Music Glossary: [Page 5]

Low single-reed with dark, rich tone; transposes (usually in B♭, down major 9th). more

Low, unpitched drum for weight and dramatic hits; orchestral and drum-set contexts. more

Low-end support outlining roots/guide-tones; locks with rhythm. more

Electric/ acoustic bass tuned like double bass (E–A–D–G); anchors groove and harmony. more

Two/three-finger, raking, and floating thumb for speed and control. more

Balance pickup blend, plucking position, compression, and HPF/LPF to sit with kick and avoid mud. more

Low-frequency absorber (porous, panel, or resonant) targeting modal peaks/nulls. more

Thick porous absorbers in corners/edges that reduce low-frequency decay and smooth the response. more

Root movement vs upper extensions; avoid muddy low mids by spacing voicings. more

When transcribing, capture bass line/roots first, then guide tones, then melody. more

Bass double-reed with flexible articulation and characterful low register. more

Group beams by beat to reveal meter; split for ties/syncopation clarity. more

Primary pulse and its division (eighths, triplets, sixteenths); defines groove detail. more

Counting and feeling 8ths/16ths/tuplets against a click; use gap-clicks and off-beat metronome practice. more

Fast, virtuosic jazz with complex harmony and irregular phrase accents; small combos. more

Practice dominant/major/minor bebop scales with downbeat chord tones. Improves swing placement and harmonic clarity. more

Add passing tone to dominant/major scales to place chord tones on strong beats. more

Target scale/chord tones; use backing drones to nail semitone/whole bends. more

Brazilian musical bow controlling pitch with stone/coin; capoeira rhythms. more

Headphone playback technique using HRTFs/ear-recordings to recreate 3D spatial cues. more

Number of bits per sample determining quantization steps and theoretical dynamic range (6.02 dB/bit). more

Simultaneous use of two tonal centers; extreme coloristic harmony. more

How well timbres fuse into a homogeneous sound; influenced by register, dynamics, vibrato. more

Acoustic string-band music with virtuosic picking and close harmonies. more

Genre rooted in African American traditions; expressive bends/blue notes; 12-bar form common. more

Diatonic harmonica used in blues styles; common cross-harp (2nd position) playing. more

Minor pentatonic with added ♭5 “blue note” (1–♭3–4–♭5–5–♭7). more