noun
music the quality of the sound made by a musical instrument, voice, or piece of electronic equipment.

toot noun
the sound that a musical instrument such as a horn, trumpet , or trombone makes.

trill noun
music a musical sound made by singing or playing two similar notes one after the other very quickly.




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