Glossary
PizzicatoPlucking the strings of an instrument normally played with a bow. |
PolyphonicA texture in which several independent musical lines interweave. |
PulseThe beat underlying a piece of music. |
RangeThe distance between the highest and lowest note of a melody; the highest and lowest note available on a specific instrument or voice. |
RegisterThe different portions of the range of an intrument or voice. |
RhythmPatterns of short and long notes. |
RiffA short, repeated melodic pattern in popular music. |
RubatoA flexible approach to tempo in which slight increases or decreases in speed are used for expressive purposes. |
StaccatoA dry, brittle attack separating notes from each other. |
SyncopatedA deliberate disturbance of normal metrical stress, e.g. accenting weak beats. |