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Voice articulator

Post published:January 28, 2021
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It’s basically anything and everything from the larynx up. It’s the tongue, the lips, the teeth, the soft and hard palates, the nasal cavity… Every single little thing. Articulators help…

Voice box

Post published:January 28, 2021
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It’s another way to say larynx.

Voice type

Post published:January 28, 2021
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A classification of female and male voices according to their ranges. Male (from low to high): bass, baritone, tenor, countertenor. Female (from low to high): contralto, mezzo-soprano, soprano.

VST

Post published:January 28, 2021
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The initials of Virtual Studio Technology. In broad terms, you have stuff in your computer that you don’t actually have in real life. It takes significantly less space than the…

VST instrument

Post published:January 28, 2021
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See VST and virtual instrument.

VSTi

Post published:January 28, 2021
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See VST and virtual instrument.

Weak beat

Post published:January 28, 2021
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Bars of music have weak and strong beats. Weak beats aren’t always the same. The main factor is the time signature. Bars containing two beats have a strong beat (beat…

Wind instruments

Post published:January 28, 2021
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We need a vibrating medium, just like all other instruments. In this case, it’s the air. Main categorization: brass instruments and woodwind instruments.

Woodwind instruments

Post published:January 28, 2021
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A category of the wind instrument family that has two subcategories. They are divided into the flute instruments and the reed instruments.

Turning point

Post published:January 28, 2021
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Generally speaking, it’s when a situation changes dramatically. I will be using this term as the change of the music narrative that either is (or is leading us to) the…

Voice

Post published:January 28, 2021
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As in our voices. The sounds we produce when we speak, when we sing, when we sigh, when we exclaim… Animals also have voices. And yes, animals do speak… I should…

Twelve-bar blues

Post published:January 28, 2021
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In its original form, it’s a really, really, really common chord progression. It’s not just about the blues. In altered versions, it can also be used in pop and rock.…