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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