More stuff about the terms page.... (if you're interested in helping, come here).....

Nate · 01-29-2002, 06:55 PM

Ok, y'all... these are the terms that are on the list as of right now. If anyone has any more suggestions as to what else to add, feel free to say so. However, the main point of this thread is to see who's willing to help, and what they would/could be able to do. So.... let's try not to overload anybody.... but are there any categories (or specific terms) that anyone would like to help me out with?

Basic musical terms (most likely to be defined by ZAMAR01)
Arpeggio
Block chord
Broken chord
Chord
Consonance
Dissonance

Hardware (most likely to be defined by LWatford)
B-3
Clavinet
Leslie
Mellotron
Rhodes
Sampler
Synthesizer
Wurlitzer

Effects (to be defined by KeyboardFreak)
Chorus
Delay
EQ
Flanger
Phaser
Reverb
Rotary

Types of synthesis (to be defined by LWatford)
Analog
Digital
Modular
Sampling
Software
Virtual Analog

MIDI terms (to be defined by KeyboardFreak)
Controller
GM
GM2/GS/XG
MIDI
Multi-timbral
Sequencer

Technical terms (still up for grabs!)
Patch
Polyphony
Timbre
Tone
Waveform

Performance (to be defined by KeyboardFreak)
Aftertouch
Arpeggiator
Expression pedal
Modulation
Pitch bend
Ribbon controller
Weighted keys

Sheet Music Terms (with definitions.. pictures to come)
Dynamics
Pianissimo: very soft
Piano: soft
Mezzo-piano: medium soft
Mezzo-forte: medium loud
Forte: loud
Fortissimo: very loud
Crescendo: gradually get louder
Diminuendo: gradually get softer
Accent: play this note louder
Sforzando: play this note louder
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Phrasing/Flow
Pedal marking: depress the damper pedal (right-most pedal) after you play the note or chord; release at the end of the pedal mark
Legato: play smooth and connected
Slur: shows a musical phrase; connect these notes as if they were legato
Staccato: play notes marked staccato detached; disconnected
Tempo: speed
Ritardando, Ritard, Rit.: gradually get slower
A tempo: resume orginial tempo
Fermata: hold this note longer than usual
Repeat sign: play the section within the repeat signs again
1st and 2nd endings: play the 1st ending and take the repeat. then play the 2nd ending, skipping over the 1st ending
D.C. al Coda: return to the beginning and play to the Coda, then jump to the Coda.
Coda: ending section
D.C. al Fine: return to the beginning and play until Fine.
Fine: finish, ending
D.S. al Coda: return to the segno (sign) and play to the Coda sign, then jump to the Coda.
Segno: sign
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Key/Time
Ottava: play one octave higher than written; if the ottava is below the staff, play one octave lower
Flat: lower the note a half step
Sharp: raise the note a half step
Common time: 4/4 time
Cut time: 2/2 time
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Misc.
Molto: much, a lot (for example; molto rit. means ritard a lot)
Poco: little by little (for example; poco cresc. means crescendo little by little) [I'm not 100% sure of this last definition, someone want to check it?]

Nate · 02-01-2002, 02:20 PM

Come on all you keyboard players out there.... I know y'all at least know SOMETHING about your instrument of choice. No one wants to help?

Even if it's just one term, that would be great!

LWatford · 02-05-2002, 09:03 PM

I still want to do something, (maybe the synthesis and hardware parts? along with other misc. terms) and I already have some ideas (can we use pictures?). I don't know how much time I'll have, so it may be a while before I'm done!

Lee

Nate · 02-06-2002, 01:59 PM

Hey Lee,

Definitely plan on doing the synthesis ones. I don't know much about the "real" description of any of them, so it would be great if you could do all of those. Feel free to do whatever hardware terms you want too. As far as pictures go, I guess we could use them... but it could end up taking a lot more work. But for now, just do whatever. I'm not expecting this thing done anytime real soon... so don't try to rush anything.

Ok, I'm gonna add your name next to the synthesis ones for now and put my name by most of the other ones. I'll leave the ones that I really don't know that well for somebody else.

Nate · 02-06-2002, 02:03 PM

Ok, besides the "Technical Terms" category, it's all hypothetically signed up for now.... BUT, I certainly wouldn't mind help with any of the categories or terms that my name is on.

