unit one listening

• Chorus

  short delays and slight modulations are added to make it sound like there is more than one player. it is detrimental to piano, but can be very effective on the electric guitar. used a lot in the 1980s. sounds wobbly, out of tune and underwater.
• Wah-wah


  Most often thought of in connection with the electric guitar, also sometimes used on keyboard instruments. Sounds quacky/funky
• Reverb

  Electronic effect which can give the impression of different hall acoustics. Can make an instrument sound like it was filmed in a cathedral.
• Gated Reverb 


  A temporary reverb added for a length of time but cut. Makes drum kit sound bigger/more explosive, without the lasting effect of normal reverb. Used a lot in the 1980s.
• EQ


  frequencies are either cut or boosted. cuts out unwanted.
• Distortion 


  Colours an instrument, gives it a fuzzy sound. Sounds fuzzy/aggressive/loud.
• Compression


  Evens out the volume of instruments. Makes it sound squashed/fuller/rounder.
• Jazz


  Created by black Americans in the early 20th century. May include syncopation and improvisation.
• swing


  a jazz style started in the 1930s, performed by a big band.
• blues

  started as black american folk music. often in 4/4 time and is mostly patterned on a 12-bar structure.
• scottish


  traditional music of scotland. often played by scottish dance bands. often features bag pipes
• ragtime

  features a syncopated melody against a vamped accompaniment. often played on solo piano.
• rock ‘n roll

  1950s american music. grew from combined jazz, blues, gospel and country
• skiffle

  popular in Britain in the 1950s combining folk, blues and country music.
• how to record an electric guitar in a live or studio setting 


  • use a close mic’ing technique.
• how to record an acoustic guitar in a studio setting

  • use a matched pair of condensor microphones

  • with a cardioid polar pattern

  • (1st option) arrange in an XY pattern, (2nd option) arrange in an AB pattern.
• cardioid polar pattern 


  looks like a lil cherry or apple

  
• omni-directional polar pattern.


  doesn’t have a set outline, so it’s omni. like the label.

  
• hyper-cardioid polar pattern 


  looks like cardioid, but with a smaller one. like a child. children are hyper
• figure of eight pattern 


  looks like an eight.

  
• dynamic - type of microphone 


  often used to record loud sounds such as live vocals, snare and bass drum, guitar amplifiers
• condenser - type of microphone 


  often used in the studio torecorded more detail sounds such as vocals, choirs, acoustic guitar, and drum overheads
• bass guitar is an octave lower than electric guitar
• Accelerando 


  Getting faster
• Ritardando


  slowing down
• Anarcrusis

  The note(s) before the first strong beat of a phrase
• Modulation

  Change of key