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10 Words to Describe Music Musical Parameters By EarMonk.com
01 Rhythm Off-‐beat – on-‐beat
4-‐to-‐the-‐floor strong/weak beat Sloppy – tide Simple – complex High/low density Quantized 4/4 meter, 3/4 Meter Syncopated Regular – irregular
02 Tempo Beats per minute (bpm) Tempo rubato (free) Speed-‐up – slow-‐down Moderate Fast (Upbeat)
03 Harmony Harmonic –disharmonic Consonant – dissonant Major – minor Tonal – atonal Simple – complex Monotonic – evolving
04 Melody Simple – complex Staccato – legato Small/big intervals Singable Catchy Improvised Happy – sad Uplifting
05 Instrumentation Groups: Orchestra, Quartet, Solo, Jazz band, Rock band, Ensemble Single Instruments: Double bass, ViolinHobo, Tuba, Electric guitar, Piano, Percussion, Drums…
06 Dynamics Crescendo – decrescendo Velocity Loudness Soft, quite, muted – loud, intense, powerful Pianissimo – piano – forte – fortissimo Consistent – explosive High/low dynamic range Fade-‐in – Fade-‐out
07 Texture Monophonic (one melody, solo) Homophonic (one main melody) Polyphonic (many simultaneous melodies, counterpoint) Heterophonic (chaos-‐unrelated melodies) Dense, full, thick, fat – light, open, spare, thin Simple – complex
08 Genre Classical: Baroque, Romantic, Classic Avant-‐garde: Experimental, Free Jazz, Musique Concrète Contemporary: Jazz, Rock, Dance, Soul Popular music – Underground music Film music
09 Form Structure: A – A’ – B – A, 12-‐bar blues, repetition, chorus, verse, intro, bridge, middle eight, instrumental Musical form: Symphony, requiem, fugue, song
10 Temperature Timbre Sound color Warm – cold Noisy – clear Overtones, harmonics Acoustic – electronic Low – mid – high frequencies Dark, mellow, muddy -‐ light, pure, bright, clean, vibrant Harsh, rough, shrill, piercing -‐ dull, muffled, boring
Always think about what you want to express with music and which parameter you could use to do so.