Anybody else want to help?

froggee501 · 04-21-2002, 05:06 PM

Here are some more terms... some may be repeats.... also, it would be cool to have a list of composers, and their songs and a mini biography... If I can find one of my books, then I can help with that... also, for some of the terms, if they are symbols in standard notation, it would be good to be able to include a picture of it. These are from my piano books from when I was little....

piano: soft
mezzo-piano: medium soft
mezzo-forte: medium loud
forte: loud
crescendo: get louder
diminuendo: get softer
pedal marking: depress the damper pedal (right foot pedal) after you play the note or chord; release at the end of the pedal mark.
ritard: gradually get slower. (short for ritardando)
accent: play this note louder
fermata: hold this note longer than usual
legato: play smooth and connected
repeat signs: play the section within the repeat signs again.
1st and 2nd endings: play the 1st ending and take the repeat. then play the 2nd ending, skipping over the 1st ending.
slur: shows a musical phrase. connect these notes
staccato: play notes marked staccato detached; disconnected
a tempo: resume orginial tempo
tempo: speed
D.C. al Coda: return to the beginning and play to the Coda, then jump to the Coda.
Coda: ending section
ottava: play one octave higher than usual. when the ottava is below the staff, play one octave lower.
flat: lower the note a half step (the nearest key to the left.
sharp: raise the note a half step (the nearest key to the right.
common time: short for [[4][4]] time
cresc.: short for crescendo
cut time: [[2][2]] time. a half note (instead of a quarter note) gets the beat. There are 2 half note beats per measure.
D.C. al Fine: return to the beginning and play until Fine.
Fine: finish, ending
D.S. al Coda return to the segno and play to the coda sign, then jump to the Coda.
segno: (this is one where we will really need the picture!)
molto: much (for example, molto rit. means ritard a lot.)

hope that all proves useful

Emma Catherine

Nate · 04-23-2002, 10:31 PM

Cool Emma!

I actually have kinda stopped working on this whole terms page thing for about a month or so. I've been really busy lately, I guess I need to get back in the swing of things and see if I can't get this thing finished up. After all, it was my idea.

froggee501 · 04-24-2002, 02:58 PM

okay.

how can we drum up business in this forum? Its so DEAD!

magidude · 04-24-2002, 03:05 PM

Some of us may not know what some of the symbols on music like a coda look like, you may definitly want pics with that

tropicana · 05-02-2002, 07:29 PM

diminuendo,
crescendo,
ritardando,
allegro,
grazusio,
legerio,
schvitzvardo (sp?)
pianissimo,
fortissimo,
dulce,
Con Brio

My brain is bursting with more...

Nate · 05-03-2002, 03:08 PM

Ok..... looks like Froggee and Tropicana's suggestions would go into a new category. Maybe something like "Sheet Music Terms". Anyway, I don't have time to update the full list right now... but are either of you interested in doing the definitions for the terms you suggested??

I promise, we will try to have this thing up and running by the end of the month. (try is the operative word)

-Nate

froggee501 · 05-04-2002, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KeyboardFreak
Ok..... looks like Froggee and Tropicana's suggestions would go into a new category. [...]but are either of you interested in doing the definitions for the terms you suggested??

umm....I'm pretty sure that I DID include definitions after my terms.... but maybe I'm just so old my eyes are decieving me....

Nate · 05-04-2002, 10:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by froggee501
umm....I'm pretty sure that I DID include definitions after my terms.... but maybe I'm just so old my eyes are decieving me....

:kduh: I'm a dork. :kduh:

froggee501 · 05-25-2002, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KeyboardFreak

:kduh: I'm a dork. :kduh:

so i noticed.

LWatford · 07-08-2002, 06:12 PM

I'm not done yet, but here is what I have so far! (I bet you thought I wouldn't do anything!

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Hardware (most likely to be defined by LWatford)

B-3 - Type of organ manufactured by the Hammond company. It is an electro-mechanical instrument, which means it uses moving parts to create its sound. The Hammond uses a set of 91 spinning "tone wheels" to create its sound, which magnetically creates the pitches of the drawbars. The tone wheels have a series of notches that disrupt the magnetic field of a nearby magnet, which creates a type of sine wave. The organ has a pair of 61 note keyboards, as well as a two octave set of foot pedals, and an expression pedal for volume. The lowest octave on each keyboard (the black keys) are preset combinations of drawbars. There are 9 drawbars per keyboard, as well as 2 drawbars for the pedals. The white and brown drawbars are the roots and fifth harmonics, and the black drawbars are higher fifths and thirds. There is built in chorus and vibrato, and a percusion effect, which is a variation of the attack and sustain of the organ. The wieght is about 400 lbs. (http://theatreorgans.com/grounds/docs/history.html)

