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MU29-FrequencyDomain
Term | Definition |
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Spectrum-Timbre: | [bright <-> dull] (i.e. brass-like, silvery, brilliant vs. mat, flat), [simple<->complex], [smooth <-> rough] |
Frequency Bandwidth: | [low <-> high] [narrow (confined to one region)<->broad (occupying large part of frequency domain)] |
Resonance: | [dry <-> wet], [clipped<->sustaining] |
Dynamics/Loudness/Intensity: | [consistent <-> fluxuating <-> shifting], [quite<->loud], [dull (distant/soft), bright (close/loud)] |
Frequency Domain Density: | [thin <-> thick] |
Power: | [delicate/light<-> muscular/heavy], [weak<->strong] |
Event Morphology (instant to instant structures): | [consistent/self-similar <-> varied/contrasting] [high salience events, “sonic jewels”], [impulse-attack, attack-decay, graduated continuant] |
Note to Noise Continuum: | [harmonic pitch (simple sine to complex and bright spectra)<->pitch with noise <->inharmonic with noise <-> all noise] |
Pitch/note/tone: | : fundamental frequency view [low <-> high] gestural/shape view [mostly steps (smooth) <-> mostly leaps (angular)], |
Harmonic: | [simple sine tone <-> richly energized harmonic partials (stretched strings, human voices, blown tubes)] |
Pitch space: | (system of pitch organization based on tones that are in simple ratios to one another) [light <-> dark], [stable<->unstable] |
Microtonal: | (system of pitch organization based on tones that are in complex ratios to one another) |
Micro-tuning: | : (slight variations in frequency within simple pitch space used as expressive element) |
Pitch language/grammer: | [simple <-> complex] |
Inharmonic noise: | [non-harmonic partials <-> complex noise-like waveforms (gongs, bells)] (uniqueness)(is noise independent element or coupled w/ pitch making?)(how much noise is used in pitch making source?)(how much noise in the onset of the pitch and/or the continuant?) |