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| ====Timbre Modifiers==== | ====Timbre Modifiers==== | ||
| [[Timbre Modifier]]- A part of an instrument that alters the character of its sound without that part being related to the sound source, a [[Mirliton]] and [[rattle tines]] are examples of these. \\ | [[Timbre Modifier]]- A part of an instrument that alters the character of its sound without that part being related to the sound source, a [[Mirliton]] and [[rattle tines]] are examples of these. \\ | ||
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| + | [[Harmonic Filter]]- Similar to [[Enharmonic Filtering]] in that a column of air is able to selectively filter the harmonic structure of a separately generated pitch. In the case of Harmonic Filtering, when the length of a tube used to generate the filter is sufficiently long the degree that the fundamental of the generated pitch can be heard is greatly reduced, and the effect of harmonics of the tube length are strongly preferred instead, making a stepise harmonic jump between pitches where the fundimental can no longer be heard unless the pitch generated and the tube are in unison. Harmonic filtering is of course a more dramatic and advanced effect than [[Enharmonic Filtering]] and should be distinguished by the ability to still clearly distinguish the fundamental pitch of the generated tone. | ||
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| + | [[Enharmonic Filter]]- an enharmonic filtering effect is present in most techniques that use [[Bisbigliando]], | ||
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| + | [[Bisbigliando]]- When two or more of the same (or very near to one another) fundamental pitches are trilled between one another but with various harmonic differences between the two pitches played generating a kind of timbre trill. this technique is commonly done by using different string thicknesses that are tuned the same, different material tuned the same or with various lengths of pipe that are fingered differently and tuned the same. | ||
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| A term for wacky/ | A term for wacky/ | ||
| - | [[Tinkerer]]- A person who takes an existing instrument and alters it to their needs, often done as an experiment. This is distinct from [[Prepared]] which is describing a temporary and reversible alteration, while tinkerers tend to make more permanent alterations.\\ | + | [[Tinkerer]]- A person who takes an existing instrument and alters it to their needs, often done as an experiment. This is distinct from [[Prepared]] which is describing a temporary and reversible alteration, while tinkerers tend to make more permanent alterations. |
| - | A term for a person who primarily improves existing instruments and attempt to maximize range and color on them (like [[Richard Bobo]], [[Bret Newton]], [[Jared De Leon]], | + | A term for a person who primarily improves existing instruments and attempt to maximize range and color on them (like [[Richard Bobo]], [[Bret Newton]], [[Jared De Leon]], |
| [[lowercase]]- The use of very quiet materials as musical instruments. this is most often significantly amplified. There is often a material philosophy of hearing essential sounds of those objects. \\ | [[lowercase]]- The use of very quiet materials as musical instruments. this is most often significantly amplified. There is often a material philosophy of hearing essential sounds of those objects. \\ | ||
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| [[Vernacular instrument]] | [[Vernacular instrument]] | ||
| - | [[Trash Orchestra]]- Ensembles that have a specific aesthetic involving primarily using found materials, garbage, and also have a dominate theme of eco-friendliness, | + | [[Trash Orchestra]]- Ensembles that have a specific aesthetic involving primarily using found materials, improvised |
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| + | [[Improvised Instruments]]- Instruments made from improvised materials, frequently made from cheap and easily available mass produced instruments that have been modified. Sometimes these instruments are about [[essential sound]] and other times they are [[trash orchestra|trash instruments]]\\ | ||
| [[One Man Band]]\\ | [[One Man Band]]\\ | ||
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| [[Stratification]]- Used to describe cultural elements (in this case instruments) that tend to exist only in specific cultural contexts or with specific groups. \\ | [[Stratification]]- Used to describe cultural elements (in this case instruments) that tend to exist only in specific cultural contexts or with specific groups. \\ | ||
| + | [[aleatory]]- Music that is intentionally structured in a way that includes random chance operations and or indeterminacy. \\ | ||
| + | [[indeterminacy]] \\ | ||
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| - | a word for instruments that are intentionally against high craftsmanship or that avoid using difficult constructions methods, DIY instrument look \\ | + | Two related terms-\\ |
| + | Instruments that have a very restrictive range, pitch series, or functionality that are built or assembled specifically to fulfill a purpose, such as the notes needed in a song. An example being the taxi horns used for the American in Paris. A good example is [[les_fo_plafonds]] playing Satisfaction ((https:// | ||
| + | Instruments that have narrow set of usable parts that are modular and intended to be rearranged for the purposes of playing a specific piece. Think of the marimba bars that are arranged in order to a song, with the player being able to go from one side to the next and play the correct bars in sequence. There are multiple bars of each pitch, but the array allows for rapid playing of a single piece that can then be rearranged as needed. A good example of this is [[les_fo_plafonds]] playing ((https:// | ||
| + | These two techniques are very common in cover groups and performance groups like the [[blueman group]] \\ | ||
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| + | a term for instruments that are intentionally against high craftsmanship or that avoid using difficult constructions methods, DIY instrument look, think of cigar box banjos/ guitars. This term differs from people who want to specifically create well made low cost instruments in that this aesthetic entails a certain roughness to the sound outcomes as well, the instruments in this case are intended to sound like DIY instruments. | ||
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| + | Good terminology for the makers who intentionally remove and replace elements of expensive to make instruments in order to create low cost (hardware store) copies. This approach is dependent on reducing instruments down to sound making principles and removing unnecessary elements (in terms of that goal) and replacing them with less expensive or easier to make alternatives. For example using thin plywood instead of solid boards of spruce in string instruments or using ABS tubing instead of bored out tropical hardwoods in woodwinds. This approach is closely related to DIY instruments and often has an aesthetic look in common. This approach is also strongly counter to instrument makers who focus on the material culture of the instruments they make and the instruments are dependent on the use of culturally relative materials in the instrument construction. | ||
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| + | the practice of making archeological recreations of musical instruments. The practice of recreating ancient instruments and attempting to work out how they were made and what they should sound like. This paractice is highly dependent on attempting to accurately make tools and materials that were used in the original archeological examples. This is a kind of experimental archeology. Examples include the works of [[Roberto Velázquez Cabrera]], [[Lucy-Anne Taylor]], and [[Susan Rawcliffe]]. Also the recreation of the Carnyx, Neolithic Bone Flute, Aulos and the ASTRA project. | ||
| A word for instruments made from scavenged materials, maybe something that emphasizes the tendency for the instruments to look like a conglomeration of unrelated parts/ objects assembled together. assemblage perhaps? \\ | A word for instruments made from scavenged materials, maybe something that emphasizes the tendency for the instruments to look like a conglomeration of unrelated parts/ objects assembled together. assemblage perhaps? \\ | ||