Clavinet - An instrument made by Hohner, the most popular model is the D6, though several other models exist. The instrument was ment to be a modern version of the clavichord. The keyboard is also an electro-mechanical instrument, using strings hit by rubber tipped hammers. There is a really big single coil pickup that runs under the strings. The clav has a fully dynamic keyboard, like a piano, because the hammers attach directly to the keys. Pretty much the song for hearing the classic clavinet sound is Stevie Wonder's "Superstition," it is basically the "Stairway to Heaven" of the keyboard world!

(www.clavinet.com)

Leslie - This is not a keyboard, but it is almost synonymous with the Hammond organ. The Leslie was not the first "tone cabinet" (Hammond's term for a speaker/amplifier combo), but it was the best sounding. There was a rivalry between the two companies, but eventually the Leslie became the norm. The standard Leslie is the 122, though most have the same setup. Most contain two speaker systems, a low frequency speaker with a rotating drum above it in the lower section, and a rotating horn (it may look like there are two horns, but one is a dummy for balance) in the top section. The speed is controlled from a switch on the organ (sometimes added internally, and sometimes added by a "half-moon" switch on the front edge of the organ), and the speed "ramps" up or down to the selected speed. (http://theatreorgans.com/grounds/docs/history.html)

Mellotron - The first "sampling" instrument. The Mellotron uses tape loops of different instruments, rhythms and sounds. There is a seperate tape loop for each, and the different sounds occupy a different part of the tape. The sounds included choirs, flutes (the Stairway to Heaven intro was done on a mellotron), strings, brass, and other instruments. The BBC had one built for sound effects work on shows such as Dr. Who. The maximum time the sounds could sound was about 7 seconds. There are several different kinds of Mellotrons and related instruments, including the mk. II, which was the most popular model, used by bands such as Yes, Genesis, The Beatles, The Beach Boy's and pretty much every other late '60s/'70s rock band. This is a pretty difficult instrument to explain, so go to the page and read all about it! (http://www.mellotron.com)

Rhodes - This instrument was developed by Harold Rhodes during World War II. He built pianos out of damaged airplane parts to teach wounded soldiers to play piano. In the late '50s, Fender purchased the company. When Fender sold the company to CBS, the first real Rhodes (the 61 note suitcase piano) came out. This is another elctro-mechanical instrument, and it is an electric piano. The Fender Rhodes Piano Bass is the bass end of a Rhodes, made famous by Ray Manzarek of the Doors. The Fender Rhodes Celeste is the top end of a Rhodes, and is very rare. The story behind Fender not producing a full piano is that Leo Fender didn't like the sound of the high end of the Rhodes. There are two basic types of Rhodes pianos, the suitcase and the stage. The suitcase has a 2x12" speaker cabinet and keyboard that fold up into a "very large" suitcase! The suitcase also contained a preamp which gives more "bite" to the sound. The stage piano is the keyboard alone, which must be plugged into an external amp. There were 54, 73, and 88 key versions. There were also new versions of the Rhodes relased in the late '70s/early '80s, known as the mk. II series. The Rhodes works by rubber tipped hammers hitting tuned metal tines. A pickup sends this instrument to the preamp, and then out to eaither the power amp and speakers, or to the external amp. (http://www.fenderrhodes.org/rhodes/supersite/)

Wurlitzer - An electric piano that uses a set of reeds to produce its sound.A hammer hits the reed and a pickup on each reed sends the sound out. The most popular model is the 200A, which is a 64 key keyboard, with built in speaker and tremolo. The Wurlitzer is tuned by adding or removing solder from the end of the reeds. The process of tuning involves a soldering iron, a file, solder, and alot of time! The Rhodes and Wurlitzer pianos make up the electric piano sound of the '60s and '70s. The sound is similar, but different. It really is personal preference, but the Rhodes has a smoother sound, with some bite in the higher volumes. The Wurlitzer has a dirty sound to me, it isn't as smooth as the Rhodes, but great in its own way. It's one of those things like Les Paul vs. Stratocaster for guitar players. (http://my.stratos.net/~riderz/wurlitzer.html)